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I don't want to be another statistic

Some suicidal teen

Who makes the choice to kill herself

When the world just seems to mean.

She can't go with life

Or so to her it seems

Reality has fallen short

And so have many dreams.

I don't want to be another statistic

Some pregnant little girl

Who met this great guy

And then gave sex a whirl.

She was only fifteen

But it felt so right

She thought they'd be together

For more than just one night.

I don't want to be another statistic

Some kid strung out on crack

Who started at a party

And now he can't turn back

First cigarettes and alcohol

Now meth, crack and cocaine

He's been smoking it so long

That now he's gone insane.

I don't want to be another statistic

Some girl left in the rain

Who was walking home from school

Then raped and left in pain.

She can't tell her parents

And it hurts to tell her friends

She doesn't know what she'll do

To make this nightmare end.

I don't want to be another statistic

Some kid out of school

Who dropped out really early

And was acting like a fool.

he thought that it was boring

He thought that it was dumb

He doesn't have an education

But lives on the streets like a bum.

I don't want to be another statistic

Some stereotypical teen

I'm gonna make a difference

I'll finish with my dream.

I won't end up pregnant

on drugs or even dead

I won't drop out of college

Because I'll use my head.

I don't want to be another statistic

To fit into some mold

Of what society thinks of kids today

Because it's getting kind of old.

Not all of us bad

in fact most of us are good

When will the world see us

And give us credit like they should?