Capo 1 fret

C        D      F
Drug boy steady show time
F             G     C
Streets dont give a damn
        C           D      F
Theyre filled with such pollution
    F          G       C
The kids dont stand a chance
 C             D          F
Were trapped inside the matrix
 F        G        C
Forced to play our hand
 C                  D     F
Were filled with so much hatred
    F          G        C
The kids dont stand a chance
 
 
 
       C        D       F                  F              G       C
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
       C        D       F                  F              G       C
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
 
 
 
       C          D          F
Well, since I was planted at birth
             F               G             C
I abandoned my own planet and I landed on earth
          C          D             F
As a kid I never understood what I observed
                F           G          C
Some of it was strange but most of it disturbed me
           C                D           F
Always in detention for the lack of my attention
                     F              G           C
You could call it deficit, really I just didnt listen
                  C           D               F
And I was always missin  The teachers like, where is Bobby Simons?
     F                 G           C
But tryna get a record deal is all I can I remember
      C           D                   F
Its funny cause looking back on  the past that I had 
        F           G             C
all my days in the streets tryna prove that I was bad
   C       D              F
I still elevated to the level that Im at
 C       D              F
Still elevated to the level that Im at
 
 
 C             D          F
Were trapped inside the matrix
 F        G        C
Forced to play our hand
 C                  D     F
Were fill with so much hatred
    F          G        C
The kids dont stand a chance
 
 
       C        D       F                   F             G       C
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
       C        D       F                   F             G       C
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
 
 
[Janelle Monae:]
C              D       F
Sometimes its hard to grow
      F         G           C
While living in fear of the unknown
  C         D         F
How can he ever give love
  F       G         C
When no love is in his heart?
        C          D        F
A child can barely sleep at night
F          G      C
To worried bout tomorrow 
    C         D
And what it beholds,
   F
He drowns of
F      G      C
Deep down in sorrows
     C          D         F
Will you run or will you share your light
F       G       C
Tell a story or live in strife
C       D         F
See it when were given hope
F             G         C
That we know that we can grow
 
 
 C             D          F
Were trapped inside the matrix
 F        G        C
Forced to play our hand
 C                  D     F
Were fill with so much hatred
    F          G        C
The kids dont stand a chance
 
 
       C        D       F                    F            G       C
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance
       C        D       F                    F            G       C
I said the kids dont, the kids dont stand, the kids dont stand a chance