Lyrics
You know
I like to um
I like to call em crumbsnatchers
It’s the universal name for kids
This is for the children, the real ones
North side south side chill ones
They just wanna dance and have a little fun
They aint really tryin to hurt no one (not at all)
This is for the children, the real ones
North side south side chill ones
They just wanna dance and have a little fun
They aint really tryin to hurt no one (not at all)
Lil bad ass boy grownin up too fast
He done seen too much in his young ass past
Wanna be the class clown but that shit aint cool
But you don’t learn that rule til you out of school
Think you know it all wet behind the ears
How you gon hide emotion that’s behind them tears
Star player but he stay on the bench
What the hell you expect when you go and call your teachers a bitch
Now look I aint tryin to judge nobody
But we gotta teach these kids out here how to love somebody
They try to imitate the grown but shit the grown do wrong
So Ima try to reach em through this song
And I aint tryin to take the place of your dad
But I’ll pull you to the side quick fast when that ass act bad
Like ay lil homie come here
Let me talk to you real quick
(shiiiit) you better act like you got some gott damn sense
The revolution yall, will not be televised
You gotta wake up open your eyes
Make a change in your life, find a new way of living
It’s time to start living for the children
The revolution yall, will not be televised
You gotta wake up open your eyes
Make a change in your life, find a new way of living
It’s time to start living for the children
You see I only want whats best for you
Get your ass out them streets I don’t give a damn about no crew
Get your diploma not no GED
You can make a couple more G’s if you go and get your degree
Now look, college aint for everybody
But you can ask my man Ladi Dadi, everybody like to party
Cuz back then we aint had no molly
Just a couple bob marley joints we aint try to hurt nobody
We just came to get our roll on 2-step stroll on
We on that brotherhood smoke man I’m so gone
College days swiftly past, I aint cut my hair
So they cut my black ass
Fuck em, but I still graduated
Middle finger to the faculty, I know them suckaz hate it
I’m an example of someone that made it
This is not up for discussion I aint tryin to debate it
Nah, I represent the kids in the community
Product of my environment you don’t know what it do to me
You know I’m just a kid from the Lou
Started out in Wellson, ended up in Ladue (it’s true)
Now that’s what I call a transformation
Only problem was I aint had no transportation
I know a lot of kids in this situation
These are barriers, also known as a complication
The revolution yall, will not be televised
You gotta wake up open your eyes
Make a change in your life, find a new way of living
It’s time to start living for the children
This is for the children, the real ones
North side south side chill ones
They just wanna dance and have a little fun
They aint really tryin to hurt no one (not at all)
This is for the children, the real ones
North side south side chill ones
They just wanna dance and have a little fun
They aint really tryin to hurt no one (not at all)
The revolution yall, will not be televised
You gotta wake up open your eyes
Make a change in your life, find a new way of living
It’s time to start living for the children