Verse 1:
Northeast side of Liberty City
Growing up in the slums
Unemployment’s soaring
The sea of people within the miles of my life
Drugs, guns and prostitution
Oh what a way of life!
Everybody’s quiet and gone unnoticed.
My side of the street
Motivation starts my day
And yes they’re a lot more like me
But still
Perfect breeding ground for crime and drugs.

Chorus:
No love
No hope
No day to atone
No shame
No respect
Surely there’s no care.
Living in a world of make-believe
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Yes, spare the rod and spoil the child.

Bridge:
The unmotivated young
Prostitutes and Drugs
Their dreams all one big muddle.
They want the impossible dream
Acting like kings of the streets
Living like the queens of the hood.
Behind the madness
There’s a group
A group that stands out.

Verse 2:
The education’s excellent
Yet no one wants to learn a thing
The few who do
Stand out
Are looked down upon.
The few who work hard
The few who should be looked up to
Forced from the crowd
From the crowd of fools who snicker and sneer
The crowd of fools who die young.

Chorus:
Repeat chorus

Verse 3:
The place I want to call home’s infested with poverty
Perfect breeding ground for crime and drugs
All the chances in the world
Yet they’re few takers.
The crowd,
The crowd of fools die young
Die from AIDS, Drugs, Guns and Stupidity.

Chorus:


Repeat Chorus