Youth of the Nation

[00:31.79] Last day of the rest of my life
[00:33.48] I wish I would've known 'cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
[00:35.93] I didn't tell her that I loved her, how much I cared
[00:38.44] Or thank my pops for all the talks and all the wisdom he shared
[00:40.72] Unaware, I just did what I always do
[00:43.31] Every day, the same routine before I skate off to school
[00:45.89] But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest?
[00:48.21] Instead of taking a test, I took two to the chest
[00:51.23] Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
[00:53.27] Everybody was running, but I couldn't hear nothing
[00:55.45] Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
[00:58.13] I didn't really know this kid, though I sit by him in class
[01:01.02] Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
[01:03.28] Or maybe for a moment, he forgot who he was
[01:05.69] Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
[01:08.10] Whatever it was, I know it's because
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[01:30.54] Little Suzy, she was only 12
[01:32.44] She was given the world with every chance to excel
[01:35.35] Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
[01:37.07] She might act kind of proud but no respect for herself
[01:40.25] She finds love in all the wrong places
[01:42.30] The same situations, just different faces
[01:45.28] Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
[01:47.33] Too bad he never told her she deserved much better
[01:50.27] Johnny boy always played the fool
[01:52.20] He broke all the rules so you would think he was cool
[01:55.07] He was never really one of the guys
[01:56.89] No matter how hard he tried, often thought of suicide
[01:59.81] It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
[02:01.68] He put his life to an end, they might remember him then
[02:04.70] You cross the line and there's no turning back
[02:06.86] Told the world how he felt with the sound of a gat
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[02:49.04] Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim?
[02:51.03] No matter what you say, it don't take away the pain
[02:53.38] That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
[02:55.77] Don't nobody know why, it's the blind leading the blind
[02:58.62] Guess that's the way that the story goes
[03:00.67] Will it ever make sense? Somebody's got to know
[03:03.43] There's got to be more to life than this
[03:05.46] There's got to be more to everything I thought exists
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