Yeah, this one right here...this for the kids...this is for all kids...nCity kids, suburban kids, rich kids, poor kids, messy kids, clean kidsnIt don't matter; man the kids is our futurenPeople need to start waking up...nAnd realize what's really going onn'Cause everything ain't all good, it's really notnSo we just gonna do this for the kids right nownAnd dedicate this to ya'll - Unknown Prophets style babynnTo all the shorties who decided their favorite emcee's rhymesnAnd girls playin' double doutch in the summer timenI'm lookin' at your childhoodnReminicing on minenYo it's funny how things can change throughout timenNow your online sendin' out e-m's to your friendsnLittle Cats rockin' today's latest trendsnIn the schoolyard, tradin' your pokemon cardsnEveryone tryin' to cop the ol' charizardnPromos and holographicsnDreamcast, videogames with the illest graphicsnBasketball practicenYour Allison's the future Jordan'snSaturday's wakin up to catch cartoons in the morningsnI know it's boring, sometimes your sittin' in classnOther days your straight clowin' makin' everyone laughnPassin notes to that girl that's got a crush on younYour like, Yo girl, I like ya too.nFor all the kids in the BurbsnAnd all the kids in the citynHangin' with your crewnActin' mad sillynChase all your dreams 'till you make them realitynRespect yourself, your peers and your familynFor all the kids strugglin'nKeep your head upnBrighter days are aheadnThe rain will soon let upnAnd when your fed up, ready to call it quitsnRemember we all go through rough timesnEven the ProphetsnSo this if for them kids at New Vision School, Bottnem ParknYo in Harlem toonTo all the little rascals across the MapnPeace from the ProphetsnNo matter where you atnnThis is for them kids who lact respectnAnd this is for them kids with the well-fare checksnThis if for them kids who get good gradesnAnd this if for them kids just tryin' to get paidnThis if for them kids who stay in schoolnAnd this is for them kids who wanna Act a foolnThis is for all kids, whether good or bad, big or small, we still got lovenfor ya'll.nnI see some of the kids on my busnThey probed to cussnIt's like they headed straight to jail to be thrown in cuffsnParents dont take the time to monitor their kids musicnWhen most of the lyircs are, explicitly abusivenYour Son's got dirty clothesnWhy you sittin' on low prosnSendin' him to school with ragidy hairnThat's a no-nonThey need to be playin' with yo-yo's instead of bulletsn'Cause kids these days ain't got enough sense not to pull itnThey hear it on CD's, they see it on TVnIn doesn't go in one year and out the other believe menYou need to read to your kids and be with your kidsnYou need to listen to your kids and feed your kidsnYou need to love your kids and provide for your kidsnYou need to make them know you would die for your kidsnYo, I feel that kids look up to us as role-modelsnSo, we gotta give them somethin positive to follownSo this is for the kids runnin' in the streets at nightnAnd for those skippin' class when they know it ain't rightnThere's too much bad hype about black and whitenAnd kids gotta go through life with negative stereotypesnAll white kids ain't devilsnAll black kids ain't thugsnAll white kids aren't in the coltnAll black kids don't sell drugsnSome do but that's just the way things arenBut you can make a difference whether near or farnFrom Tuttle to MarseatnFrom Sheridan to KenwoodnFrom the kids on Lowry, all the way down to GlenwoodnFrom my hood, to your hood, to people everywherenThe Prophets here to show you we carenYa heard me?nnThis is for them kids who lact respectnAnd this is for them kids with the well-fare checksnThis if for them kids who get good gradesnAnd this if for them kids just tryin' to get paidnThis if for them kids who stay in schoolnAnd this is for them kids who wanna Act da foolnThis is for all kids, whether good or bad, big or small, we still got lovenfor ya'll.