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I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one |
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I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one |
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Well, my father told me |
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"Son, you had better get a gun" |
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Well, my first friend went down |
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When I was 17 years old |
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Well, my first friend went down |
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When I was 17 years old |
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Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy |
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He gotta go |
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Well, my second friend went down |
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When I was 21 years of age |
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Well, my second friend went down |
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When I was 21 years of age |
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Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy |
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He gotta pray |
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Well, now rules are alright |
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If there's someone left to play the game |
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Well, now rules are alright |
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If there's someone left to play the game |
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All my friends are going |
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And thing's just don't seem the same |
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Oh, thing's just don't seem the same, babe |