(feat. Rah Digga Scarface). . . [Wyclef]. Hold on now don't die now be strong now. He said I was born a crack baby. In a plastic bag in the alley. Raised in a foster home. With no mother to love and I never knew my papi. Back in the days of Bobby McFerrin. Used to sing don't worry be happy. Lord how can I be happy. When I don't even know my own family tree Lord. [Wyclef]. We are the next generation we ain't scared to die. The only thing I fear is the after life. Cos I don't know what's there on the other side. But I pray the Lord forgives me gives me one more try. [Wyclef]. Gang poppin' things doing drive-by's and angers. Kids going to school putting fears in their teacher. The teacher let them know that it ain't all good. Cos the gang was created to protect the neighborhood now. All you red now all you blue now. All you yellow now follow me now. To that place of righteousness. Where the only thing that matters is your consciousness he said. [Wyclef]. We are the next generation we ain't scared to die. The only thing I fear is the after life. Cos I don't know what's there on the other side. But I pray the Lord forgives me gives me one more try. [Wyclef]. In my father's kingdom there are many mansions. All the rooms are free there is no tax collection. I can see Biggie Tupac Moses and Abraham. Jason the one and two's jamming with the sun of man. [Scarface]. I've been kicked I've been stabbed. I've been shot I've been ? by a. Person that I thought I trusted where I live. It's a war at the cribs walk with a strap. Myself cos I don't want nobody's son on my back. My mind playing tricks ? to really ?. Me out in five unless I take another hit. I done seen the sun set on the other side of town. Now I'm drifting in the darkness Heaven hold me down. ? ? ? but I know I'm born dying. Feel the tears of the angels looking down on me crying. For a lying ass but yo forgive us in a while. And I'm sorry never let me forget that I'm your child. While I'm locked up in this basement staring eye to eye with Satan. In this cold dark world with no patience. We get plotted on by agents with talks of replacing. The Africans Jamaicans and the Haitians in this next generation. [Wyclef]. We are the next generation we ain't scared to die. The only thing I fear is the after life. Cos I don't know what's there on the other side. But I pray the Lord forgives me gives me one more try. [Rah Digga]. Whoa we the next generation look at what we facing. The kids raise themselves all kind of temptation. Flowers and candles decorating all the pavements. No the perpetrator ain't seeing no arrangements. Nobody cares about the feelings of the poor. Man they suffer while we spending eighty billion on a war uh. Cutting school budgets US stockmarket plummets. Condition's only worse and I wonder what become it. Metal detectors replace music classes. Angry little kids wanna beat their teacher's asses. The red and blue's somebody gotta lose. Reality TV be reality for who. I don't question what the Lord found in me. I just pass it on to folks with no boundaries. Got a long road ahead of us AIDS already gettin' us. Now we got stars how many will there be left of us. [Wyclef]. We are the next generation we ain't scared to die. The only thing I fear is the after life. Cos I don't know what's there on the other side. But I pray the Lord forgives me gives me one more try