[Intro]
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom
Power and the glory forever
[Verse 1]
As I stare at this mirror with my eyes cherry red
Wondering if this man alive or is he really dead
Devil on my shoulder telling me one day I'll regret it
Angel on the other saying you can make it to heaven
At this point of time I believed that d**h brought peace
Was young, naive but I still kept my peace(piece)
Cause even if I wanted to die
I couldn't commit suicide
Was born to survive
Ready to die but fought to stay alive
Was in grade school when I started writing compositions
But was more worried at the time about the cops position
Cause red, white and blue don't always mean freedom
Miss Coretta down the road said we all needed Jesus
Kids sold coke to cope with being broke
Some claimed blood
But others claimed folk
Right now, I'm sitting with my back against the ropes
Blood all over the floor
Shooting this gun is my only hope
9 bullets left, don't ask me about the other 7
Got it from Author, he tote the Mac 11 since he was 11
Rest In Peace cause he'll never see 27
A victim of the systems juvenile suppression
[Chorus]
We gonna flip the script and make it out rich
But I don't believe in fairytales
No child left behind, the government is doing fine
But I don't believe in fairytales
Life is hard, we all living in hell here
That's why I don't believe in fairytales
[Verse 2]
Only picture perfect to the blinded person
Pistol gripping preteens snatching up rings and purses
Impersonating their father's they never knew in person
I knew my father, but now he knows me in person
For the children of corn that mourn from beast forums
Trapped and chloroformed in college dorms
Politicians perform as Geppetto pulls their arms
Arm the soldiers as they're pulled from their mothers' arms
Caught in a vortex that feeds on the poor kids
Who believed they were more than
Pawns for the chosen
Left and frozen in emotions
[Outro]
Vortex that feeds on the poor kids
Who believed they were more than
Pawns for the chosen
Left and frozen in emotions
[Chorus]