Eye for an Eye

Out the gate, line 'em up and start 'em young

Taught to hate, trade the gavel for the gun

What happened yesterday never take away

The anger found when the streets were running red

And I don't wanna lose my head, and I don't wanna wake up dead, no

But maybe it's the way we're bread won't stop till we stomp 'em dead

When it's eye for an eye

It's one for another

We mix blood on our hands

With the tears of our mothers

When it's eye for an eye

It's one for another

We destroy ourselves

We destroy our brothers

Little Johnny Cullen never had a shot

From a neighborhood where killers don't get caught

It's hard to use your voice when you never had a choice

He walked down Sandy Row with a gun in his hand

He didn't wanna lose his head, he didn't wanna wake up dead, no

Marching to the drums and fife just another wasted life

When it's eye for an eye

It's one for another

We mix blood on our hands

With the tears of our mothers

When it's eye for an eye

It's one for another

We destroy ourselves

We destroy our brothers

And as his sister cries

A young voice is smothered

A trail of blood dries

As they lower him under

And as his sister cries

A young voice is smothered

A trail of blood dries

As they lower him under

When it's eye for an eye

It's one for another

We mix blood on our hands

With the tears of our mothers

When it's eye for an eye

It's one for another

We destroy ourselves

We destroy our brothers

We destroy ourselves

We destroy our brothers