We can't sleep early. We can't sleep enough. We can't sleep together, One room, not enough. We must wake up early. We must stand in a queue. We must not shit in pants Hold the shit like a glue. We must stop the fights Of the husbands and the wives That's the life in the chawl One lives till he dies. We don't save at all We don't get enough We live in today Future stays in the next suburb. We don't ask for rights We forget what is right We learn only wrongs We grow in the night. Our schools are full of us, But education. Talent isn't a big deal But opportunities limitations. We aren't scared of cops We are habitual to the allegations We are habitual to the blame For this country's demotion. When we grow we can't reach The sky-filling branches of the tree Like a mushroom we have to be Be a shelter for the family. We are poets, We are singers, We are fi...