My friend can't go home no more I guess that's what happens when you're too poor To be a good kids with good clothes in a bad neighbourhood That's no good, when pride makes you a traitor to your kind When his brother was murdered a year ago It was the same as it is now As it is now There's no witness relocation plans for those in slums I know because my friend could sure use one Third grade brothers and sisters threatened by grown men Grown men stand outside while families slowly died, they tried To talk to Edwin Eisendrath, the chairman of the C.H.A. He can't find a way to keep one family safe Nothing's that important to me Nothing's that important to me You too sit by the phone waiting for that special girl to call I used to forget to go on when my days got too long I've felt really scared but it always went away It doesn't always go away