When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole d*** street
Was gonna make it big in every beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for
What used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on?
The cruellest dream
Reality
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole d*** street
Was gonna make it big in every beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for
What used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on?
The cruellest dream
Reality