I agree with Hatchette36. What caught me was the "What kind of lives DID they get to live", which is past tense, meaning they're done with the life...the children are crossing the bridge into the afterlife, and without a choice where they get to go or if they even know where they're going (Heaven or Hell) because of their youth.
In the first verse however, it's not Deased, it's Diseased...so it may be referring to children struck with some kind of incurable disease who haven't been given a choice to live the way they wished to.
They're all down on their knees praying for God to heal them.
I think Violent J is more or less saying this is what he sees, and he prays as well and tries to stick to the book, but it's hard when you see prayers that are more heavier than yours not being answered (the sick childrens' prayers) and so he gets lost on the way of "righteousness" because it won't even answer children.
I agree with Hatchette36. What caught me was the "What kind of lives DID they get to live", which is past tense, meaning they're done with the life...the children are crossing the bridge into the afterlife, and without a choice where they get to go or if they even know where they're going (Heaven or Hell) because of their youth. In the first verse however, it's not Deased, it's Diseased...so it may be referring to children struck with some kind of incurable disease who haven't been given a choice to live the way they wished to. They're all down on their knees praying for God to heal them. I think Violent J is more or less saying this is what he sees, and he prays as well and tries to stick to the book, but it's hard when you see prayers that are more heavier than yours not being answered (the sick childrens' prayers) and so he gets lost on the way of "righteousness" because it won't even answer children.