Reflectin' on a Tragedy

For my UWP 001 class. :]
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The lyrics consist of real words and direct testimonies from the people in Our America, featuring the perspective of a kid growing up in the ghetto, who is affected by the gangs in his or her community.
**Some of the text has been adjusted to fit the song.
**The numbers in parentheses next to some of the lines signify the page numbers in the book that the words were selected or inspired from.
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"Reflectin' on a Tragedy"
(Capo 7)

Introduction:
Sittin here, reflectin' on a tragedy, never-changing (153)
A year has passed
And now it's like livin in hell (163)

Verse 1:
Yeah, I'm—
Sup-posed to be the loser, the thief, the drinker, (177)
The one with all the drugs, Yeah,
I know what you're thinking.
But you don't know where I come from,
My past, the lies
How violence breeds violence (153)
The kids—they violent too.

Verse 2:
And I have a decision to make (39)
About the gangs
Whether or not it's gonna be
part of my life
And I've seen my friends, my brothers, my sisters
Fall into that trap
And they never come back (165)

Verse 3:
But they deserve better than that (145)
I deserve better than that
What kind of future do we have, (151)
If nobody's gonna help us?
The fighting, the violence (159)
It's all out of control!

Chorus 1:
I hope I survive (200)
I hope you survive

Verse 4:
To tell you the truth, I'm sick of it. (165)
(I'm) on the
verge of giving up, moving out, letting down—yeah,
Losing a battle every day
Every day (165)
And who's gonna hear our cry?
"No—body," he says:

Verse 5:
I'm only thirteen. failed school once, (77)
Now, serving crack, And (77)
I can't turn back—No
I need my money
I gotta get the money (77)
To survive in the streets
No drugs = no money (63)

Verse 6:
And people out here, their mommas just don't care (63)
How can they raise their kids like that? (151)
Parents, they afraid of us (165)
Don't know what to do with us
Dealing drugs, getting judged (185)
It's hard livin' around here,

Chorus 2:
I hope I survive (200)
I hope you survive
I hope we survive
We got to, we got to, we got to, survive (197)

Outro (Similar to Intro., but with a twist):
Sittin here, reflectin' on a tragedy, never-changing (153)
A year has passed (153)
And I am still livin in hell (163)

Coda:
When the sun
Sets on the earth
We gotta keep (145)
Living our lives

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Soli Deo Gloria.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ghetto
• Life
• 101
• David
• Isay
• Our
• America
• Lloyd
• Newman
• LeAlan
• Jones
• Gangs

[lovescarguitar]

another great song