you re my darling darling baby someday a change will come you will see you re my darling darling baby i know that you ll be free if you just believe i see him walking on a sidewalk early morn backpack old shoes no jacket on head down eyes fixed on the ground you can tell he don t really wanna take a look around because he s living in a war zone just passed that spot where his big brother got shot his mama never tells him come home ever since bro died all she ever do is snort hop everybody thinks he s dead wrong in the back of the class don t nobody really think he can pass but he s not a quitter and he s scared of the past so the future is all that he has gotta go and get it and he don t learn quick and he s not that smart but the boy got heart and that s all that he needs with his goals and his dreams you can make it if you just believe you re my darling darling baby someday a change will come you will see you re my darling darling baby i know that you ll be free if you just believe i see her standing on the ave in her short dress 15 years old maybe little less and her so called boyfriend is 25 he says if she ever leaves then she gonna die first time was the worst time might as well get paid for it that s what her boyfriend said men form a long line for a piece of the princess but her soul ain t dead mama got a little flame and it flickers in the abstract that s a true north star she gonna make a run for her freedom all she got to do is backtrack and be who you are freedom s in the heart and her innocence s gone and the pain last long but she will move on because all that she needs is her goals and her dreams you can make it if you just believe  you re my darling darling baby someday a change will come you will see you re my darling darling baby i know that you ll be free if you just believe now the children of the land they can care less about our ideologies and our politics ain t no philosophy ever fed me a kid starving ain t thinking about chemistry and we plan so long that we don t do and we really wanna help but we don t move and we get gridlocked and we just stop but if you listen you can still hear the bodies drop so you wanna save the world well you better save the block first it s a ticking time bomb and if you come into my hood understanding you got to knock first cause respect goes long right now is the time to decide what it is can t do it for yourself then do it for the kids because all that we need is our goals and our dreams we can make it if we just believe you re my darling darling baby someday a change will come you will see you re my darling darling baby i know that you ll be free if you just believe i know that you ll be free if you just believe2