"Eye For An Eye" lyrics

Out the gate, line 'em up and start 'em young
Taught to hate, trade the gavel for the gun
What happened yesterday never gonna take away
The anger found when the streets were running red

I don't wanna lose my head
And I don't wanna wake up dead, no
But maybe it's the way we're bred
Won't stop 'til we stomp 'em dead

When it's eye for an eye
It's one for another
We mix blood on our hands
With the tears of our mothers
When it's eye for an eye
It's one for another
We destroy ourselves
We destroy our brothers

Little Johnny Cullen never had a shot
From a neighborhood where killers don't get caught
It's hard to use your voice when you never had a choice
He walked down Sandy Row with a gun in his hand

He didn't wanna lose his head
He didn't wanna wake up dead, no
Marching to the drums and fife
Just another wasted life

When it's eye for an eye
It's one for another
We mix blood on our hands
With the tears of our mothers
When it's eye for an eye
It's one for another
We destroy ourselves
We destroy our brothers

And as his sister cries
A young voice is smothered
A trail of blood dries
As they lower him under
And as his sister cries
A young voice is smothered
A trail of blood dries
As they lower him under

When it's eye for an eye
It's one for another
We mix blood on our hands
With the tears of our mothers
When it's eye for an eye
It's one for another
We destroy ourselves
We destroy our brothers

We destroy ourselves
We destroy our brothers