Sammie - When I Grow Up (Interlude) lyrics

[Teacher:] Ok cla** ok everybody settle down Everybody settle down Um as you all know we've been working Real hard on getting our school essays done Does anybody have theirs to read first? [Sammie:] Mr. Evans my essay is ready [Teacher:] Ok everybody Sammie has the floor [Sammie:] When I grow up I wonder if people will be more afraid To cry than they are to die Will I be able to see a rainbow In a smog-filled sky? Will there be any trees alive? If not, how will the planet survive? Will the Internet have a web-site at www.lifetimeairsupply? When I grow up If I got bored and had nothing to do And me and my son built a canoe Would water that used to be blue Be so polluted it would give us the flu? Will a thousand dollars be enough for a shoe? Will I have to be like you? Letting money make a decision For everything that I do? When I grow up Will the existence of dolphins and whales Just be story I tell? Starting with "Once upon a time..." Ending with "Where did we fail?" Will adults be the hammer and nail? Will schools be next door to jails? Will the truth be illegal to sell? When I grow up Will anyone be on the news For anything besides k**ing? Will those drug dealers still Be standing in front of my building? Will they ever learn how to love? Or stay afraid of the feeling? Will TV and music videos Still raise America's children? When I grow up Will innocent kids still be Wrongfully touched? Will students go home from school In a bulletproof bus? What if children had no one to trust? That would hurt me so much And I wanna be happy when I grow up