LAST DAY OF
THE REST OF MY LIFE
I WISH I WOULDA KNOWN
'CAUSE I DIDN'T
KISS MY MAMA GOODBYE
I DIDN'T TELL HER
THAT I LOVED HER
HOW MUCH I CARED
OR THANK MY POPS
FOR ALL THE TALKS
AND ALL THE WISDOM
HE SHARED
UNAWARE I JUST DID
WHAT I ALWAYS DO
EVERY DAY
THE SAME ROUTINE
BEFORE I SKATE
OFF TO SCHOOL
BUT WHO KNEW
THAT THIS DAY
WASN'T LIKE THE REST
INSTEAD OF
TAKIN' THE TEST
I TOOK TWO
TO THE CHEST
CALL ME BLIND
BUT I DIDN'T
SEE IT COMIN'
EVERYBODY WAS RUNNIN'
BUT I COULDN'T
HEAR NOTHIN' EXCEPT
GUN BLASTS
IT HAPPENED SO FAST
I DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW THIS KID
THOUGH I SIT BY HIM
IN CLASS
MAYBE THIS KID
WAS REACHIN' 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
WE ARE WE ARE
THE YOUTH OF
THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
YOUTH OF THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
THE YOUTH OF
THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
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
KINDA 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
WE ARE WE ARE
THE YOUTH OF
THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
YOUTH OF THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
THE YOUTH OF
THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
YOUTH OF THE NATION
WHO'S TO BLAME
FOR THE LIFE
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
LEADIN' THE BLIND
GUESS THAT'S THE WAY
THAT THE STORY GOES
WILL IT EVER MAKE SENSE
SOMEBODY'S
GOTTA KNOW
THERE'S GOTTA BE
MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS
THERE'S GOTTA BE
MORE TO EVERYTHING
I THOUGHT EXISTS
WE ARE WE ARE
WE ARE WE ARE
WE ARE WE ARE
THE YOUTH OF
THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
YOUTH OF THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
THE YOUTH OF
THE NATION
WE ARE WE ARE
YOUTH OF THE NATION
YOUTH OF THE NATION
YOUTH OF THE NATION
YOUTH OF THE NATION