Dead End Street

I never thought the streets that I love would turn to hate me
Same nights that gave me a life would try and take me
Same streets I played on, they had me lay on
Then the next morn', same spots kids play on
Tomorrow never comes again, one night, rememberin' well
I saw a world become the Fahrenheit, hotter than Hell
Lace the streets with pretend childs, the longer we speak
The next 40 days ways, we no longer stay weak
Thinkin' of dark nights, moonlights and games that we played
'Til the guns came, and then the guns came
And took my youth away, never been the same that day
But I always had to walk that way
Nobody knows what I could've been or if they saw me again
Just because the violence of men
It's like I'm livin' in the last days, pushin' me in
When I'm walkin' down the street's dead end

Blame it on the nighttime, city streets, I can't sleep
Blame it on the concrete slabs, my Timbs eat
The murderous glow, thought you never know when it could happen
Hopin' streets to blink and let go, but gun clappin'
Surround me like the stratus, I fear from all the madness
But now until my heart beat slow
Another shadow lyin', another lost child cryin'
Generations frozen in tears and half dyin'
But all givin', I thought I saw your light shine
Was it the moonlight? Felt you when I wrote the last line
Give me the strength to show the next one, make 'em all yours
Next time I wanna spar, put the flame on pause
Poverty got me, unemployment, yo, it shot me
Stress put me on ice and played hockey
Like I'm livin' in the last days, pushin' me in
When I'm walkin' down the street's dead end

I dream to be the fastest, your favorite son
Make you proud of me, the streets so hard, they won
Used to read the school books, used to run with the crooks
Was it the fancy cars that made me drive around with that look?
Every night like the 31st of October
Couldn't stand to face reality and not be sober
Had a child's dream to one day take the world over
Until I laid in the battle like a fallen soldier
So many pitfalls, you never know what life might bring
Have you trapped inside a world and its material things
Out of every corner, has a life ready to strike
I soared above the consciousness and landed in flight
Thinkin' of dark nights, moonlights and games that we played
Like graffiti on society, mistakes that I made
Like I'm livin' in the last days, pushin' me in
When I'm walkin' down the street's dead end