Widespread Narcotic Wasteland

The epidemic that threatens us today

Grows in the streets stronger everyday

Pushing drugs on impressionable youth

For nothing but monetary gain

Then you hear the gunshots

Stray bullets go through my son’s bedroom wall

Luckily he was not home that day

When domestic gunfire erupts at the neighbor’s house

Widespread narcotic wasteland

And for those who are not fiends

Protect your family with your life

A world of thieves and wannabe gangsters

Murderers of innocents

With selfish ignorance

Turning my quiet neighborhood into a dangerous place to be

Wasting away this gift of life

With dealing stealing and violent crimes

When I thought things could not get worse

A meth lab exploded a block from my house

What would they do for a crack rock

Would they suck me off or try to steal my guitars

Once trustworthy friends

Now compulsive liars in the county jailbird paper

Widespread narcotic wasteland

And for those who are not fiends

Protect your family with your life

Addiction violence and confusion

With no way to escape

They turn to the only thing they know

Doing anything for that temporary fix

To escape from reality

Born into poverty in the land of supposed opportunity

Raised in the most toxic of environments

We need inner strength to break this viscous cycle

And help pave the way for our youth

So they can escape this narcotic wasteland