Ah It's Gonna put it All these crime thangs Homeless the is crazy boy like this the way it is Heavy out there, heavy
Was I such a bad child that I deserved to get hit with boards And with extension cords? Did you forget that I was your And all I wanted from you all was love hope and
Son, you're and you're talking back, get out my face Kicked me out the house and wouldn't let me plead my case Now, I'm homeless and I'm freezing the morgue The only thing me alive is the Lord
Needless to say it's times like this I'd be locked up then Drinkin' out my hands and eatin' out of garbage cans Can I come home, huh could I? Son, you're on your own, why I?
Some things'll never change, that's the way it is Nobody's concerned things'll never change, that's just the way it is When will we ever
Huh, three years now, I think I'm gon be straight I put my name on the list for 8 out for the army but I was flat footed Didn't do no to me, 'cuz I was used to it
If I apply for work, let's make a bet I'll get the 'cuz I don't know about the Internet What do you think we need to do to change this nation? Need to more jobs and better education
Nuclear weapons, puh, be stopping crimes Already got enough to the world up a thousand times The and the bees, deadly disease pregnancies, STDs
Some never change, that's just the way it is Nobody's concerned Some things'll never change, that's the way it is When will we learn?
A wait, a wait a minute, I sirens Oh, that's the couple down the Domestic violence either or the little girl in 306 She's always telling everyone she gon slice her wrists
I guess the way it is in the life of sin Where prolly end up dead, or in the pen But my family ain't no better the next My Brenda turned her own sister in for writing bad checks
And save folks try to hit you where it Knowin' they the biggest hypocrites in the We need to give our minds a bath and do scrubbin' the hate and start the lovin'
Some never change, that's just the way it is Nobody's even Some never change, that's just the way it is When we ever learn?
Some things'll change, that's just the way it is even concerned Some things'll never change, just the way it is When will we learn? Learn, learn, learn,