Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make)

(album: Rhythm Nation 1814 - 1989)

Children are called the future of an adult world
They are born with spirits so innocent
'Til we teach them how to hate
Add to the world's confusion
We teach our kids rules
That we don't adhere to ourselves
Right or wrong
What examples can they take?
The people we learn from
Forge the ideas we become

Living in a world they didn't make
Living in a world that's filled with hate
Living in a world where grown-ups break the rules
(And they're just)
Living in a world they didn't make
Paying for a lot of adult mistakes
How much of this madness can they take, our children?

Children grow to become our young adults
Problems of the world
They must learn how to confront
Doing drugs, joining gangs to rebel
Colors show they belong
To the social override
'Cause they're living in a space
They feel out of place

Living in a world they didn't make
Living in a world that's filled with hate
Living in a world where grown-ups break the rules
(And they're just)
Living in a world they didn't make
Paying for a lot of adult mistakes
How much of this madness can they take, our children?
(How much can they take?)
Living in a world they didn't make (They did not make)
Living in a world that's filled with hate (That's filled with hate)
Living in a world where grown-ups break the rules (They're just)
Living in a world they didn't make (Living in a world)
Paying for a lot of adult mistakes (Living in a world)
How much of this madness can they take, our children? (Living in a world)

How much can they take?
Children of the world
They are born so innocent
How much can they take?
Save the babies
Save the babies

This just in, at least five people are dead, and thirty others wounded, after a gunman opened fire at a California school playground, and then killed himself. Apparently, the gunman, armed with an automatic rifle, shot the kids' door