Lyrics

Damned if I Do
(c) 2002 Kimon / Ultrascene Entertainment

They walk the front line 19 in Palestine
A sense of purpose and the stripes on their shirt
I walk on eggshells through city cartels
No sudden movements and nobody gets hurt
Others never cease - disruption of the peace
They've got artillery to make their own rules
The nine millimeters hidden on their underside
I'm stressing out and I'm just trying to walk to school

I?m damned if I do
I?m damned if I don?t do
I can't live with you
I can't live without you.

And on summer nights the constant gang fights
The smell of garbage points you to the urban blight
They cry poverty - mistaken identify
I might be poor but I still know wrong from right
We don't have a lot - but worked for what we've got
And what a mother does to keep us off the street
But to stay awake, you've got a choice to make
You can't beat 'em - do you join 'em - do you break?

There's never a life line some one has thrown
You'll sink or swim - out here on your own
They know where to find you - you should have known
If you're stuck here any longer
What won't kill you makes you stronger