Verse 1)

The life I live is tragic
For real I've had it
Too much death dealin goin around, it became a habit
Burials in boxes, instead of caskets
The graveyard's cluttered just count the masses
Which gun slinger's the fastest
Now we just have to see
This is a glimps of what you peer at when you hit the street
That's all you hear is the siren's deadly scream
Just hope and pray it's not you getting stuck with IV's
Just givin you a dose of the air I breathe
So please inhale and exhale slowly

Chorus)
This is life on my side of the street
This is the world that I always see
This is what my generation came to be
This is life on my side of the street

Verse 2)

I drive around the block and what do I see
Girls knocked up and they only pre-teens
I see little boys actin like they grown men
Only 14 years old with 2 kids
I see little babies being pushed around in the winter time
Late at night when it's past their bed time
I could strangle the parents and rip out thier mind
And you wonder why your kid is sick all the time
What's this world comin to, cause we all out of line

Verse 3)

Tell me who you love
Your daughter or the dope
You tellin me you sellin so in her future,there is hope
But let me tell you suttin what you doin ain't real
What your daughter needs is a dad to cook her meals
What she needs is someone who knows how she feels
When she's strugglin she needs somebody real
She don't need no drug lord who lies, cheats and steals
Come on now think about it
You don't know what you're doin,hurts her more than skin deep
Open your eyes and really see why at night she can't sleep
Turn the tides so she don't become the next dealer on the street

Chorus)
This is life on my side of the street
This is the world that I always see
This is what my generation came to be
This is life on my side of the street

Verse 4)

Maybe I can turn the world around
Atleast make a small difference, before the walls crumble down
Maybe make one kid understand
How to become a better woman or man
We're the past and their the future
So we gotta step up and be the tutors
Instead of being stupid and screwin up their future

Chorus)
This is life on my side of the street
This is the world that I always see
This is what my generation came to be
This is life on my side of the street

Chorus 2)

This is life on my side of the street
This is one thing I don't want my kids to see
This is one thing that I can't let be
This is the horror on my side of the street