He was fourteen years old   All his life he never left the west side   I walked past him everyday heading downtown   Always on the go he was the kind of guy   You never gave your real name to   So young but still trying to game you   But what he was going through, I never knew      Its such a same how people change   And I never really knew his name   But it takes more than two to raise a youth   And for that we all did lose   Because if one of us had noticed you   How I wish I was there for you   I was busy filling my own shoes      All his life he heard you won't amount to nothing   Low expectations   In need of money few too many choices   and no patience   So what do you know for a good cash flow   you could always sell it's easy to fit the role   But when your living the fast life   he considered all times a go      Its such a same how people change   And I never really knew his name   But it takes more than two to raise a youth   And for that we all did lose   Because if one of us had noticed you   How I wish I was there for you   I was busy filling my own shoes      Is that how he came around   For his child he'll know now   'Cause he left him with bruises   His words just abusive   The love he didn't show      And what his boy was going through   He had never imagined   But when love turns to hate   It's the worse out of passion   His son was bold      And by then it was too late   From his friend they get console   Then his hands, his shoes   The life or death they couldn't hold   Oh- two seconds cold   He was fourteen years old   Locked up until he's old      It's such a same how moments change   And I never really knew your name   But it takes more than two to raise a youth   And for that we all did lose   Because if one of us had noticed you   How I wish I was there for you   I was busy filling my own shoes      How moments, how moments change   I wish I could turn it all round for you   I wish I was there for you   I was busy filling my own shoes   And two seconds can change your whole life   [Incomprehensible] all over you   We all did it, we all did it