What kind of soul that gets to hell?
All hope abandoned please render here
It's the state of the world address c'mon fuckers

Just look at the state we're in people at odds there's nuclear fission
Mad beef with technology shit ain't right not like it used to be
We pollute the air we breathe and the water that we drink
Modern tempers rage and seethe why don't we stop and think?

At the current rate we're sealing our fate
It's much too late for a world based on hate
We've entered the time of quarrel human beings can't co-exist
No more respect for morals our values have been dismissed

It starts in vicious circles and then it filters down
From governments to local gangs' confrontation all around
State of panic we hang by a thread
The earth will be safe when we're all dead
Call me pessimistic an empty glass a new society after the blast

At the current rate we're sealing our fate
It's much too late for a world based on hate
We've entered the time of quarrel human beings can't co-exist
No more respect for morals our values have been dismissed

Fear spawns greed and see what it brings
A world where no one enjoys the small thing's
Happiness comes from these and within
But we will never find it if we're boiling in sin

If you were to ask for a favor
There is no such thing, just natural behavior
You see we're family inside
To say we're down with you, yo we say it with pride
Because to us you're real people
Never talkin' down, always as an equal

We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life
We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life

But you front and leave us in doubt
We know who you are and what you're all about
Not sharing mutual respect
And having to worry about stickin' out our necks
Instead of crying about the loss
We're thankful for those who are down for the cause

We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life
We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life

Down for life
Down for life
Down for life
Down for life
Down for life
Down for life

We live our lives full of rage
Keepin' ourselves down, mentality of the stone age
Negative emotions project zero
Worryin' and hating, you'll never be a hero
Reach around our back and pull out the knife
And knowing exactly who's down for life

We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life
We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life

We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life
We're brothers of blood, we share the knife
And now we'll see, who is down for life

What makes us tick?
Are we mentally sick?

Feeling inside that drive us like pride
Or emotional scars from our friends that have died
What makes us build walls so incredibly high?

They exceed the ceiling from the terrified feelings
Which we often repress and end up depressed

Some vent it as rage, it's the fashion these days
In a twisted society, we drown in anxiety
Has push come to shove, have we killed the dove?
Are we caught in a fit? What makes us tick?

Has man gone insane, are we feeling the strain?
We must dig and must pick at what makes us tick
Has push come to shove, have we killed the dove?
Are we caught in the thick? What makes us tick?

Can you feel the pain that I feel?
No
So let me tell you about what is real
Go
The pain inside, it kills me, I cry
So
What is it that makes us tick?

Can you hear the cries that I cry?
Why?
Leave me alone, I'm ready to die
Die
For me I lie to myself
Just what is it that makes us tick?

Can you feel the pain that I feel?
No
So let me tell you about what is real
Go
The pain inside, it kills me, I cry
So
What is it that makes us tick?

As we look at the situation today
I think the main concern that I have is
The attitudes that are created among
Many of our younger people, in which
They tend to gratify and to make heroes
Out of those who engage in criminal activities

Tales from the hard side
Hard side

Your cards were dealt when you drove through the night
As a man in dark clothes came into your sight
The barrel tapped the glass, you reached the window lock
Get the fuck out the car and leave it in the crosswalk

He climbed into your seat and dropped a vial of crack
Pissin' down your leg, you're a victim of carjack
Feel the cold steel as I pull the hammer back
Bang, you're fuckin' dead 'cause it's like that

Society pushed him down and out
Soul provider, what's it all about

Another bad hand the cards have been dealt
Kid of fourteen, high aspirations held
To get ahead and run shit with his powerful will
Told by his role model, you're old enough to kill

See my ride, my bitches and my loot
If ya wanna survive be prepared to shoot
Stay hard like me, you're bound to do well
A waste of precious life, twenty five and an L

Society pushed him down and out
Soul provider, what's it all about
Religion, faith, can we do without?
Social pressure, we're too strung out

Tales from the hard side
Hard side
Tales from the hard side
Hard side
Tales from the hard side
Hard side
Tales from the hard side
Hard side
Tales from the hard side
Hard side

Motherfucker
I'll put a bullet in your head for the color of your skin
This is my neighborhood, who the fuck let you in?
I'll stick with mine, stay with your own kind
The virus of hate infects the ignorant mind

Society pushed him down and out
Soul provider, what's it all about
Religion, faith, can we do without?
Social pressure, we're too strung out

Hey you, c'mon up baby
Yeah, this is slight risky
Playa've respect right to you
Brooklyn his side L.A wula, yeah

Look into the eyes of a madman
You can see it in his face he's a weak and sad man
Starin' straight ahead his eyes set like stone
With a nine millimeter cocked at your dome

No way out it's too late 'cause you're already in
So what'cha gonna do you'll be dead in a minute
Thinkin' slow will get you nowhere fast
A young life terminated with one short blast

You live like that you die like this
That's how it is
Livin' with regret is no way to live
That's how it is
You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss
That's how it is, yo that's how it is

That's what you get for livin' like this
With the bullet in your head you're dead you can't miss
Ain't no time for regret when you're body is in a bag
Ain't no time to change your mind when your head begins to sag

Should've known better ain't workin' for you now
If you know better you'd be here somehow
So change your ways before you ways change you
With a hole in your head that you can see through

You're lookin' up and you're lookin' down
Shot's are rippin' out from all around
You're cryin' out for help but it can't be found
The voice of regret is the only sound

You live like that you die like this
That's how it is
Livin' with regret is no way to live
That's how it is
You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss
That's how it is, yo that's how it is

You live like that you die like this
That's how it is
Livin' with regret is no way to live
That's how it is
You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss
That's how it is, yo that's how it is

Selfresael once again, my sympathy stepin' to you
So back on the essay 'cause the hazards back to meal your bones

You play the game, and you pay the price
For hustlin' in the gutter, with the motherfuckin' street lice
But sooner or later, what goes around comes around
You wind up damp dead, in a hard cold ground

Damp dead
In a hard cold ground
Damp dead
In a hard cold ground

You think I know when your lookin' down
So to whippin' now, from all around
You're crying out for help but it can't be found
The voice of regret is the only sound

You live like that you die like this
That's how it is
Livin' with regret is no way to live
That's how it is
You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss
That's how it is, yo that's how it is

You live like that you die like this
That's how it is
Livin' with regret is no way to live
That's how it is
You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss
That's how it is, yo that's how it is

Here's a dedication
To the men and women who've served in Vietnam
From our generation to you and your family
Respect is long overdue

Memories of blood, red, white, blue
Orange skies at night, Southeast Asia knew
You were called to serve and you did it well
For us you've made a round trip through hell

Wars within wars, within wars
To survive you made your own laws
Every day and night to stay alive
You kept your head down and your powder dry

Memories of families
We remember

Now you live askin' God, "Why?"
He didn't take you when your brothers all died
Explosions shake the dreams in your head at night in bed

Don't wake him up or you'll end up dead
Try to understand his pain
He still sees blood stains that remain
In his heart and mind, try to numb the pain

Memories o-o-of families
It's G-G-God I've known
Take me home

People think they understand
Watching TV back on quiet land
They spit on you now we'll spit back for you
Our hearts, our voice, gift of our hands
What can they do for you?
And those who served and those died
We pay respect to the families who still cry

We remember
Memories o-o-of families
It's G-G-God I've known
Still now you fight the tears and face your fears each day
Take me home
But the horrors of fact won't go away
For 2300 POW, MIA

Your kids are now full grown
With the love and pride you should have known
Back when your country brought you home
Still now you fight the tears and face your fears each day
But the horrors of fact won't go away
For 2300 MIA's or POW's to this day
We remember and pray for you

Walkin' five blocks everyday to earn my keep
It ain't easy when you're walkin' on these streets
Runnin' on a tight rope, it's a real thin line
Thinkin' that you might die this time
Somethings will never change a street education
So close yet so far just a block from the station
Standin' on the corner I might get taken out

Five blocks to the subway my everyday route
Five blocks to the subway just five blocks away
Five blocks to the subway I can do that any day

There's a local wise guy he owns the whole damn block
It's easy doin' business when you're payin' off the cops
Makin' money pushin' drugs wouldn't stop if he could
Killin' kids in his own damn neighborhood
Watch out for muggers and the pickpockets beware
You get to play these games when you pay your transit fare
Trials and tribulations, a journey made each day
This is my reality the hardest game to play

Five blocks to the subway just five blocks away
Five blocks to the subway I can do that any day
Five blocks to the subway just five blocks away
Five blocks to the subway I can do that any day
Any day
Any day

Standin' on the platform and I'm waiting for the train
Good thing I'm underground, now it's startin' to rain
Always stand alone, hold the wall up with my back
Or else you might get pushed under the tracks

Five blocks to the subway just five blocks away
Five blocks to the subway I can do that any day
Five blocks to the subway just five blocks away

Ain't no fucking problem and I do that everyday
Everyday
Every motherfucking day
Every motherfucking day

Each day I have another chance
To try and make things right
I awake from the nightmare
Another day closer to the grave and my fright is
In moderation with a personal affair
It just might be the death of me
I am aware

I'm not worried about tomorrow
I give a fuck about yesterday
To get through this day of sorrow
I must face what comes my way

Each night I need some kind of release
To pull the trigger on my soul
Breathe through the bullet hole
I need some peace before I am deceased
I want to see my world in it's negative state
Became a positive place while unleashing all the hate within

I'm not worried about tomorrow
Don't give a fuck about yesterday
To get through this day of sorrow
I must face what comes my way
Every fuckin' day

I'm not worried about tomorrow
Don't give a fuck about yesterday
To get through this day of sorrow
I must face what comes my way

Every fuckin' day

Inner city strugglin' motherfuckin' rat race
Condemned pressure cooker that explodes in your face
Another neighborhood gets destroyed by the drug deal
Stakin' a claim on an estate that is real

Pay the mob's price for your own protection
Half a wise guy makes the wrong connections
Flooding our streets with your wanna be bullshit
Who whacks who, don't matter who gets hit

The space between the death of our friends is so close
This month it was neglect, our boy died of an overdose
Last month a gunshot a typical story
That's just the way it goes in a failed territory

No hope, just dope and your chances are slim
To grow up and get out 'cause you're already in
The vacuum of the street so powerful
Suckin' you in it, drains your mind by the hour fool

Still smokin' dippers our friends are all dusted
Slave to a bottle of juice fuckin' disgusted
Can't you see the neighborhood's a black hole
And the odds are that we'll never grow old

Young guns scam runnin' on a get ahead quick tip
With your pretty ass crimes, you're on a blind road trip
Day to day death wish we all carry inside
Welcome to your suicide

An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory

Wake up, break out
An epitaph from your own self doubt
Wake up, break out

Wake up, break out
An epitaph from your own self doubt
Wake up, break out

You call yourself a part of the avenue crew
Living here doesn't offer much else to do
But get into beef, take each other's back
Kid of eighteen broke his skull with a bat

Always changin' with the trends like a fuckin' chameleon
You should live for yourself 'cause you're one in a million
A rebel 'cause you weren't born into wealth
But the only thing holdin' you down is yourself

On the road we get the phone calls breakin' our hearts
When they find someone we love in the trunk of a car
Nothin' you can do just another sad story
An epitaph from your failed territory

An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory

An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory
An epitaph from your failed territory

Lack of trust, all alone
Lookin' down at the bottom of a hole
I've no trust, bare my soul

Are we alone? Or do we have friends
Or are we just searchin' for a means to an end
What up, peace out, my boys and all that
But as soon as we leave they talk behind our backs
Low self image of the way things are
Either way we lose and we can never go far
'Cause always we'll wonder as to just what's the deal
It just depends on what you feel is real

Perception is everything inside our brains
With much bigger problems leave no time for games
Of people acting down but it's just a facade
Can't say it to my face, isn't that odd
Just exactly what does trust mean
Is it about being down with the scene?
Or is it about following your own true heart?
And being true to your friends to the end from the start

Lack of trust, all alone
Lookin' down at the bottom of a hole
I've no trust, bare my soul

Trust no one

I trust no one
I trust no one
I trust no one

Just what is wealth it's just how you view it
It's not having to wonder whether or not you might lose it
It can't be about material gain
If you're drowning alone neck deep in pain
To trust and lay your soul on the line
May not be the nature of most humankind
Lookin' over your shoulder is no way to go out
Stick with true friends and do without the doubt

Lack of trust, all alone
Lookin' down at the bottom of a hole
I've no trust, bare my soul

I trust no one
I trust no one
I trust no one

Fuck you

You don't care about self doubt comin' out
Blowin' out from inside out
Knock you down across town
All around the underground

Shootin' and disputin'
You're always persecutin'
With your attitude and fucked up views
Tattooed rude and crude

Denyin', glorifyin'
Your way of life while crucifyin'
Close your eyes for the ride
While you glorify your false pride

In any case you're blue in the face
You lost your place in the human race
That pushed you to do what you do
So fuck you and your point of view

I used to doubt myself because I lived without
What I needed inside, why do you?

Moan and groan and chew the bone
About the zone you call your own
Grow your own backbone
Hold your own and stand alone

Why pretend to be content
With all the hate you hold innate
Pull your weight, it ain't too late
To recreate your inner state

Discontent with time ill spent
Time has come and time has went
Now you vent while you torment
Why resent? Misrepresent

The scene between the lean and mean
Serene Extreme, the American dream
Live, alive, revive, thrive
On life deprived as I survive

I used to doubt myself because I lived without
What I needed inside

My pride comes from inside
There's nothin' to hide, enough tears cried
My pride won't be denied, won't be denied
My pride comes from inside
There's nothin' to hide, enough tears cried
My pride won't be denied, won't be denied

You gotta be willin' to die on a Sunday
Or a mother fuckin' Monday, uh
There's nothin' to hide, nothin'

I'm fuckin' pissed off I used to be so angry
I'd disagree with anythin' that went against inside me
But things have changed I've rearranged
In exchange for all the pain, I kept inside and tried to hide
Denied and lied but kept my pride by my side in good supply

All the while hostile and senile
I never smiled
At anyone but now I'm done
A battle won for number one

So look and see and you'll agree
I live life free, I now know me
I am a man who knows he can
I know I can I take my stand

I used to doubt myself because I lived without
What I needed inside

My pride comes from inside
There's nothin' to hide, enough tears cried
My pride won't be denied, won't be denied
My pride comes from inside
There's nothin' to hide, enough tears cried
My pride won't be denied, won't be denied

I am an animal
A human animal
A human animal

I am an animal
A human animal
A human animal

The monster of hate overcomes rational thought
Fast fuse burning the lessons I've been taught
It's just too late to remember who I am
The things that I believe in and the way that I stand

About peace, harmony, respect fellow man
All that shit, just got thrown against the fan
In my violent rage they say that I am a criminal
There ain't no labels within the human animal

I am an animal
A human animal
A human animal

In this world of bigotry and pain, pain
The violence spreads and terror reigns
The opinions in our minds replace our souls
As the human animal takes control

The path of self destruction has brought me to this point
As modern day society cracks arthritic joints
No mercy is shown, it's hittin' all my weak spots
I never had a gun, but now I wanna hear a gunshot

I sleep not for fear, I get no rest
Twisted in a sense and my button has been pressed
How many ways have you shown me that you hate me?
Then you wonder why, what have you done to me lately?

I am an animal
A human animal
A human animal

In this world of bigotry and pain, pain
The violence spreads and terror reigns
The opinions in our minds replace our souls
As the human animal takes control

Tension building, I'm pushed too far
I need a release, take the lid off this jar
My voice seems useless in this situation
Release frustration, time to take action
Release frustration

Everyone has limits, only so much you can take
Antagonizing pressure is the icing on the cake
Physical abuse, induced or subliminal
Open the door, unleash the human animal

Everyone has limits, only so much you can take
Antagonizing pressure is the icing on the cake
Physical abuse, induced or subliminal
Open the door, unleash the human animal, human animal

I am an animal
A human animal
A human animal
A human animal

Flashes of red, my vision of distortion
Like a virus, it spreads giving each his portion
Contagious psychopath, the vibe is in sync
Movin' like a pack, we're back to basic instincts

Wild at heart, now we show our true colors
In the path of desperation, we forget about our brothers
Who would die for us now? We die for no man
Deranged from the instance that violence came to hurt

Instinctual behavior in the given situation
Leaves us with no call for rationalization
Everyman has what it takes to be a cannibal
Never underestimate the human animal

Sometimes I feel it's a waste of time
To listen to your shouting, a wordless pantomime
Can't you see it falls on deaf ears?

Filling me up with your point of view
Your opinions are your own, I got mine too
What I think don't mean nothing to you

When the shit hits the fan, and you're faced by the man
Who holds the key to our promised land?
Don't misunderstand what's in the man's hand
'Cause it's all been laid out in the new world plan

Makin' me feel like a laboratory rat
Without a mind of its own, diseased and fat
I can't let my life go out like that

'Cause I'm an extra skeptic, a true eclectic
I find it hard to trust all the people we've elected
Take a look around, do you feel protected?
Like garbage in a dump, our lives have been rejected

A blind man leading the not so blind
Creating false truth to fill our minds
To listen to yourself would be a crime
It all comes back to you sometime

Like it or not, they got a number on me

I will not break for your demands
Rabid, defensive, in the corner I stand
Caught in a trap, the bait was free
Like it or not, they got a number on you

Like it or not, they got a number on you
Like it or not, they got a number on you

I can't trust anyone, they're all out to get me
Gonna run until I can't run from the laws that ruin me
Faster and harder, so God help me flee
From the lies that we're free and the powers that be

That push the rich forward between you and me
But agree to agree with no guarantee
Of something to live, for I'll die if need be
I stand up for all, as I fight to be free

A child is told from day number one
He's a worthless piece of shit, bad and dumb
Generations pass down low self esteem
We're molded by things we've heard and seen
Or punched in the mouth for being unsure
Or locked behind the closet door
We learn what we live, we live what we learn
Abuse of innocence to evil we turn

Can anybody hear their cries?
Can anybody tell them why?
You gotta read between their lies
People die when love is denied

One of many lessons I learned to be like
You ain't gonna live like you
You made me what I am today
So close to you, yet so far away
The pain you lived with made you ill
An empty hole with nothing to fill
I forgive and love you forever still

Can anybody hear their cries?
Can anybody tell them why?
You gotta read between their lies
People die when love is denied

Can anybody hear their cries?
Can anybody tell them why?
You gotta read between their lies
People die when love is denied

A waste of time, a waste of life
Livin' on the edge of a sharp fuckin' knife
I can't blame you for never being around
I know you never meant to hurt and bring me down

Can anybody hear their cries?
Can anybody tell them why?
You gotta read between their lies
People die when love is denied

Can anybody hear their cries?
Can anybody tell them why?
You gotta read between their lies
People die when love is denied

Look in their eyes to hear their cries
And you will see all their pain lying dormant inside
Now realize as time passes by
That people die when love is denied