[00:00.01]Youth Of The Nation
[00:10.00]POD
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[00:32.63]last day of the rest of my life
[00:34.26]i wish i would've known
[00:35.37]'cause i didn't kiss my mama goodbye
[00:36.99]i didn't tell her that i loved her and how much i care
[00:39.15]of thank my pops for all the talks
[00:40.66]and all the wisdom he shared
[00:41.87]unaware, i just did what i always do
[00:43.97]everyday, the same routine before i skate off to school
[00:46.50]but who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
[00:48.87]instead of taking a test
[00:50.17]i took two for the chest
[00:51.48]call me blind, but i didn't see it coming
[00:53.86]everybody was running
[00:55.12]but i couldn't hear nothing
[00:56.42]except gun blasts, it happened so fast
[00:58.79]i don't really know this kid
[01:00.14]even though i sit beside him in class
[01:01.67]maybe this kid was reaching out for love
[01:03.64]or maybe just for a moment
[01:05.18]he forgot who he was or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
[01:08.55]whatever it was
[01:09.92]i knew it's because
[01:11.18]chorus:we are, we are, the youth of the nation(*4)
[01:31.03]little suzy, she was only twleve
[01:32.95]she was given the world
[01:34.12]with every chance to excel
[01:35.54]hang out with the boys and hear the stories they tell
[01:37.76]she might act kind of proud
[01:39.16]but no respect for herself
[01:40.39]she finds love in all the wrong places
[01:42.74]the same situations
[01:44.06]just different faces
[01:45.50]changed up her pace since her daddy left her
[01:47.85]too bad he never told her
[01:48.96]she deserved much better
[01:50.36]johnny boy always played the fool
[01:52.36]he broke all the rules
[01:53.70]so you would think that he was cool
[01:55.16]he was never really one of the guys
[01:57.42]no matter how hard he tried
[01:58.60]often thought of suiside
[02:00.26]it's kind of hard when you ain't go no frieds
[02:02.28]he put his life to an end
[02:03.45]they might remember him then
[02:05.07]you cross the line and there's no turing back
[02:07.07]told the world how he felt
[02:08.46]with the sound of a gat
[02:09.86]chorus:we are, we are, the youth of the nation(*4)
[02:49.14]who's to blame for the lives tragedies claim
[02:51.21]no matter what you say
[02:52.23]it don't take away the pain
[02:53.60]that i feel inside, i'm tired of all the lies
[02:55.94]don't nobody know why
[02:57.12]it's the blind leading the blind
[02:59.00]i guess that's the way the story goes
[03:00.71]will it ever make sence
[03:02.09]somebody's got to know
[03:03.53]there's got to be more to life than this
[03:05.75]there's got to be more to everthing
[03:07.00]i thought exists
[03:08.78]chorus:we are, we are, the youth of the nation.(*N)