We're gonna take
ya all back now
Come on
I like the way
this going down
Ladies and gents
You oughta do this
for the kids
Check it out
Here we go, yo
We don't need
no education
Says a young man
sitting in class
School is out three
o'clock on the dot
Beef with some thugs
He got shot
Turn on your television
Martin Luther King
just had a dream
Take this dream and
apply it to your life
Shorty's selling crack,
it's a talking job
To all my refugees,
enough respect
To all my juveniles,
enough respect
To all my war children,
enough respect
Now Bono won't you
sing the hook, come on
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
'Cos a new day's
gonna come
Every country got
a ghetto, come on
And look towards
the sun
Some got the
darkness all around
Everybody sing this
part right here
Mama, mama
You know you
raised me with
no father figure
I wanna take this
time to thank you
For giving me life
Alright
Mama, mama
You know you
raised me with
no father figure
And taken by
machine gun trigger
Out for giving
me life
Yo, yo turn the page
read the news today
People getting fired,
some getting wild
Looting on the streets
'cos the dogs gotta eat
By any means
necessary
Turning over
the hour glass
Gotta get it straight
before it's too late
'Cos I don't wanna
be behind that gate
Now everybody
sing the hook
Keep your head up
Your head up
'Cos a new day's
gonna come
For the new
millennium
And look towards
the sun
Some got the
darkness all around
Everybody sing this
part right here
Mama, mama
You know you
raised me with
no father figure
I wanna take this
time to thank you
For giving me life
Alright
Mama, mama
You know you
raised me with
no father figure
And taken by
machine gun trigger
Out for giving
me life
Hey yo raise the
roof up in the air,
come on
And just raise the
roof for all my people
trying to eat
Stomp your feet
on the floor come on
and just stomp
Stomp, stomp, stomp
Midnight she's
on the street
She can't sleep
She's afraid to dream
Ten years old,
my Spanish rose
You see things
you should have
never seen
Midnight she's
on the street
Oh she can't sleep
She's afraid to dream
I want all you
kids to sing
C'mon let me
hear you all
Keep your head up
'Cos a new day's
gonna come
And look towards
the sun
Some got the
darkness all around
Mama, mama
You know you
raised me with
no father figure
I wanna take this
time to thank you
For giving me life
Alright
Mama, mama
You know you
raised me with
no father figure
And taken by
machine gun trigger
Out for giving
me life
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Wyclef and Bono
Jerry Wonder
in the back
I let the DJ
cut the wax