The Chalk Outline

Verse 1
in the hood or the Ghetto or the projects dont matter
What you call them, how you see them, things won't get better
Believe what your told on the news at nine
But theres another child laying in a chalk outline

Verse 2
In the schools, in the parks, on the streets at night
another drive by shooting, another gang Fight
The police will tell you  they're reducing crime
and yet another child's layin in a chalk outline

Chorus
We used to be so close, my blood my friend
Grew up together, never thought this would end
And now all i have is this picture in my mind
of you on the ground inside a chalk outline

Verse 3
In The Eyes, in the ears, in the minds oi the young
Encouraged to worship, the Dollar and the Gun
A Message of stupidity, spoken in rhyme
And now another childs layin in a Chalkoutline

Verse 4
In the past, in the present, in the future as well
Will this madness continue, there's no way to tell
and we'll keep on returning here time after time
untill there's no more children, just the chalk outlines

Chorus
We used to be so close, my blood my friend
Grew up together, never thought this would end
And now all i have is this picture in my mind
of you on the ground inside a chalk outline