Born on the southside you live alone Four walls a roof and its always cold look out the window and there is nothing to see. But, a Riot torn city and the death of your country and your chilled to the bone with no possessions to call your own yet you control your rage and you resist the crime Because your the next in line

out the back door and to the corner store all you want is a drink and nothing more Sit on the stoop and Let the liquor sooth your pride before you go inside you cut in front and now your the next in line you never thought you'd lead a life of crime freedoms the only thing you need but the truth is something few understand and an unwelcome reality now its dark and Black and sad and gone you express and repress the things gone wrong and you want to be the man who ran away and you wish you could go back to yesterday Now he's in her room and he's about to lie so you pull the gun squeeze the trigger and you let the bullets fly... (Huber)






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    nobodys said shit about this song????? where are you people? this song is super awesome. who knows what it means...but i get a good feeling from it and it just makes me happy and want to go somewhere!!! maybe out of michigan..lol

    FallenAngel6on March 21, 2003   Link
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    hey this is a good song but kinda makes me sad for some reason....

    Sum 41on April 09, 2005   Link
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    I like this song, but it rather depresses me, because it leaves you alone with the impression of having no option in life. This guy gives up all his hope and kills himself in the end. But I think there is one line in this song, that needs to be explained: freedom's the only thing you need but the truth is something few understand and an unwelcome reality I ask myself, what freedom is meant to be here?

    Tigerente0815on October 18, 2010   Link
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    Dark song about living in a hopeless situation, and suffering from loss and pain for far too long, he caves in to societal pressure to survive, and in the end takes his own life.

    Sometimes life doesn't have a happy ending, and you have to either figure it out, and make it better, or end it before the darkness swallows you whole and you hurt others with your pain.

    Excellent song, very relatable if you come from a fucked up life. Love The Utters, they keep the shite real, and as Punk as Fuck

    Daken311on October 05, 2019   Link
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    this song is great. But it doesnt make me happy because its about a guy who lives in the dumps and hes the next in line to start stealing and eventually kill himself. In the beggining he doesnt even think of leading a life of crime, but as the song goes on he eventually starts commiting crimes. At least thats what I think it means

    fan_of_AnTi-FLaGon July 03, 2003   Link

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