Children In The Streets chords by Lucky Dube

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Sitting
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by the door one morning
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Looking at the children
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Going to school, man
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Then I thought about the ones
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in the streets
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Moving up and down
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Nowhere to go
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Verse 2

No education, no future

Then I thought about their parents,

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Why do they suffer so much

If they have parents, why?

Verse 3
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If you really don't want
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no children
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Why do you have them?
If you really don't want no children,
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man
Why, why?
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Verse 4
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(We can fight and overcome)
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(We can stop children from
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the streets)
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(We can fight and overcome)
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(We can stop children from
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the streets)
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(We can fight and overcome)
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(We can stop children from the
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streets)
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It's a cold

Verse 5
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winter, man
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Moving bare- footed down Khilo street,
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man
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His father is relaxing in the
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best bar in town
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Asking them to fill up his glass, man

Verse 6
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His mother is kissing on another man
If you really don't want
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no children
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Why do you have them?
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If you can't care for them

Interlude 1
Why?
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(We can fight

Verse 7
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and overcome)
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(We can stop children from
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the streets)
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(We can fight and overcome)
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(We can stop children from
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the streets)
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(We can fight and
overcome)
(We can stop children from the streets)