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Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
'Cause I would've kissed my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared
Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school
But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest
Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing
Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I didn't really know this kid
He wasn't part of the class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because
[Chorus]
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better
Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat
[Chorus]
Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain
That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind
I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know
There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists
[Chorus]
I wish I would've known
'Cause I would've kissed my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared
Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school
But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest
Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing
Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I didn't really know this kid
He wasn't part of the class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because
[Chorus]
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better
Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat
[Chorus]
Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain
That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind
I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know
There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath, edited by SlashedO
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"Youth of the Nation" as written by Sandoval/curiel/daniels/bernardo
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I can only imagine this song was written with nothing more in mind then selling as many copies as possible.
It borders on being comical how ambiguously vanilla they write about hardcore implications. This is the industry wagging its pierced pinochio puppets to its finest.
i'm from Australia and i can hardcore relate to this song.
sometimes people just.. lose their way, and thats when lives get lost.
kids these days have to raise themselves, the parents have no clue what to do.
they treat us like shit, but i guess.. born and raised by hypocrites.
It's like saying that we, as youth of the nation have a certain responsibility to keep these avoidable tragedies from happening. And to therefore make the world a better place.
But i just have to reply to roth89's comment about religion. It just makes me mad.
First of all, If there was no religion whatsoever, do you know how messed up our world would be?? I mean, I can't even imagine. People wouldn't care about anything. There would just be murder and hate. Religion is a uniting thing that brings people together. Without it, we wouldn't exist. Nothing would. No law, no compassion, no anything.
Seriously. If you honestly believe that there is no God, you are soooo ignorant, uneducated, and i'd seriously suggest taking a few classes in history and taking a look at life in general and the beauty that is presented around you every single day. My history classes have presented me with more and more undeniable proof that there is a God. Miracles happen on a daily basis. I've seen it, and i've lived it. And if you still swear that there is no God, i suggest you check into an insane asylum. I'm not joking either.
God exists in every single part of your life. You can't escape it. He's always there. And He's the only answer to every one of your problems.
P.S
Seriously, I can't believe you call ignorant people who don't believe in the same god you believe in. I can't believe how religion can turn you into a conformist, into a man who is satisfied with knowing nothing! and please, don't tell us that without religion the world would be a better place, when religion is the root cause of starvation, hatred, wars, murder and death. I can't believe that you have faith in a god who is a misogynist, a sexist, a chauvinist, an assassin, a homophobic, an egotist. who is the ignorant now? I bet that every single time you get ill you go to a hospital instead of going to a church and pray to your god! seriously and with all due respect, open your eyes, I Can't believe people still think there is an invisible guy who rules the universe! you say you have faith, but if you really had faith, you wouldn't believe in stupid tales, you would believe in yourself! so , who should check into an insane asylum? people with an imaginary(misogynist, a sexist, a chauvinist, an assassin, a homophobic, an egotist) friend or people who love to think?
Peace!
Guitarist Marcos Curiel: "It's always been a topic on tour. I don't want to say it inspired us, but it gave us the motivation to write something. Well, when we were writing this record, we wanted to be secluded so we went to Santee, in East San Diego, where we had this 35x35 rehearsal studio. One day we were on our way to practice, and we saw all these cops, but we didn't know what was going on. Later we found out what had happened (The shooting). this is how we came up with the song youth of the nation. It was an emotional situation. The main control room in the studio has a TV, and we're watching the news on there, thinking, 'Man, this is a mess.' I'm the only one that doesn't have kids, but everybody was like, ' Dude, that could have been my kids in there,' or 'That could have been my sister.'"
In the second section, the whole part about Suzy is the story of my girlfriend's life. And the part about Johnny Boy is pretty damn close to the story of one of her ex-boyfriends.
I'm not bringing God and all that mubo jumbo into this because to be quite honest, I could care less since I'm Wiccan. I think this is a great song only because of the pictures it paints in your mind and sticks with you.
To those that think all these topics in this song are caused by groing up without God, think again. I went to Catholic school for six years and hated every minute of it 'cause those kids were cruel all because I was different and far more mature than them. I never cared about stupid crap that won't matter in five minutes. I liked politics and theology and anything intelectual (I spell like a ten year old!). The point is, I grew up being smothered, and in the end, it didn't mean anything. I am who I am, and I'm proud of that. The kids I went to that school with either ended up in public school and are probably now in jail, or they ended up at the Catholic high school and are now snooty bi0tches. *shrug* Whatev.
I like the song and it has a pretty nice meaning as well as a catchy melody.
If you read all of that, WOW. lol.
-Chriss