I walk down my old street
used to be home for me and
now there's spray paint on the walls
I see a house that at one time looked nice
but now it is abandoned
there's nothing left at all
so why, why, must we let our chances fly
when oh when oh will we ever see hope again
why, why, why, is it so hard to say good-bye
well oh well at least I can still remember when
our city used to be such a beautiful place
now you can't walk down the street
the same and think you'll see the same
my hands are in the air
it makes no sense to me
I cannot explain this tragedy
my first trip to the city
I remember thinking
that the buildings stood so tall
and when I see that my old stomping ground
is just a city ravaged
they seem small now rather
feels like I'm living in someone else's dream
it don't seem this is the way
that things should be
used to be home for me and
now there's spray paint on the walls
I see a house that at one time looked nice
but now it is abandoned
there's nothing left at all
so why, why, must we let our chances fly
when oh when oh will we ever see hope again
why, why, why, is it so hard to say good-bye
well oh well at least I can still remember when
our city used to be such a beautiful place
now you can't walk down the street
the same and think you'll see the same
my hands are in the air
it makes no sense to me
I cannot explain this tragedy
my first trip to the city
I remember thinking
that the buildings stood so tall
and when I see that my old stomping ground
is just a city ravaged
they seem small now rather
feels like I'm living in someone else's dream
it don't seem this is the way
that things should be
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I really like this song. I think that we've all felt homesickness at least one time in our lives.
I donno Savesthedaygirl,I think(judging by the video I downloaded for it from kazaa)it's more about how guns work and kill ppl
the video has a great message as does the song they both have a same and yet in a sense different meaning,,,the song to me means about growing up in a city that was nice and as time and society changes and what not it becomes a battelfield for gangs and a market for drugs .... thats where guns come in i think the video is great
It's about how change has affected the places that were in his memoery. He sees them after a couple of years, and it has changes for the worst.
It's about time changing things for the worst. He returns home, but sees it crime infested and not as good as he remembers. He's not homesick for his home, he's homesick for what it used to be