Last day of the rest of my life   I wish I would've known   Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye     I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care   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 taking a test   I took two to the chest     Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming   Everybody was running   But I couldn't hear nothing     Except gun blasts, it happened so fast   I don't really know this kid   Even though I sit by him in class     Maybe this kid was reaching out for love   Or maybe for a moment   He forgot who he was   Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged   Whatever it was   I know it's because     [chorus:]  We are, We are, the youth of the nation     Little Suzy, 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 of proud   But no respect for herself     She finds love in all the wrong places   The same situations   Just 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   Often thought of suicide     It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends   He put his life to an end   They might remember him then     You cross the line and there's no turning back   Told the world how he felt   With the sound of a gat     [chorus]    Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim   No matter what you say   It don'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 leading the blind     I guess that's the way the story goes   Will it ever make sense   Somebody's got to know     There's got to be more to life than this   There's got to be more to everything   I thought exists     [chorus]