[Verse 1: rc] I woke up early on a Monday Just to make it to Sunday I woke up - I don't wanna go to school no more Don't wanna live for others and regret it at my funeral Cus I've been chasin this major, strictly for the paper And not because I love it and I find it hard to function So I had to sit back, relax, and ask myself, who am I? And what do i want out of this life of mine [Hook] We are the children and we got these dreams We gon' chase 'em and we takin everything We the the kids you influenced, just tryna live through the music We don't care what you say, cus the kids gon' say, they gon' say We ready, we ready We ready, for whatever comes our way We ready, we ready We ready, you know the kids gon' play [Verse 2: rc] Tired of workin this calculus, so I'm workin on gettin out this b**h The Children on the come up, my brotherhood Fullmetal Alchemist My music is my love life - I need a date, tryna eat I need a plate Tryna stack money cus I'm tired snack money - that's zebra cake Sallie Mae tryna play me mang - but I ain't gon' let her though
Cus momma taught me better hoe, she give me brain, I let her go Cus she ain't gon' pimp me, and I ain't slowin down word to Pimp C Trap tell me sell dope - it's tempting, and the Pope be the illest MC Cus he out here rappin verses just trappin out the churches Stackin earnings off the people feelin worthless - so who do you trust? While I'm out here rappin verses just tryna scratch the surface Like a bad itch, just me, no bad b**h Cus this earth is infatuated with fabrics And all this with no purpose like his and her's status But I'm a leader, somethin you dream bout Better Martin Luther King me before I get dreams out [Hook] We are the children and we got these dreams We gon' chase 'em and we takin everything We the the kids you influenced, just tryna live through the music We don't care what you say, cus the kids gon' say, they gon' say We ready, we ready We ready, for whatever comes our way We ready, we ready We ready, you know the kids gon' play