the same kids from the system
That you said wouldn't listen, taught us
Go out in the raw color stars
I used to run every chance I would get
a test subject for medication
And settled for subpar HEC education
A misfit, another kid trapped
Destined to be a product, another statistic
When the big ugly group home van
showed up to pick me up from school
Everybody knew it and I couldn't hide it
I just wanted to climb inside it
I'm a grown kid, and I'm not ashamed
This is real life, baby, this is not a game
We children of the system
I'm a grown kid, and I'm not ashamed
This is real life, baby, this is not a game
We children of the system
Why you think I went to the army?
19 years old with no life skills
The only place around that would
and take orders like a drone
Until I reinvented myself
And I don't really know what it is lately
But I still think about the
email found out I'm in the navy
And we were roommates as babies
Sometimes I think back and it's crazy
short -tempered, and crazy
If you enrage me, enrage me,
This is real life, this is not a game.
We are children of the system
Rachel Madden took kids in
While state funded group homes
she'll get the respect she deserves?
Nah, but they tell me to have
more respect for the herd
When you a ward of the court,
sitting around in placement
Doing things no girl should
ever have to do to fit in
We are a nation of kids discarded
In Sil mar, where the heart
and short -term hospitals
through abuse and neglect
Just so you can get a check
So I respect those who went through
Cause I'm a group home kid just like you
We children of the system in a lot of pain
We are children of the system
We are children of the system
So if you're McLaren Hall,
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