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“State of the world” is the 4th track on Janet’s 4th album (Rhythm nation 1814). The song highlights social issues that were prominent in the late 80s such as homelessness and a rise in illicit street drugs being used in youth. It tells the stories of a young homeless boy named and Johnny and a 15 year old teen mother who has turned to sex work to provide for her child. Janet comments on these two fictional examples saying that they are people