Last day of the rest of my life   I wish I would have known 'cause I'd have kissed my Momma goodbye   I didn't tell her that I loved her or how much I cared or thank my   Pops for all the talks and all the wisdom he shared   Unaware I just did what I always do   Everyday the same routine before I skate off to school   But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest   Instead of takin' the test I took two to the chest      Call me blind but I didn't see it comin' and   Everybody was runnin' but I couldn't   Hear nothin except gun blast it happened so fast   I didn't really know this kid though I sat by him in class   May be this kid was reachin' out for love or   May be for a moment he forgot who he was or   May be this kid just wanted to be hugged   Whatever it was I know it's because      We are we are   (We are)   The youth of the nation   We are we are   (We are)   Youth of the nation      We are we are   (We are)   The youth of the nation   We are we are   (We are)   Youth of the nation      Little Suzzie she was only twelve   She was given the world with every chance to excel   Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell   She might act kind a proud but no respect for herself   She finds love in all the wrong places   The same situations but different faces   Changed up her pace since her daddy left her   Too bad he never told her she deserved much better      Johnny boy always played the fool   He broke all the rules so you would think he was cool   He was never really one of the guys   No matter how hard he tried   With the thought of suicide   It's kind a hard when you ain't got no friends   He put his life to an end they might remember him then   You cross a line and there is no turnin' back   He told the world how he felt with the sound of a gat      We are we are   (We are)   The youth of the nation   We are we are   (We are)   Youth of the nation      We are we are   (We are)   The youth of the nation   We are we are   (We are)   Youth of the nation      Who's to blame for the life that tragedies claim?   No matter what you say it won't take away the pain   That I feel inside I'm tired of all the lies   Don't nobody know   Why it's the blind leadin' the blind?   Guess that's the way that the story goes   Will it ever make sense somebody's gotta know   There's gotta be more to life than this   There's got to be more to everythin' I thought exists      We are we are   The youth of the nation   We are we are   Youth of the nation   We are we are   (We are we are)   The youth of the nation   We are we are   (We are we are)   Youth of the nation      We are we are   (We are we are)   Youth of the nation   (Youth of the nation)   We are we are   (We are we are)   Youth of the nation   (Youth of the nation)      We are we are   (We are we are)   Youth of the nation   (Youth of the nation)   We are we are   (We are we are)   Youth of the nation   (Youth of the nation)      We are   Youth of the nation   We are   Youth of the nation   We are   Youth of the nation   We are