The World

Five AM, rise and shine To feed the baby before he starts to cry No rest, no time to play Fifteen, the mother is a runaway No time for dreams or goals Pressure is so strong Her body, she has sold, so her child can eat What is happening to this world we live in In our home and other lands Drugs and crime spreadin' on the street People can't find enough to eat Now our kids can't go out and play That's the state of the world today State of the world, ooh baby Little Johnny, all alone His only friend, the doll he carries with him Goes to school each and every day To be teased because he has no place to stay This young and homeless boy feels his life is worthless Instead of suicide, he cries himself to sleep And it's happenin' to this world we live in There's got to be a better way, ooh Drugs and crime spreadin' on the street People can't find enough to eat Now our kids can't go out and play That's the state of the world today State of the world, ooh Ooh Da-do, da-do, da-do, da-do Nation Can't give up hope now Let's weather the storm together Drugs and crime spreadin' on the street People can't find enough to eat Now our kids can't go out and play That's the state of the world today Drugs and crime spreadin' on the street (ah) People can't find enough to eat (ah) Now our kids can't go out and play (ah) That's the state of the world today (ah) Drugs and crime spreadin' on the street People can't find enough to eat (starving people) Now our kids can't go out and play (they can't even walk the streets) That's the state of the world today (don't give up, state of the world today) Hey, hey, hey That's the state of the world today That's the state That's the state of the world today