The Pain Around Me

Six kids on the corner up to no damn good

That’s six broken homes strugglin’ in my neighborhood

You got liquor stores everywhere on my side of town

I don’t want my kids to go outside, ‘cause the thugs are hanging around

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to sing this song

About the pain around me, Lord, but this is what I see, what I see

Check it out

You got the preacher man in the church giving folks false hope

You never see a politician around unless they want your vote

Women walking around with skirts so, so, so tight

Looking in cars as they go by saying, “you want some fun tonight?”

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to sing this song, no, no

About the pain around me, Lord, hey, but this is what I see, what I see, hey

Shooting and killing’ I'm living in a war zone

See, police they never come around, so I'm out here on my own

I’m just an honest working man trying to do right and feed my family

When I go to work got to carry a piece, Lord, for extra security

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to sing this song

About the pain around me, Lord, but this is what I see, what I see, yeah, yeah, yeah

But this is what I see