Carry Me Away

I was an outcast, outsider, Trouble maker A lost soul, outta control, In danger Didn't have a care in the world My feeling were numb Never showing emotion Is easy for some I don't know how it happened How I got to this point But I needed a way out I was stuck in a ploy I needed another path or I'd self destruct I was down on my luck My head was so fucked! A menace rollin' the streets is what I was Holdin' my heat and rollin' with the serious thugs You couldn't tell me a thing, I was like my brother, Words went in one ear and out the other Slangin' and bangin', With a chip on my shoulder An insane, hit the brain Certified street soldier So close to the grave, You at an early age, Can't tell you the price I've paid Chorus: Oh the sky overhead, Is like a canvas of grey I dunno how much time, I'm begginin' to save From the first spring to light To the end of the day I'm just livin', my life 'Till they come carry me away I've been there in LA nights In the block where I came up My pops used to hate When we hanged with them bangers Guess he knew one day that we'll become us That's just how it is when you live where we come from "Fight, don't run" Is the motto we live by Get 'em on the ground And stomp a mind about ten times Sure we was just kids back then I had no remorse for what we did back then Six of us, one call, we'd all pack in Hit the strip, and go and get the shit crack in Gun wars, and drug deals, I seen 'em happen When I started losin' home boys I wasn't laughin' I looked all around and seen, None of 'em there That's when I figured out, That nobody cared If we lived or die, We'll just get high and ride And I wasn't gonna let this happen one more time Chorus: Oh the sky overhead, Is like a canvas of grey I dunno how much time, I'm begginin' to save From the first spring to light To the end of the day I'm just livin', my life 'Till they come carry me away My mother would stand for me Every step of the way She did not judge me She told me I'd win some day When I was at my lowest When I had no focus She pulled me out the gutter Said I wasn't hopeless Every night she prayed for me I was out on the street Chillin' on the corner with the hand on my heat Eyes open wide for the pigs and foes It's an every day hazard when you hustle for doe So many nights I didn't come home, She thought the worst Maybe somebody shot me down Without any remorse Maybe I hurt somebody and I was stuck in a cell Well I regret all those time that I put her through hell When I reflect back on those days, my heart aches And everybody I lost or let down, I wish I could take it all back And make it better but I can't, So I try to make amends And be there, through thick and thin Chorus: Oh the sky overhead, Is like a canvas of grey I dunno how much time, I'm begginin' to save From the first spring to light To the end of the day I'm just livin', my life 'Till they come carry me away Come carry me away (x4)