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mcskill thapreacha - listen to the kids lyrics

[intro – justina lee brown & mcsk!ll thapreacha]
we gotta listen up (yeah)
we gotta be ready for the call (mcsk!ll thapreacha)
everybody wants attention (a yo justina word up?)
we wanna be heard
no one wants to be left aside (its what we talking about)
every child has something special

[verse one – mcsk!ll thapreacha]
i knew a man, his name was mr. william
he had two sons and a daughter and they were triplets
he really wanted his sons to be doctors
and the daughter, he wanted her to be a lawyer
typical nigerian man, he was a dreamer
always thinking about society first and how to please them
a selfish father, he never listened to the kids
never thought about their dreams and what they could achieve
the first son, he had talent to be an actor
the second was a football player, he was a master
the daughter was a painter, she painted pictures with ease
she was way ahead of her time, she was the perfect thing
then came the time the ball player had opportunity to
sign for a football club in chicago and so
mr william never allowed that happen
he said his son had to be a doctor, that’s final
he k!lled a dream, this is the part that i begin
to tell the parents, you! always have a rethink
the kids are humans, gotta respect their feelings
gotta be their angels right, not their demons
the next day, boy was found in his room
lying helpless on the floor, overdosed on a drug
mr william lost a son, never forgave himself
now he depressed, his whole life has never been the same

[chorus – justina lee brown]
listen up, listen up
listen to the kids, listen to kids (yeah, yeah, yeah)

(ooh ooh ooh)

listen up, listen up
listen to the kids, listen to the kids (yeah, yeah, yeah)

‘cos everybody wants attention
want to be heard
want to feel special
‘cos everybody needs attention
want to be heard
feel something special

so i say
listen up, listen up
listen to the kids, listen to the kids (yeah, yeah, yeah)

oooh

listen up, listen up
listen to the kids, listen to the kids (yeah yeah yeah)

[verse two – mcsk!ll thapreacha]
mrs anna was 32 and she was pretty cool
everybody loved her att-tude
she had a daughter named jane, she was 11
jane’s daddy p-ssed away when she was 7
she got married again by the time jane was 9
jane had a new daddy, everything was fine
sad story, he was a pedophile
started abusing jane and threatened her not to tell her moms
but jane couldn’t keep that, she had to tell
mrs anna never believed her own daughter, what the h-ll?
trust me, its a true story
be responsible, pay attention and listen up to your kids stories
they get bullied at school, they get raped
they got bruises and scars and took it as their fate
one day, anna came back from work early
met her hubby doing her daughter behind the tele
she was screaming for help, struggling for her life
anna couldn’t move like corpse, she was all white
she grabbed the mug on the table and hit her hubby on the head
just 20 seconds of bleeding, he was dead
anna grabbed jane, she wasn’t breathing too well
she was tryna say something but shortly, she was dead
mrs anna lost her daughter to her nonchalance
she had to take her own life just to strike a balance

[bridge – justina lee brown]
everybody needs attention (x3)
oohhhh you gotta listen to the kids
listen to the kids
listen to the future