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Imagine a song, that really reached out and touched kids, |
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And not in a |
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Daily Mail way, innocence corrupted, |
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But in a way where criticism remained constructive, |
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And wasn't too politicised and children weren't instructed, |
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To behave in a way that was unrealistic, |
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Or made out the way they live was somehow sick and twisted, |
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But simply pointed out reasons to get it together, |
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Not shouting "get a job", but just saying, [Chorus] |
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Get better, get better, get better, get better, |
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Get better, get better, get, |
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Get better, get better, get better, get better, |
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Get better, |
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Get better, |
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Get better, get better, get better, |
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Get better, get better, get, |
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Get better, get better, get better, |
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Get better, |
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You see the young mother capital is where |
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I live, Little kids being raised by slightly bigger kids, |
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Society seems unphased that this is how it is, |
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While I'm constantly amazed that this is how it is, |
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They confuse love at first sight with lust at first light, |
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It must have hurt right when trust first took flight, |
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You're young, you've no rights, you long for new heights, |
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But some of those nights leave more than love bites, |
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Tops cropped, skirts stop at the top of their thighs, |
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And the boys got that hungry look in their eyes, |
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They wanna be grown up and have respect you see, |
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But they're acting uneducated sexually, |
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I ain't saying' be celibate, |
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Go out and have your fun, |
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But there's plenty you can do without impregnation, |
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And there ain't nothing wrong at all with having children, |
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Just build yourself a little before you try to build them, |
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And, [Chorus] |
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I see small town syndrome growing in size, |
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There's not a lot to do, so the kids they decide, |
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To get drunk every night, a glazed eyes disguise, |
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Do drugs every night, tired from their lives, |
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People getting off their faces for a quiet night in, |
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Kids rolling around the streets rowing and fighting, |
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But it's all just because life ain't too exciting, |
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And it's easier than trying to do the right thing, |
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But there are other choices -- if you want them, |
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You don't have to tow the line and just float with the flotsam, |
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You can build your time better when you find a passion, |
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The Internet and public services give free education, |
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So it really ain't a case of rich or poor, |
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It's a case of self-motivation and nothing more, |
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Like Billy says, whether you have or you have not wealth, |
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The system might fail you, but don't fail yourself, |
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Just, [Chorus] |
