Story Behind The Song
True story--rock start returned home, big limo, to visit the old neighborhood and inspire the next generation of kids to make it out of the poverty.
Song Description
Kid makes it out of the tough part of the city, makes it big and returns home to inspire the next generation.
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Ghetto, Barrio, Justice |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1980 - 1989 |
Lyrics
Mission Hill
You cover your eyes, behind dark sunglasses you hide
You cover your eyes to keep away anything that might get inside
Dirty streets lined with broken glass, but they?re still the streets, the streets from your past
Made it out by the force of will?still too close to Mission Hill
Too close for comfort, too much that needs to ring true
No words of wisdom, how much could get through to you?
A roll of the dice or a silent prayer, for the children and the friends and the family still there
I know you?re going to make it, I know that you will ?cause I made it out of Mission Hill
Dark, long nights when anything can happen and it?s usually bad
Grab a piece of something, maybe something that you never had
Equal chances but it never seems fair, you look to justice but it?s never there
You know you?ll make it if you hang on ?til??til you make it out of Mission Hill
Dirty streets lined with broken glass, but there still the streets, the streets from your past
A roll of the dice or a silent prayer, for the children and the friends and the family still there
I know you?re going to make it, I know that you will ?cause I made it out of Mission Hill (2)