Lauren Tate - What About The Kids (Official Music Video)

'What About The Kids' Written/ Performed/ Mixed + Produced by Lauren Tate featured on the upcoming debut album 'Songs For Sad Girls' out September 20th 2019. Pre-Order the new album now directly from www.laurentate.co.uk
Music Video filmed by Helen Tate, Edited by Lauren Tate
Released Via Trash Queen Records
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Lyrics (All written by Lauren Tate)

What About The Kids

Daddy I drew pictures in the sand, tell me they look pretty hold my hand
and did you see I drew them with my hands?
Daddy take my picture like I planned

Daddy watch me fly my aeroplane
go on say you like it once again
come on take my picture it can go so high
Daddy I was happy as a child

She stares at her reflection, she’s shaking
she had her chance she blew it
Daddy said I could be anything, I know I can if I can put my mind to it
I could be choking on blood on the floor, I could be holding my mother no more
I could be pulling the trigger or taking the blow most of the time it’s the kids you don’t know

So Daddy tell me what, tell me what would you do?
if the person with the trigger put a bullet in you?
you hear the kids don't wanna dream no more there too scared to choose
I think we gonna change the system now theres no time to loose

Daddy I can swim underwater now
watch me jump of the side for the hundredth time
and don’t for a minute look away or you’ll miss the splash
daddy when I'm older ill make you proud

it’s been 5 weeks since that day and everybody's hating each-other
they’re looking for reasons that she might have done it
they’re blaming her mother and accusing her father
they tried to pin blame on video games, pin blame on rock and rap
but maybe having a gun at your fingertips might make you react?

So Daddy tell me what, tell me what do I do when a kid can get a gun and bring it right into school?
And most the kids don’t wanna play no more there too scared to move!
I think the problems the gun Daddy I know you’ve got one too…

Daddy I’ve been shot with a real gun
not like in our games that we made for fun
and I saw that gun looked a lot like your one
the one you said would always protect us

What about the kids? What about the youth?

Daddy I’ve been shot with a real gun
not like in our games that we played for fun
that gun looked a lot like your one
the one you said would always protect us