2008-11-13 - Drug Culture
Those were the days when I was hustlin' on the street
An up-and-down game I couldn't seem to beat
For my fiance - tryin' to make ends meet
Quick on my feet - better call the cook
This is business baby, we do it by the book
So look - it's time to hit this dump
Gonna try and stack paper like Donald Trump
This is the game, draw your card
Show no weakness, you've got to be hard
Keep your eye on the prize, don't drop your guard
'Cause these aren't men - they're vultures
Come on man, this is drug culture
There ain't no sun that shines in here
Just sadness, doubt, and the shadow of fear
Deception, betrayal, and a river of tears
It's all I can do - just to stay clear
If not for me, then my baby
Come on man, I can't afford to go crazy
Nor spend a moment to rest or be lazy
I gotta trust myself to stay on track
Anyone else might stab you in the back
For a few bucks, or a hit of crack
Doesn't anyone else think this shit is whack?
So what good is a life when it's ruled by dope?
What else can you do when you just can't cope?
When you feel around the wall and you find a rope
And climbing from the pit, could you dare to hope?
Shit, naw! You slip and fall back down
Rock bottom staring up from the ground
Guess you just forget it now
'Cause you really don't deserve it anyhow
Look: this train only goes two ways
To prison or death, I guess I'd say
But just right now the latter seems best
So I'm buyin' my ticket and I'm headed west
Maybe I'll see you on the other side
Or maybe you'll come along for the ride
'Cause you know misery -- loves company
It might be fun with just you and me
And I know from the outside this might seem glamorous
And maybe it would be if you could handle it
With drugs and money - guns and hunnies
You forget that with all this hard times are coming
Man it's funny - how soon we forget
Our friends getting locked up right and left
And sometimes shot - when the shit gets hot
Man, already gave up everything I got
Some come what may - try and make my day
I'll take on every motherfucker that's in my way
And when it's done, before I die
Laying down, staring up to the sky - askin' why
'Cause in this quiet moment, only now I see
That I ruined every chance that could set me free
From misery - that painful life
Damned among the shadows of fire and strife
Condemned with the woman that was to be my wife
But now she's gone - and the world spins on
So I guess this is the end
Good-bye... so long
An up-and-down game I couldn't seem to beat
For my fiance - tryin' to make ends meet
Quick on my feet - better call the cook
This is business baby, we do it by the book
So look - it's time to hit this dump
Gonna try and stack paper like Donald Trump
This is the game, draw your card
Show no weakness, you've got to be hard
Keep your eye on the prize, don't drop your guard
'Cause these aren't men - they're vultures
Come on man, this is drug culture
There ain't no sun that shines in here
Just sadness, doubt, and the shadow of fear
Deception, betrayal, and a river of tears
It's all I can do - just to stay clear
If not for me, then my baby
Come on man, I can't afford to go crazy
Nor spend a moment to rest or be lazy
I gotta trust myself to stay on track
Anyone else might stab you in the back
For a few bucks, or a hit of crack
Doesn't anyone else think this shit is whack?
So what good is a life when it's ruled by dope?
What else can you do when you just can't cope?
When you feel around the wall and you find a rope
And climbing from the pit, could you dare to hope?
Shit, naw! You slip and fall back down
Rock bottom staring up from the ground
Guess you just forget it now
'Cause you really don't deserve it anyhow
Look: this train only goes two ways
To prison or death, I guess I'd say
But just right now the latter seems best
So I'm buyin' my ticket and I'm headed west
Maybe I'll see you on the other side
Or maybe you'll come along for the ride
'Cause you know misery -- loves company
It might be fun with just you and me
And I know from the outside this might seem glamorous
And maybe it would be if you could handle it
With drugs and money - guns and hunnies
You forget that with all this hard times are coming
Man it's funny - how soon we forget
Our friends getting locked up right and left
And sometimes shot - when the shit gets hot
Man, already gave up everything I got
Some come what may - try and make my day
I'll take on every motherfucker that's in my way
And when it's done, before I die
Laying down, staring up to the sky - askin' why
'Cause in this quiet moment, only now I see
That I ruined every chance that could set me free
From misery - that painful life
Damned among the shadows of fire and strife
Condemned with the woman that was to be my wife
But now she's gone - and the world spins on
So I guess this is the end
Good-bye... so long