La la la La la la la La la la La la la la [Chorus] Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord God save the children We're living in trying times God save the children Perils and temptations God save the children Who's gonna lead them When adults can't lead themselves [Verse 1] Yeah! Said I wanna live the right way But doing wrong seems to be the easy way I could tell you how to live by what I say But living by example is so hard today Plus I found out these preachers and teachers they ain't Pretending to be righteous but so far from it I had role models that went insane And a nigga feared that he might do the same 'cause I got notorious desires These things just ain't gon' take one higher The world's moving in the right direction But we're moving in the opposite direction Yeah we're living futuristic But we're living voyeuristic Watching like Big brother Never caring - Oh Mother! Activities of unhealthy living Life's getting shorter Oh brother, Where at thou? [Chorus] Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord God save the children We're living in trying times God save the children Perils and temptations God save the children Who's gonna lead them When adults can't lead themselves [Verse 2] These government rulers are pimps and ballers Stacking the nation's stash in pounds and dollars Pimping teenage girls and young scholars I heard some got young men up in tha (*bleep) Millions spent in vacations around the globe They lounge in resorts and hotels when they've got homes Misuse power they say they got authority They're privatizing everything to personal property And did I mention, not paying the pension Of those who served the nation crazy situation People in the ghetto suffering and smiling While they're out there balling and wilding But in the meantime you can catch me in the slum Singing a song for hope Tell the people it's gonna be okay Maybe not today but tomorrow Maybe it could help heal their sorrow [Chorus] Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord God save the children We're living in trying times God save the children Perils and temptations God save the children Who's gonna lead them When adults can't lead themselves [Verse 3] A huge propagation of tribal war Peace & unity -a myth or something that was? Kids grow to hate one another The fight's inherited from fathers and mothers All that's on TV is propaganda Tryna be what's promoted by the media So who are celebrities? People with low morals or responsibilities? Kids look up to these and PDAs 'Long is on the Internet believe what it says Rise of the machine becomes the fall of man Being adult is so hard to understand So how do they fulfill God's perfect plan And know what it means to be man or woman? How do they fulfill God's perfect plan And know what it means to be man or woman? [Chorus] Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord God save the children We're living in trying times God save the children Perils and temptations God save the children Who's gonna lead them When adults can't lead themselves Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord God save the children We're living in trying times God save the children Perils and temptations God save the children Who's gonna lead them When adults can't lead themselves
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