Carry Me Away

I was an outcast, outsider Trouble-maker A lost soul, outta control In danger Didn't have a care in the world My feelings were numb Never showing emotion Is easy for some I don't know how it happened How I got to this point But I needed a way out I was stuck in a ploy I needed another path or I'd self destruct I was down on my luck My head was so fucked A menace rollin' the streets is what I was Holdin' my heat and rollin' with the serious thugs You couldn't tell me a thing I was like my brother Words went in one ear and out the other Slangin' and bangin' With a chip on my shoulder An insane, hit the brain Certified street soldier So close to the grave You at an early age Can't tell you the price I've paid [Chorus] Oh, the sky overhead Is like a canvas of gray I dunno how much time I'm beginnin' to save From the first spring to light To the end of the day I'm just livin' my life Till they come carry me away I've been there in LA nights In the block where I came up My pops used to hate When we hanged with them bangers Guess he knew one day that we'll become us That's just how it is when you live where we come from Fight, don't run Is the motto we live by Get 'em on the ground And stomp a mind about ten times Sure we was just kids back then I had no remorse for what we did back then Six of us, one call, we'd all pack in Hit the strip, and go and get the shit crackin' Gun wars, and drug deals, I seen 'em happen When I started losin' homeboys I wasn't laughin' I looked all around and seen None of 'em there That's when I figured out That nobody cared If we lived or die We'll just get high and ride And I wasn't gonna let this happen one more time [Chorus] My mother would stand for me Every step of the way She did not judge me She told me I'd win some day When I was at my lowest When I had no focus She pulled me out the gutter Said I wasn't hopeless Every night she prayed for me I was out on the street Chillin' on the corner with the hand on my heat Eyes open wide for the pigs and foes It's an every day hazard when you hustle for doe So many nights I didn't come home She thought the worst Maybe somebody shot me down Without any remorse Maybe I hurt somebody and I was stuck in a cell Well, I regret all those times that I put her through hell When I reflect back on those days, my heart aches And everybody I lost or let down I wish I could take it all back And make it better, but I can't So I try to make amends And be there, through thick and thin [Chorus] Come carry me away Come carry me away Come carry me away Come carry me away