Momma Said That We Ruined This Town

Close your eyes, I want to ride

The skies in my sweet dream

Close your eyes, I want to ride

The skies in my sweet dream

Yo, think I remember when this place was all wooded

Tried to paint a picture in my brain, but I couldn't

They played the footage of the crime scene

You'd probably see my house in

The background if it was widescreen

Society cesspool, township's chess move was a sting

All cases x'd soon, couldn't charge us with a thing

Open field signed and sealed to be paid for strip malls

The same place where kickball was played

The forest where I had my first kiss now is gone

Parents yellin' "I object!" in the town hall

Told julie she's going to church from now on

Preacher raped her, her innocence now lost

And I'm 'bout to catch a gun charge

My parents got saved off village, written on signs in the front yard

Momma, your son's smart, he just fell

I'm sorry for contributing in fuckin' up the field, that's for real

Close your eyes, I want to ride

The skies in my sweet dream

But if we leave, I don't know where we'd go

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

And will the city keep chasin' us, chasin' us?

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

But if we leave, I don't know where we'd go

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

As I walk amongst the debris, tryna rise from the hopelessness

The field where we used to play's

The parking lot where homeless men sleep

When the crime increased, it had a lot to do with us

As we turn the corner, the corner has prostitutes and drugs

We always have bugs in the kitchen, but never on the phone

Mom's had two jobs, every day was home alone

Four friends died of an overdose

Fell off the motorboat, comatose, throat or rope

Jesus christ, God help us!

Mr. President, rescue!

Or don't...whatever, fuck it

I didn't elect you

Meth labs, test tubes, kids passin' in science with flyin' colors

I'm just worried about my little brother, he's nine

Rewind to when I was his age

I wasn't worried about survivin' the day, but turned to crime anyway

Never givin' you your property back, moved our property back

Property tax went through the roof

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

But if we leave, I don't know where we'd go

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

And will the city keep chasin' us, chasin' us?

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

But if we leave, I don't know where we'd go

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

And the kids are all pilled up

The preacher said the way we live our life's gonna kill us

Tell him to eat a dick

They ask me if I feel guilty, now I'll plead the fifth

Like always, they kick my door in and drag me through the hallway

Momma said they ruined this town, daddy, where are you?

Police hollerin' "rome if fallin'!", and I can't argue

City's got a way of expanding and crawlin' out

Since me and God had a fallin' out

Robbery and drugs is what I'm all about

Just another crack in the pavement

Judge used a fuckin' bible just to smack me in the face with

It didn't taint, I'm livin' in the basement of someone else's pad

We only got the words 'fuck off' wrote on the welcome mat

I helped burn this village, murder and pillage

Burners and killin's, with no concern with the civilians

We turned this quiet town to a metropolis of drugs and slaughter

Momma, kiss your son and hug your daughter

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

But if we leave, I don't know where we'd go

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

And will the city keep chasin' us, chasin' us?

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

But if we leave, I don't know where we'd go

Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dream

Momma says that we ruined this town