The kids aren´t alright

When we were young the future was so bright
the old neighborhood was so alive
and every kid on the whole damn street
was gonna make it big and not be beat.

now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
the kids are grown up but their lives are worn
how can one little street swallow so many lives?

Chances blown
nothing's free
longing for
what used to be
still it's hard
hard to see
fragile lives
shattered dreams
GO!!

Janie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Munsen's at home cause he's got no job
Just plays guitar, smokes a lot of pot

She commited suicide
Brandy OD'd and died
What the hell is going on?
Cruellest dream, reality

Offspring