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Sign of the times Now listen up 'cause I got a little something to say To educate you 'bout the life in the streets today Now everybody's confused about what to do And what this world is coming to! Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Inflation rises every time that opportunity knocks The rent's crazy for the house the size of a box It's an arm and a leg to keep clothes on your back The daily run, push and shove, you just can't hack When payday comes around, you're gonna pick up your check Your money never sees your pocket, [it's all?] out on debt Hinkcley shot the president, he had nothing to lose Wanted Jodie to see him on the Eyewitness News Cops shoot up all of the citizens And find out the next day the guy's innocent And young girls being raped and taken by force While all the people getting married just to get divorced! Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Working for minimum wage, one foot in the grave And all the rich folks screaming they're underpaid Daddy's in jail doing twenty to life He has a family back home with five kids and a wife Girls run away from home with no way to survive She had to sell her body to stay alive Nowadays on the trains and the buses you see People fighting for seats with the elderly Mama down by the bedside on her knee So much crime it ain't safe for her to walk the street Because times are hard, you either do it or die You can run and ignore, but you can't hide! Man, when is there ever gonna be peace? The only way there's gonna be peace, man, is with God seated at the conference table, I'm tellin' you We can work it out, we need a little bit of peace, love and unity I don't know about that man, with all this time [?] gone by, it just ain't never gonna end That's why it's time for all love to come together And I hope it's soon or we'll all be lost Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Sign of the times Sign of the times Politicians like to max and relax Sayin' "Vote for me and I know what to tax" Sipping on martinis with a little coke And then the headline reads "Drug overdose" Magazines expose our beauty queen The American dream, what does it mean? For 'tis of thee and our country Don't take things as they appear to be You see babies cry while their mothers sigh Sweet land of liberty with spacious skies We got actors running for president So what the hell's going wrong with this government? No hurt is worse than a mother's pain When the love for her child goes down the drain She's been used and abused but would never expect That the child she birthed would give her no respect, huh! Car dealer wanted to make quick cash Tried to buy the coke you don't drink out of a glass Nowadays kids are growing up too fast Learning more in the street than they do in class Dealing drugs on the corner at the age of ten Ma said, "If you go to jail, you got to stay in" Speeding in the fast lane, going no place And when it's over, you'll see that it was all a waste Found with a letter by your bedside You ended your life, committed suicide Mama's searching in the trash for bottles and cans While her kids stood by with outstretched hands While a man holds a dollar and [?] prays In this land of the free, uh, and home of the brave You see people getting shot over nickels and dimes Don't you know that it's all a sign of the times? Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Sign of the times Can really blow your mind Sign of the times Can really blow your mind