the kids are right now

black child

born jamaica

crossed the ocean on a wind-ward sailboat

twisted guitar he's a got an' a gangster

rude boy from the trench-town streets

and he knows

he knows he's gonna have it all

he's standin' like he's 10 feet tall

he knows he's gonna have it all

the streets

the rise

the fall

loud music

salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

white child

raised in brixton

born again through the radio sound

and lot of tape and a lot of distortion

studies and he makes the sound

and he knows

he knows he's gonna have it all

he' standin' like he's 10 feet tall

he knows he's gonna have it all

the streets

the rise

the fall

loud music salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

dey're right now

black child

born jamaica

crossed the ocean on a wind-ward sailboat

twisted guitar he's a got an' a gangster

rude boy from the trench-town streets

and he knows

he knows he's gonna have it all

he's standin' like he's 10 feet tall

he knows he's gonna have it all

the streets

the rise

the fall

loud music salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

loud music's my salvation

and the kids are right now

pass it on

pass it on

pass it on

we're passin'