Song of the Week - Livin' in a World They didn't Make - Janet Jackson

"Livin' in a World They Didn't Make" by Janet Jackson comes from her 1989 album "Rhythm Nation 1814"

Children are called the future of an adult world
They are born with spirits so innocent
Til we teach them how to hate.

Add to the world's confusion
We teach our kids rules
That we don't adhere to ourselves
Right or wrong
What example can they take

The people we learn from
Forge the adults we become

Living in a world they didn't make
Living in a world that's filled with hate
Living in a world where grown-ups break the rules
Living in a world they didn't make
Paying for a lot of adult mistakes
How much of this madness can they take
Our children

Children grow to become our young adults
Problems of the world
They must learn how to confront
Doing drugs, joining gangs to rebel
Colors show they belong
To the social override
Cause they're living in a space
They feel out of place

Living in a world they didn't make
Living in a world that's filled with hate
Living in a world where grown-ups break the rules
Living in a world they didn't make
Paying for a lot of adult mistakes
How much of this madness can they take
Our children
How much can they take.

Living in a world they didn't make
Living in a world that's filled with hate
Living in a world where grown-ups break the rules
Living in a world they didn't make
Paying for a lot of adult mistakes
How much of this madness can they take
Our children
How much can they take. 

How Much Can they take
Children of the world they are born so innocent
how much can they take, take the babies taken the babies.