These Streets - MEST

Timmy swore he’d be a baseball player

And Johnny swore that he would go to the moon

Jerry had real potential

But to the life of drugs is how he’d lose

I saw failure in Aarons eyes

When his mother told him of his father’s lies

Steve was only 17 when his son was born

While Jessica left him broken and torn

How can a kid become a man

If he’s broken inside and he don’t understand

They wrote me off they said I’d go nowhere

Tried to say that my parents didn’t care

But with open arms they stood by

I’m sorry for all the nights I made them cry

This is the street that made me who I am

If I could go back I do it all again

Cuz this street was our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now

As I stare out the window

All that remains are shadows

Images left that once was

Broken dreams left from us

You can take these scars away

But I’ll still bleed right here

Cause I don’t wanna leave

Cause you believed in me

Cuz this street was our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now

Yeah these streets were our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now

Thoughts of where all the time went

Our dreams died on this pavement

Memories for a lifetime

Give it all just for one night

Let’s go back to the way it used to be

We had it all when we had nothing

Together we could conquer anything

Fragile dreams and cold concrete

Cuz this street was our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now

Yeah these streets were our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now

So as I stand here looking back

We’ve all taken different paths

The broken dreams we raise our glass

To promises that never last

To a street filled with so much hope

And to being young and broke

We only had one thing to fear

Singing this song right here

Cuz this street was our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now

Yeah these streets were our playground

I can’t believe that it’s over now