Life

Some people think that life is a walk in the park
Others feel as if they’re in the dark

You have parents buying 16 yr. olds cars
And you have 30 yr. olds working two jobs
And have nothing

Teenage girls getting abortions
Teenage girls having babies and no where to go

Kids doing drugs and selling them
Parents getting fooled and paying for their child's death

Not realizing that the world is corrupt
We all made it this way

Kids stabbing one another
Or shooting your own mother

Sound crazy maybe
Look around and you'll see
This is not how it's supposed to be

Babies not being fed
Babies lying there dead

What you do not know 
No this is a show

This is real 
People do kill

Kids sitting behind bars
Why, cause they went to far
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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