Nothing For The Kids Chords

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 I'm gonna pEack up my troubles in my oAld kit-bag, I'm gonna rBun a mile from here

 'Cos the ASEBO generation make tAhis a terror nation fuBll of loathing and fear

 All the bleAary-eyed boys getting high on the low street

 While the gEirls lift clothes down the high street and they say,

 "AYeah I know, I know it's wrBong but I can't be bothered to pCmay,

 I got the money but I nBeed it for my dealer tAoday."

 And her friends are all the same and they kBnow it's not right

 But tCmhey were promised moBre from this life

 And tEhey will steal and tAhey will fight

 Because there's noBthing for the kids to do today

 And thEey will haunt the stAreets at night

 Because there's notBhing for the kids to do today

 ShaEun has an ASBO, he's onAly fourteen, he's tiBred and he's bored with the local police

 "They're prEicks," he says, "I didAn't get a second chance,

 They diBdn't ask why I did it"

 The piAgs p 'n' c'in for puttin up his hood

 and paedopEhiles playing his neck of the woods,

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 HCme's got no safety in numbers, his ASBO won't allow him to be hanging around in gangs

 WBhat is he to do? He's been kiAcked out of school

 What a way to fix a fool, we are faiBling our youth

 PCmarents and governors can you hBandle the truth?

 And tEhey will steal and tAhey will fight

 Because there's noBthing for the kids to do today

 And thEey will haunt the stAreets at night

 Because there's notBhing for the kids to do today

There's nothing for the kids to do

 WhEo's to blame? The maAinstream media?

 Our rulBers and idols get greedier and seedier

 TEhey're an embarrassment, thAey should be shamed

 For misguiBding our youth, they're the ones to blame

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 They sit bacEk and watch the evil grow from the youth club ruins where the kids used to go

 TAake parts of Salford in Manchester, dyiBng on its feet

 While the plCmayers at United get a hunBdred grand a week

 The kEids love them anyway, it don't make sense

 When you haAve a go at me for the sake of fifty pence

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 Especially wheAn some of you so called "poor kids" have got the money for a digital camcorder

 And the tBime to film a girl whilst you spit-roast her

 You hEang about the park but you dAon't play football

 You troBuble me for money 'cos you've got to make a drug call (?)

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 You've got time, you'vAe got money but you wrBap it in a joint 'cos you don't see the

in using your time for making your

 dreams come tCmrue

 You're all too busy trying to loBse our respect for yAou

Why're you proud to be rude?

 You're just tBrying to be cool in front of your mates

 That's aCmll that really matters when yBou're living in hate

 And tEhey will steal and tAhey will fight

 Because there's noBthing for the kids to do today

 And thEey will haunt the stAreets at night

 Because there's notBhing for the kids to do today

AWhy do you wanna grow up, why do you wanna grow so fBast and throw your youth away?

ADon't throw your youth awayB and don't let me hear you say

 That there's noEthing for the kids to do today

There's plenty for the kids to do today

 There's sCmo much for the kids to do