ABCs Lyrics

[Hook: K'naan & Rayzak]
They don't teach us the ABC's
We play on the hard concrete
All we got is life on the streets
All we got is life on the streets
They don't teach us the ABC's
We play on the hard concrete
All we got is life on the streets
All we got is life on the streets

[Verse 3: K'naan]
Superman I'm known by the locals
As this dude who's so fly it's global

Attitude that came outta struggle
Destitute but I make it hopeful

You real but my real is tenfold
My real will make yours a rental
Gangsta if it is, essential

Fight with guns or utensils
So bold, nothing's confidential
Breakfast was not continental
And lunch could not compliment all
We still become competent souls
These streets ain't paved with no gold
Matter fact, someone stole the light pole
Nobody fat enough for lipo
They don't teach us to read and write, so
[Hook: K'naan & Rayzak]
They don't teach us the ABC's
We play on the hard concrete
All we got is life on the streets
All we got is life on the streets
They don't teach us the ABC's
We play on the hard concrete
All we got is life on the streets
All we got is life on the streets

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K'naan describes the conditions that a child who grows up in Somalia has to deal with.

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