19 years-old, been on his own since he was 13   Every trick in the book, there's not one that he hasn't tried   Growing up with his friends in a world that's so hard to escape from   You know that some of them are living, some of them in jail, some have died      Another cold, hungry morning in a third floor, three room apartment   Where everything in it's paid by the state, but there's never enough   While down on the street, wind blows the trash 'cross the pavement   And I'm going down to *CNA*, try to connect with some stuff      Child of the Streets   Child of the Streets   You better watch what you do when you meet   Child of the Streets      Well I go on down to the corner, run into Eddie and old Johnson   And we get back in the alley, get out of the wind for a smoke   While down on the street, there's a cat driving a white limousine   And he's trying to tell me (he's trying to tell me), he's trying to tell me (tell me) that it's all a joke      But I don't believe a word he says      Hey look, a rich man, a rich man, lock up your doors and your windows   And you better watch who your daughter's talking to on her way to school (yeah)   You know you've got so much, brother, I ain't got nothing   So have a good time sitting by your swimming pool      Oh, Child of the Streets   Child of the Streets   Oh, you better watch what you do when you meet   Child of the Streets      Oh, Child of the Streets   Hey, Hey, Child of the Streets   You better watch what you do when you meet   Child of the Streets      Come on, Child of the Streets   Ooh, Child of the Streets   You better watch what you do when you meet   Child of the Streets      etc.