It's like one step forward and two steps back No matter what I do you're always mad Maybe we're not meant to be And I, I can't change your mind I know it's like trying to turn around on a one way street I can't give you what you want And it's killing me

And there's nothing wrong with me This is how I'm supposed to be In a land of make believe That don't believe in me City of the dead At the end of another lost highway Signs misleading to nowhere City of the damned Lost children with dirty faces today

Now they'll know First a spark Then a flame Into the darkest of nights Cut the cord Lines are deaddead

Got my diamond earrings And I'm packin' heat so don't disrespect me I'm just so damn flossy And I know what you like There ain't no gangsta like me Imma give it to ya every time Gotta turn you on

Like I said you know I'm almost dead You know I'm almost gone And when the drummer drums He's gonna play my song To carry me along And when the boatman comes To ferry me away To where we all belong I said yeah

Nobody mention my familia It's always trouble when they go too far Dead line, now you a dead man for real This is my house, you made it personal Father, father, could you bless his soul? He talking crazy, I may lose control Father, father, unforgivable

Now people say I'm jinxed I got some kind of voodoo hex Life is so complex There's no telling what could happen next Life on the edge, Fuels the sickness in my head It embeds the type of thoughts That got a lot of brothers deaddead

I'm a blind man When a blind man cries Lord, you know If you're leaving, close the door I'm not expecting people, anymore Hear me grieving, lying on the floor Whether I'm drunk or deaddead, I really ain't too sure And my world is pale There ain't a sadder

My love now where have you been She begs this night to just end Tranquilize, fantasize Until your heart caves in Kill all the lights as midnight approaches Tonight's the night my nightmares come to life I must confess my final breath is heavy with the

Praise your architecture of aggression Great nations built from the bones of the dead With mud and straw, blood and sweat You know your worth when your enemies Born from the dark To envelop its prey below Deliver to the light To eliminate your enemy Hit