Janet Jackson - State Of The World Lyrics

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis go hard! 🎶

Brilliant song, this is the state of the world until now.

what an impact song""" terrific""""!!!!! go Janet

I still remember Casey Kasem announced this track back then on VOA Europe.. and after that, as much as I can remember, it has never been played again on that station...

Legendary

This entire album invented talking about sensitive topics like this before it became cool this decade

I'm sure there will be another album that talks about sensitive subjects without making it cool.

Janet Jackson State Of The World

[Verse 1]
Five A.M. rise and shine
To feed the baby before he starts to cry
No rest, no time to play
Fifteen: the mother is a runaway
No time for dreams or goals
Pressure is so strong
Her body she has sold so her child can eat

[Pre-Chorus 1]
What is happening to the world we live in
In our home and other lands?

[Chorus]
Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
People can't find enough to eat
Now our kids can't go out and play
That's the state of the world today
State of the world
Ooh, baby

[Verse 2]
Lil' Johnny, all alone
His only friend, the doll he carries with him
Goes to school each and every day
To be teased because he has no place to stay
This young homeless boy feels his life is worthless
Instead of suicide, he cries himself to sleep

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And it's happening to this world we live in
There's got to be a better way

[Chorus]
Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
People can't find enough to eat
Now our kids can't go out and play
That's the state of the world today
State of the world
Oooh
State of the world
Oooh
Nation!

[Breakdown]
Can't give up hope now
Let's weather the storm together

[Chorus]
Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
People can't find enough to eat
Now our kids can't go out and play
That's the state of the world today
Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
People can't find enough to eat
Now our kids can't go out and play
That's the state of the world today
Drugs and crime spreadin' on the streets
People can't find enough to eat
Now our kids can't go out and play
That's the state of the world today

[Outro]
That's the state of the world today
That's the state
That's the state of the world today

This is still the state of the world in 2019

If Pokemon took place in the 1970s and 1980s, this would've been one of the songs used for Pokemon XY&Z.

Best song on her best album!