i DONT WANNA BE ANOTHER STATiSTiC
SOME SUiCiDAL TEEN
WHO MAKES THE CHOiCE TO KiLL HERSELF
WHEN THE WORLD JUST SEEMS TOO MEAN
SHE CANT GO WiTH LiFE
OR TO HER iT SEEMS
REALiTY HAS FALLEN SHORT
AND SO HAVE MANY DREAMS
i DONT WANNA BE ANOTHER STATiSTiC
SOME PREGNANT LiTTLE GiRL
WHO MET THiS GREAT GUY
AND THEN GAVE SEX A WHiRL
SHE WAS ONLY 15
BUT iT FELT SO RiGHT
SHE THOUGHT THEYD BE TOGETHER
FOR MORE THEN JUST ONE NiGHT
i DONT WANNA BE ANOTHER STATiSTiC
SOME KiD STRUNG OUT ON CRACK
WHO STARTED AT A PARTY
AND NOW HE CANT TURN BACK
FiRST CiGARETTES AND ALCOHOL
NOW METH, CRACK AND COCAiNE
HAS BEEN SMOKiNG iT SO LONG
THAT NOW HES GONE iNSANE
i DONT WANNA BE ANOTHER STATiSTiC
SOME GiRL LEFT OUT iN THE RAiN
WHO WAS WALKiNG HOME FROM SCHOOL
THEN RAPED AND LEFT iN PAiN
SHE CANT TELL HER PARENTS
AND iT HURTS TO TELL HER FRiENDS
SHE DOESNT KNOW WHAT TO DO
TO MAKE THiS NIGHTMARE END
i DONT WANNA BE ANOTHER STATiSTiC
SOME KiD OUT OF SCHOOL
WHO DROPPED OUT EARLY
AND WAS ACTiNG LiKE A FOOL
HE THOUGHT iT WAS BORiNG
HE THOUGHT iT WAS DUMB
HE DONT HAVE AN EDUCATiON
AND LiVES ON THE STREETS LiKE A BUM
i DONT WANNA BE ANOTHER STATiSTiC
SOME STERiOTYPiCAL TEEN
iM GONNA MAKE A DiFFERENCE
iLL FiNiSH WiTH MY DREAM
i WONT END UP PREGNANT
OR ON DRUGS OR EVEN DEAD
i WONT DROP OUT OF SCHOOL
i'LL USE MY HEAD