| Youth Of The Nation | |
| POD | |
| last day of the rest of my life | |
| i wish i would've known | |
| 'cause i didn't kiss my mama goodbye | |
| i didn't tell her that i loved her and how much i care | |
| of thank my pops for all the talks | |
| and all the wisdom he shared | |
| unaware, i just did what i always do | |
| everyday, the same routine before i skate off to school | |
| but who knew that this day wasn't like the rest | |
| instead of taking a test | |
| i took two for the chest | |
| call me blind, but i didn't see it coming | |
| everybody was running | |
| but i couldn't hear nothing | |
| except gun blasts, it happened so fast | |
| i don't really know this kid | |
| even though i sit beside him in class | |
| maybe this kid was reaching out for love | |
| or maybe just for a moment | |
| he forgot who he was or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged | |
| whatever it was | |
| i knew it's because | |
| chorus:we are, we are, the youth of the nation(*4) | |
| little suzy, she was only twleve | |
| she was given the world | |
| with every chance to excel | |
| hang out with the boys and hear the stories they tell | |
| she might act kind of proud | |
| but no respect for herself | |
| she finds love in all the wrong places | |
| the same situations | |
| just different faces | |
| changed up her pace since her daddy left her | |
| too bad he never told her | |
| she deserved much better | |
| johnny boy always played the fool | |
| he broke all the rules | |
| so you would think that he was cool | |
| he was never really one of the guys | |
| no matter how hard he tried | |
| often thought of suiside | |
| it's kind of hard when you ain't go no frieds | |
| he put his life to an end | |
| they might remember him then | |
| you cross the line and there's no turing back | |
| told the world how he felt | |
| with the sound of a gat | |
| chorus:we are, we are, the youth of the nation(*4) | |
| who's to blame for the lives tragedies claim | |
| no matter what you say | |
| it don't take away the pain | |
| that i feel inside, i'm tired of all the lies | |
| don't nobody know why | |
| it's the blind leading the blind | |
| i guess that's the way the story goes | |
| will it ever make sence | |
| somebody's got to know | |
| there's got to be more to life than this | |
| there's got to be more to everthing | |
| i thought exists | |
| chorus:we are, we are, the youth of the nation.(*N) |