Neneh Cherry - The Next Generation Lyrics
Autumn breeze, a spring teaseSummer days and winter nightsThe seasons change and thats a factIs it notDomo arigato, danke, merciMothers and daughters, fathers and sonsHeres hoping youll know the right time when it comesLike I did cause I knew though nobody toldMe a damn thing about how the world growsRight here before you, you cant even blink if you do youll miss it so take time to thinkAbout your position, your place in this worldAbout what youre here for so check it out girlBoys to the right and youre in this tooCome on be real now can we count on youTo be strong and to love us like through thick and thin with your heart and your soul not the size of your dick.Yeah, uh huh yeah uh huhSo check this outHey whats this sitting in my lapWhy its the next generation.And do you know what comes from the best love in the world you could possibly ever have,Yes its the next generationThe children are the chosen ones,Societys got its piorities wrong. the schools are closing down.Dont be messing with our future - black babies, white babies,Quarter puerto ricans, two sixths chinese,Any combination you could possibly imagine,But this important as the ground we walk on, people are people you know what I mean,Even the baby with a portaphoneAttached to its buggy pushed by a cloneAnd the black market baby that unwanted baby.For 50,000 it belonged to the richWell he didnt like his face,She said it didnt mattercause her husband was a surgeon.Ha ha ha ha - urr - sickAint aint that aint that sick -Shucks it breaks my heart.Operate on a baby urr sick.Hey whats that sitting in my lapWhy its the next generation.And do you know what comes from the best love in the world you could possibly ever have,Yes its the next generationAnd is it true that even though they keep you awake at nightSometimes and mess on your clothes that you worry aboutWhether its really worth the sacrifices that we all have to makeNo matter how rich or poorWhy yes theyre the next generation honey(free up)Push push push, in the bush down on your knees with the birds and beesYour basic needs is what youre fulfillingThis dude down this way must be making a killingcause then in the morningShe finds herself illingYou planted a seed that wont grow a treecause the love thats showing is a baby growingInside theres a life thats well worth knowing, knowin, knowinHa ha ha ha thats nasty aint itIf youre gonna do it, think before you do it and do it right - rightHey whats this sitting in my lapWhy its the next generation oh yeahAnd do you know what comes from the best love in the world you could possibly ever have,Yes its the next generationAnd is it true that even though they keep you awake at nightSometimes and mess on your clothes that you worry aboutWhether its really worth the sacrifices that we all have to makeNo matter how rich or poorWhy yes theyre the next generation honeyYou know, you know you see some people look at them right,Old people, guys on the corner holding on, girls right walkingArm in arm, spittin on the pavement or whateverAnd you wonder right if theyve forgotten or if they justCant remember that they ever were small one time,cause God knows we got to save the babies right,cause if we dont save the babiesWe aint gonna have a world to live in rightAnd God knows we love this world right,Aint that, right so right.Right right right... right uh uh...
