Damn

You take your first steps
Momma in hand
Guide you forward
To help you stand up to a world so unforgiving
End up on the streets trying to make a living
Get up, go to school, she's drilling you

But her words are drowned out
The minute you found out
All about the word on the street, what's it sound like?
Take some risks act like you don't care
Caught up in some shit
Now your momma's scared

And you said
Who gives a damn about me? who gives a damn? (lord, who?)
Who gives a damn about me, who gives a damn?
And you said
Who gives a damn about me, who gives a damn, anyway? (lord, who?)
Who gives a damn about me, who gives a damn?
Who gives a damn about me? who gives a damn?
Who gives a crap about me?
Lord, won't you tell me who gives a damn?

You take your first steps on your way up to a life of crime, think you'll find
The streets are paved with gold and diamond
Gonna beat your way up till you find it
But the gold is foolish and the bling is a trick of the eye

Don't be fooled by the gold, son
Don't be swayed by the diamonds
Don't be fooled by the gold, son
Don't be swayed by the diamonds