Now we're getting nasty      Everybody's talking about the kids   The kids got funky soul and groove emotion   But if you don't give the kids the chance to use it   They're always more than likely to abuse it      Everybody's talking about the kids   It's taking time for you to realise   Now hunger turns to anger in our eyes   I say the revolution will be televised   Yes it will      Everybody's talking about the kids   The kids needs space to get their heads in place   And every day this world we have to face   Well, I just can't seem to find my proper place      Kids get down, stormy weather   Fifteen years of royal pleasure   Kids get down underground   Everybody dance to the funky sound   Because the kids got a funky soul      Everybody's talking about the kids   It won't be long before we get our own   And every kid can truly feel at home   I told ya you should give the dog a bone   Give the dog a bone      Everybody's talking about school   But I get more pleasure breakin' all the rules   'Cause lesson one begins with 'Life is cruel'   Well, I guess I'm just an educated fool      Everybody's talking about the kids   Mom and dad make efforts to excuse it   Government officials will confuse it   Members of the bench will try to prove it   You're going down sucker      Everybody's talking about the kids now   Everybody's talking about the kids now   Everybody's talking about the, everybody's talking about the   Everybody's talking about the kids now   Everybody's talking, hear the people talking about the kids      The kid's got funky soul, come on now   The kid's got funky soul   You know,the kid's got funky soul   I said, the kid's got funky soul   The kid's got funky soul      Kids get down, stormy weather   Fifteen years of royal pleasure   Kids get down, celebrate   Now we're going to kick the thing we hate   'Cause the kids got a funky soul      You know,the kid's got funky soul, I said, the kid's got funky soul   Everybody's talking about the kids now   Everybody's talking about the kids now   Everybody's talking about the, everybody's talking about the   Everybody's talking about the, everybody's talking about the   Everybody's talking about the, everybody's talking about the kids now      Got to keep on talkin', got to keep on movin'   Got to keep on groovin', got to keep on talkin'   Keep on, keep on movin'      Everybody's talking about high   But kids get high to satisfy   For reaching out to touch the sky   Is all I can identify and you know why      Kids get down, stormy weather   Fifteen years of royal pleasure   Kids get down, celebrate   Now we're gonna kick the thing we hate      Kids get down, pressurized   To live the life that you devised   Kids get down, celebrate   Life's too short to complicate   'Cause the kids got a funky soul