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