What about the children?
Playin' in the streets
Dreaming of that good life
No shoes on their feet
Where is their mama, where is their daddy?
They need some badly
We all agree, yeah
We can all agree, yeah

It doesn't matter when life is shattered
To honest people like you, yeah
Honest people like you, yeah

Mm, what about that good girl?
Workin' on the street
Giving up that good-good
So her babies can eat
Tell me what would you do if you were in her shoes
It wasn't her dream, we all agree
Yes, we all agree, yeah

But it really doesn't matter when life is shattered
To honest people like you, yeah
Honest people like you, yeah
(You know what we're talkin' about)

What about the children?
Life ain't what it seems
What about the children?
All their broken dreams
Every day's a struggle
Life goes down a drain
No one gives a damn
Makes a mother scream
Make your woman scream, yeah, yeah

What about that good man?
Locked up from the streets
Trying to make a dollar
To put shoes on his baby's feet, now
Their mama's working from time to service
They need somebody, we all agree now, yeah
We can all agree, yeah, yeah

Well, it doesn't matter when life is shattered
To honest people like you
Honest people like you, yeah, oh

(What about the children?)
What about them babies?
What about the children?
What about the little, don't somebody care?
(What about the children?)
Why are you so heartless?
Why do you not care?
Don't you love the babies?
(What about the children?)
What about the babies?
What about the homeless?
What about the stabbing?
(What about the children?)
Why are you so heartless?
Why do you not care?
Even for your children
You have got to care
(What about the children?)
I can't take it no more, ooh
(What about the children?)
We not playin', y'all