As we round the bend,

Approaching an entire generation's end,

People flock to the strets,

To preach,

About Black Lives Matter,

And the president should be impeached.

But when you look around,

What do you see?

Here's what I see,

Kids coming out of the streets,

Guns on their backs,

And bullets between their teeth.

Kids swinging from ropes,

Pulled tight so they can't breathe.

Kids,

They were only kids,

kids,

With the the weight of the fucking world on their shoulders.

A weight that should have never been there,

Kids with holes in their chests,

Holes, that should never have been put there,

Kids,

With fire in their eyes and crazy in their hearts,

Kids,

They were only kids,

Kids gone insane in a world,

A world where noone knows the difference between angst,

And a head case,

Kids, 

They were only kids,

Kids in fear for their lives,

Kids,

Kids prepared and ready to die,

Kids,

They were only kids.

They were only kids.