Offspring - the kids arent alright

when we were young our futures were so bright 
the old neighborhood was so alive life 
and every kid of the whole damn street 
was gonna make it big and not be beat 
now the neighborhood is cracked and torn 
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn 
How Can one little street swallow so many lives? 

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Chances thrown 
nothing's free 
longing for what used to be 
still it's hard 
hard to see 
fragile lives 
shattered dreams 
GO! 

Jamie had a chance, well she really did 
instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids 
mark still lives at home cuz he's got no job 
he just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot 

Jay committed suicide 
Brandon ODed and died 
What the hell is goin on? 
The cruelest dream, reality 

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