Just another day. Seems like everybody's, got a problem. 
And no one knows how but, we all wanna solve 'em. 
And you could give a dime, give a hand, give a shit. 
Or you could look away and never deal with it.

For example, this girl's pretty fly for a white gal. 
And all the guys want her though she's a juvenile. 
She's really kinda sad, and just don't care,
 cuz the only one she wants is her best friend Claire.

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What's going on, what's going on? Ready or not? (not) 
The world moves on and on and on and on and on and on and on. . . 
yo what's going on?

There's nothing much to me. 
I'm simple like you, ordinary. 
My tired eyes can see, 
that time that may fly and what's left is meant to be. 

And I'm lookin' out, and you're lookin' in. 
It's takin' more than time to erase the stain. 
And it's never been the same.

Any city. A girl turns 17. She goes to a party. 
She and her girls are drinkin'
 Bacardi ever since they walked through the door. 
All the guys have been scopin' and flexin' trying to score. 
But she's a good girl, so she won't have none of that. 
She takes another sip, but she has no clue,
 of the spike from the G to tha H to the B. 
She wakes up in the morning bruised, raped on the street.

What's going on, what's going on? Ready or not? (not) 
The world moves on and on and on and on and on and on and on. . .
 yo what's going on?

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In a small town. A kid that you know goes to school. 
He's really kinda shy and he's not that cool. 
He knows what it's like to look in from the outside, inside,
 wants someone to confide. 
Everyone's busy, no one's got the time. 
He takes his dad's gun and says this is how I'll shine. 
BOOM BOOM BOOM, and the kids fall down on the ground . . . 
dumbfound. 

What's going on, what's going on? Ready or not? (not) 
The world moves on and on and on and on and on and on and on. . .
 yo what's going on?

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According the department of justice
One out of five american women are victims of rape
Or sexual assult in their lifetime
25 percent of women report that they have been assualted 
Or raped by their current or former partner
25 percent of students have been victims of a violent crime
That took place in or around their school
8 hundred thousand sixth to twelth grade students
Carried a gun to their school last year
What's going on?