Hook
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
Pain recycled, love been missing
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
If the future’s broke, it’s our decision
Real life villains, help the children
Verse 1
Born in a world where the sirens preach
Before the teachers ever get to speak
Concrete lessons, no receipt
Just adapt or starve in the same damn week
They call us problems, call us threats
Never ask who stacked the debt
Never ask who placed the bets
Then left the youth with the consequence
We learned survival before we learned peace
Learned when to run before we learned sleep
Mama stress etched deep in her cheeks
Bills on the table like enemies
Hope get thin where the lights go out
Dreams stay quiet when the guns too loud
They say “change,” but don’t show how
Just point fingers when we wild out
Hook
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
World too cold, yeah the love been missing
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
Cycles spinning with no supervision
Real life villains, help the children
Verse 2
Who the villain, the kid or the cage?
Who the monster, the youth or the page
Where they wrote our fate at a young ass age
Then shocked when we act enraged
Schools underfunded, prisons pristine
Same system, different scenes
They invest in punishment schemes
But never invest in human dreams
Little boys raised by the block
Little girls learning how not to talk
Hide your tears, keep your guard on lock
Love don’t live where the trauma knock
Every loss leave a deeper scar
Every night feel a mile too far
If nobody show you what hope look like
You start worshipping who you are
Bridge
This more than chains, more than rap
More than images sold as facts
This about lives that fell through cracks
And never got their chances back
Hook
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
They watching everything we living
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
If we don’t lead, they inherit the system
Real life villains, help the children
Verse 3
I ain’t clean, I got blood on my shoes
Ran from pain, made nothing to lose
But I learned real strength ain’t making the news
It’s staying human when the world confuse
If I make it out, I owe the youth
More than bars, I owe them truth
Show them growth don’t make you weak
And real power don’t need abuse
Give them guidance, not just advice
Give them patience, not just a mic
Give them vision beyond the night
So they don’t chase darkness for light
If you survived, don’t turn away
You might be the reason they see a way
Real villains hide, real leaders stay
And lift the next ones every day
Outro / Hook (slow)
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains, help the children
Real life villains
