As I take a look around me All I see is the poverty that surrounds me Broken hearts and frozen dreams, bad times and misery There ain't a lot of money down here Everybody live off everybody else down here One's loss is another's gain Nobody really cares about your pain So many wanting to survive, so many lost their will to thrive Just living day to day as they wait for the next opportunity to dump their way Hopes to never get the chance too busy being a victim of circumstance Watching their days go by, keep aside, don't care if they live or die Why is life so hard? Is this really the way it's supposed to be? Why does it break your heart? Can't get easy for you, you end up with nothing Santa on the corner of the block Tears in his eyes as he takes the plots Pain in his heart as he slowly plans To save his family the only way that he can He cares for his mom and his old Uncle Joe And two little kids that his sister left for home He tried to find a job but he had no luck The rich passed through and he didn't have enough He's got a 22 and a Black King mask He's gonna pull a lick and he better learn fast He really ain't ready and he just don't know The man behind the counter has a gun in the throat He walked in strong like, give me all the cash Flashed a 22 and suddenly he heard the blast Felt the hot lead as the room started spinning He realized that he's about to die any minute Why is life so hard? Is this really the way it's supposed to be? Why does it break your heart? Can't get easy for you, you end up with nothing Somewhere in the dark, there's something going down Another life is wasted, I'm bleeding on the ground It's really anybody out there? I'm running out of time Oh won't somebody help me? Please don't leave me here to die And just like that, another mother's child I never get to see the Sun again And just like that, another young hustler's waiting for a chance to replace him Back on the street, nobody wants to talk about the dried up blood on the sidewalk More than a few, it ain't nothing new, gotta keep the money rolling so the game don't start Why is life so hard? Is this really the way it's supposed to be? Why does it break your heart? Can't get easy for you, you end up with nothing