I've just returned from a long round trip
  Many tales I have to tell
  Now I don't get high
  so you think I'm not hip
  But I've seen the gates of Hell
  How can a youth rise above all the shit
  When surrounded
  by such lousy influence?
  He clutched the pipe, took his last hit
  And nobody's heard from him since
  
  In this world of confusion
  Drugs were my solution
  The pain was breaking my heart
  I shut out my reality
  Nearing my fatality
  found myself falling apart
  Miserable, horrible, life such an obstacle
  Making my own matters worse
  To end up dead in a dark alleyway
  Or to ride in the back of a hearse
  To die for a cause like pride or respect
  Or honor would make you quite worthy
  A pitiful waste to live in the sewer
  And die before you reach thirty
  
  Cop a bag as a crutch
  copping out, lose so much
  hangin' out, dippin' butts
  Lost my mind smoking dust
  There and back
  Back in the days I was living a lie
  Too cool to show my feelings
  too cool to cry
  Lost in a fog and unsure of my friends
  With a one way ticket
  headed straight for the end
  As the flames burnt the rope
  and my spirit cut loose
  I found my self wrapped
  in an emotional noose
  I said to myself continue no longer
  Today I face the world with a mind
  that is stronger
  Spent my time gettin' nice
  I crapped out rolling dice
  Look at me and my scars
  Now I live pure and hard
  There and back