[00:00:00] Believe - Flipsyde/Piper [00:00:09] This song is for all the ghetto children [00:00:11] Born in the war zone [00:00:14] Try'na grow up [00:00:20] You're my darling darling baby [00:00:23] Just believe [00:00:26] Someday a change will [00:00:28] Come you will see [00:00:30] You're my darling darling baby [00:00:35] Just believe [00:00:36] I know that you'll be free [00:00:38] If you just believe [00:00:40] Sidewalk early morn [00:00:42] Backpack old shoes no jacket on [00:00:44] Head down eyes fixed on the ground [00:00:47] You can tell he don't really [00:00:48] Wanna take a look around [00:00:49] Because he's living in a war zone [00:00:51] Just passed that spot [00:00:52] Where his big brother got shot [00:00:54] His mama never tells him come home [00:00:56] Ever since bro died [00:00:58] All she ever do is snort hop [00:00:59] Everybody thinks he's dead wrong [00:01:01] In the back of the class [00:01:03] Don't nobody really think he can pass [00:01:05] But he's not a quitter [00:01:06] And he's scared of the past [00:01:08] So the future is all that he has [00:01:10] Gotta go and get it [00:01:11] And he don't learn quick [00:01:13] And he's not that smart [00:01:14] But the boy got heart [00:01:15] And that's all that he needs [00:01:16] With his goals and his dreams [00:01:18] You can make it if you just believe [00:01:20] Just believe [00:01:21] You're my darling darling baby [00:01:24] Just believe [00:01:27] Someday a change will [00:01:28] Come you will see [00:01:30] You're my darling darling baby [00:01:35] Just believe [00:01:37] I know that you'll be free [00:01:39] If you just believe [00:01:41] I see her standing on the ave [00:01:41] In her short dress [00:01:42] 15 years old maybe little less [00:01:45] And her so called boyfriend is 25 [00:01:47] He says if she ever leaves [00:01:49] Then she gonna die [00:01:50] First time was the worst time [00:01:52] Might as well get paid for it [00:01:54] That's what her boyfriend said [00:01:55] Men form a long line [00:01:57] For a piece of the princess [00:01:59] But her soul ain't dead [00:02:00] Mama got a [00:02:01] Little flame and it flickers [00:02:03] In the abstract [00:02:04] That's a true north star [00:02:05] She gonna make a run for her freedom [00:02:07] All she got to do is backtrack [00:02:09] And be who you are [00:02:10] Freedom's in the heart [00:02:12] And her innocence's gone [00:02:14] And the pain last long [00:02:14] But she will move on [00:02:16] Because all that she needs [00:02:17] Is her goals and her dreams [00:02:18] You can make it if you just believe [00:02:21] Just believe [00:02:21] You're my darling darling baby [00:02:26] Just believe [00:02:27] Someday a change will come you will see [00:02:31] You're my darling darling baby [00:02:36] Just believe [00:02:37] I know that you'll be free [00:02:39] If you just believe [00:02:41] Land they can care less [00:02:43] About our idealogies and our politics [00:02:45] Ain't no philosophy ever fed me [00:02:48] A kid starving ain't [00:02:49] Thinking about chemistry [00:02:51] And we plan so long that we don't do [00:02:53] And we really wanna help [00:02:54] But we don't move [00:02:56] And we get gridlocked [00:02:57] And we just stop [00:02:58] But if you listen [00:02:59] You can still hear the bodies drop [00:03:01] So you wanna save world [00:03:02] Well you better save the block first [00:03:05] It's a ticking time bomb [00:03:06] And if you come into my hood [00:03:08] Understanding you got to knock first [00:03:10] 'Cause respect goes long [00:03:11] Right now is the time [00:03:13] To decide what it is [00:03:14] Can't do it for yourself [00:03:15] Then do it for the kids [00:03:16] Because all that we need [00:03:18] Is our goals and our dreams [00:03:19] We can make it if we just believe [00:03:21] Just believe [00:03:22] You're my darling darling baby [00:03:27] Just believe [00:03:28] Someday a change will [00:03:29] Come you will see [00:03:32] You're my darling darling baby [00:03:37] Just believe [00:03:38] I know that you'll be free [00:03:40] If you just believe