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Childhood


The kids here dont play,

They shoot drugs and guns.

 

Theyre too busy being fast to realize the

Preciousness of their childhood.

 

No one tells them its wrong.

It's all we know.

 

Daddy disappeared before

Your fingers appeared.

 

And mommys too busy working

To supply your vanishing childhood.

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