everybody knows that we don't play no games though our fists are kinda tough, our hearts are kinda tame and we live and we learn and we play and we work until the day we die, until i'm in that dirt i will love and i'll laugh and i won't give it back all those good times that we'll have, and don't forget the past we were just this little kids with our heart there on our sleeve and our father wasn't home so we walked all of these streets oh yes we did... and i've got your back every time you come around and you've got my back every time i hit the ground and i've got your back every time you need a friend and you've got my back until the very end now everybody says that we're no good for each other but don't nobody know me like you do my brother we can sit and tell these stories of our sister and our mother we can act like we don't like them but we don't got us another and we can't forget our brothers and that man we call our father though he wasn't always there he taught us like no other now we have all of our family and can't forget our friends because without either one of them our lives would be quite over oh yes they would... and i've got your back every time you come around and you've got my back every time i hit the ground and i've got your back every time you need a friend and you've got my back until the very end now that everything is dead it's time to start our lives all over now that summer's coming to an end and autumn's on our shoulders you were everything i needed in the past and in the present you will always be my friend i will not take that shit for granted oh no i won't... and i've got your back every time you come around and you've got my back every time i hit the ground and i've got your back every time you need a friend and you've got my back until the very end

everybody tries to put me down it's alright 'cause i'm already on the ground i only got six more feet before i am dead and beat and i'll sing woah, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh i've got my wants but she has her needs unfortunately hers is on her knees that's the life of these kids these days so lost like they're trapped in a maze and they'll sing woah, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh mother don't cry just yet i'm still alive yeah i'm not dead yet i've done it all from my time on the streets the cold winters through the summer's heat and i'll sing woah, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh here's to the life that we'll never get and to the friends that we won't forget we'll live our days as bright as the sun and when they're done we'll just sing along and we'll sing woah, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh here's to the life

It's been a long time since I've been close to you It's been a long time since I've been sad. It's been a while since I've really spent time with you Wish I could take back those times that we had. The only thing that you ever really did for me Was make me oh so miserable. And the hope that I'll never see your face again Is anything but questionable. I hope this is goodbye I hope this is goodbye I hope this is goodbye There was a time when I thought you were a friend to me I think those times I was probably just drunk. And if they offered a test about being a good friend I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk. The only thing that you ever really took from me Were my records to sell them for dope. Now all I have left is this heart in my chest Your dishonesty helping me cope I hope this is goodbye I hope this is goodbye I hope this is goodbye Well I hope this is goodbye And I hope that this is goodbye And i hope this is goodbye And I hope that this is goodbye

you came and went so fast in my life i don't know who's wrong, who was right that night because you're gone and i'm still here just whisper something sweet in the air you wont see me cry and you won't hear me plea but i want you to know i'll be fine with just me i've done it before and i'll do it again i know this road like the back of my hand these nights are so long while these days are so short i get on my knees when i pray to the lord to send me a sign or a helping hand but then i remember that i've got my friends they've been here through the thick and the thin just like i was for you back then i've done all i can to live out my days i've got all i want but lost you on the way all that i need is right here in my hands along with my voice that makes me a man i've traveled this land and i've seen it all from winter to spring and summer through fall we think it's so tough and we had it so bad until we step back and see what we had life was so crazy but life was so fun we were out of control like a misfired gun now that we're older and we're all grown up we finally realized that we must give a fuck about our lives and the things that we do we can't run around still acting a fool it's time to live up to those words that you say you say you praise god only on holidays stay true to mind and stay true to your heart or else your life will just crumble apart here's to the life, the one that we hate with our family and friends and the ones that escaped responsibility as a man and now they live life with no plan here's to the life, the one that we love with our family and friends and the ones up above who left this life a bit too soon and all we have are memories of you