[00:16.54]today in los angeles another youth loses his life. gunshot wound to
[00:19.60]The head. street violence is at an all-time high）
[00:23.66]No jokin, Im sleepin with my eyes open
[00:25.46]Wanted for a homicide ride, the guns still smokin
[00:27.21]Didnt know what I was doin but did it anyway
[00:29.15]Now the posses on my trail, they say Im gonna pay （run!）
[00:31.77]I had a gun, its mine and I packed it
[00:33.76]Out with my crew, the boys caught some static
[00:35.57]Me and this sucker punk went at it
[00:37.32]Bang! nine automatic
[00:39.82]Hunted child
[00:43.25]Im the childhunted
[00:44.04]（sources say the assailant was 17-years old and lives in south-central
[00:51.15]Los angeles）
[00:55.09]Now Im on a hideout tip cos theyre after me
[00:57.14]Lapd says theyre gonna capture me
[00:58.33]Was I crazy? I guess I had to be
[01:01.07]Cos once you kill its instant catastrophe
[01:03.01]Your whole life is over （through!）
[01:05.20]Forget about your girl your （crew!）
[01:07.07]Nowhere to run, so what you gonna do?
[01:08.69]Be glad its me, homeboy, and not you
[01:10.81]The hunted child
[01:14.24]Im the hunted child
[01:18.55]Hunted child
[01:22.04]Im the hunted child
[01:41.96]Im only 17, I didnt mean to kill, man
[01:44.09]But I was slangin and bangin for the thrill, man
[01:46.10]When they said （kill!） I felt chill, man
[01:48.03]But once I pulled the trigger, boy, then things got ill, man
[01:50.34]My homeboys dipped out the back fast
[01:51.71]Left me alone in the echo of the gun blast
[01:53.59]Everybody saw my face, I didnt wear a mask
[01:55.46]You wanna know my name? just ask
[01:57.52]The hunted child
[02:01.14]Im the hunted child
[02:05.44]Hunted child
[02:08.94]Im the hunted child
[02:09.81]（the science of capitalism which you teach to the youth on the streets
[02:16.99]Today with the ends justifying the means mentality aint happenin）
[02:44.57]Im sweatin heavy cos my face is on tv
[02:46.50]Everybody in this whole worlds after me
[02:48.25]Since I was young I never had a damned thing
[02:50.18]At christmas time Id hate to hear the bells ring
[02:52.18]Cos in the ghetto santa aint got a dime
[02:53.99]Your mothers standin in the welfare line
[02:55.36]The way the youth survive is crime
[02:57.92]My life is over so I might as well speak my mind
[03:00.35]I killed a brother cos this system had me geared to kill
[03:02.73]Cos what I call home you call hell
[03:04.29]My ghetto quarters aint no better than a jail cell
[03:06.15]But theres a message in this story that Im tryna tell
[03:08.27]Were just brothers on the streets killin brothers
[03:09.83]This system has us geared to kill one another
[03:11.33]Sellin dope to poison each other
[03:12.39]The plan of the man, word to the mother
[03:15.70]But Im a sucker cos I fell into their plan
[03:17.69]187, I killed a brother man
[03:18.69]My life on earth was hell, you understand?
[03:20.75]But when I die Im goin to hell again
[03:24.43]Im the hunted child Im the hunted child Im the hunted child the
[03:30.73]Hunted child
[03:45.10]Im the hunted child
[04:17.09]Im the hunted child