Last day of the rest of my life
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I wish, I would've known 'cause I didn't kiss my mama, goodbye!
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I didn't tell her that I loved her, how much I cared
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Or thank my pops for all the talks and all the wisdom he shared
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Unaware, I just did what I always do
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Every day the same routine before I skate off to school
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But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest?
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Instead of takin' a test, I took two to the chest
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Call me blind, but I didn't see it comin'
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Everybody was runnin', but I couldn't hear nothin'
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Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
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I don't really know this kid, though I sit by him in class
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Maybe this kid was reachin' out for love
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Or maybe for a moment he forgot who he was
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Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
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Whatever it was, I know it's because
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We are, we are (we are) the youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are) youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are) the youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are) youth of the nation
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Little Suzy, she was only twelve
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She was given the world with every chance to excel
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Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
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She might act kind of proud, but no respect for herself
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She finds love in all the wrong places
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The same situations just different faces
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Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
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Too bad he never told her, she deserved much better
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Johnny boy always played the fool
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He broke all the rules, so you would think he was cool
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He was never really one of the guys
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No matter how hard he tried, often thought of suicide
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It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
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He put his life to an end, they might remember him then
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You cross the line and there's no turning back
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Told the world how he felt with the sound of a gat
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We are, we are (we are) the youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are) youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are) the youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are) youth of the nation
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Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim?
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No matter what you say, it don't take away the pain
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That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
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Don't nobody know why, it's the blind leadin' the blind
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I guess that's the way the story goes
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Will it ever make sense? |
Somebody's got to know
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There's gotta be more to life than this
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There's gotta be more to everything I thought exists
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We are, we are, the youth of the nation
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We are, we are, youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are, we are) the youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are, we are) youth of the nation
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We are, we are (we are, we are) the youth of the nation (youth of the nation)
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We are, we are (we are, we are) youth of the nation (youth of the nation)
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We are, we are (we are, we are) the youth of the nation (the youth of the nation)
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We are, we are (we are, we are) youth of the nation (youth of the nation)
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(We are) youth of the nation
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(We are) youth of the nation
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(We are) youth of the nation
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(We are) |