Youth of the Nation

[00:31.90] Last day of the rest of my life
[00:34.39] I wish I would've known 'cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
[00:36.95] I didn't tell her that I loved her, how much I cared
[00:39.49] Or thank my pops for all the talks and all the wisdom he shared
[00:41.83] Unaware, I just did what I always do
[00:44.18] Every day, the same routine before I skate off to school
[00:46.51] But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest?
[00:49.16] Instead of taking a test, I took two to the chest
[00:51.65] Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
[00:54.06] Everybody was running, but I couldn't hear nothing
[00:56.52] Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
[00:58.95] I didn't really know this kid, though I sit by him in class
[01:01.43] Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
[01:03.82] Or maybe for a moment, he forgot who he was
[01:06.24] Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
[01:08.80] Whatever it was, I know it's because
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[01:31.50] Little Suzy, she was only 12
[01:33.23] She was given the world with every chance to excel
[01:35.74] Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
[01:38.36] She might act kind of proud but no respect for herself
[01:40.89] She finds love in all the wrong places
[01:43.18] The same situations, just different faces
[01:45.80] Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
[01:48.49] Too bad he never told her she deserved much better
[01:50.76] Johnny boy always played the fool
[01:52.84] He broke all the rules so you would think he was cool
[01:55.39] He was never really one of the guys
[01:57.89] No matter how hard he tried, often thought of suicide
[02:00.53] It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
[02:02.70] He put his life to an end, they might remember him then
[02:05.26] You cross the line and there's no turning back
[02:07.69] Told the world how he felt with the sound of a gat
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[02:39.80] Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim?
[02:52.23] No matter what you say, it don't take away the pain
[02:54.35] That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
[02:56.60] Don't nobody know why, it's the blind leading the blind
[02:59.12] Guess that's the way that the story goes
[03:01.42] Will it ever make sense? Somebody's got to know
[03:04.05] There's got to be more to life than this
[03:06.32] There's got to be more to everything I thought exists
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