Left the city, my momma she said don't come back home  These kids round' killin each other, they lost they minds, they gone  They quittin' school, making babies and can barely read  Some gone off to their fall, lord have mercy on them  One, two, three, four, your cousins is round' here sellin' dope  While they're daddies, your uncle is walking round' strung out  Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning, while their dreams go down the drain now    Are we really living or just walking dead now?  Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels  The way we live  The way we die  What a tragedy, I'm so terrified  Day dreamers please wake up, we can't sleep no more    Love don't make no sense, ask your neighbor  The winds have changed