Tears 4 Peers
Written by: Eduardo Puyol / Performed by: Rawsrvnt / Music by: Chuck Hemann / Electric Guitar by: Dan Carroll / Published by: Rawsrvnt Music (BMI) / ' 2007, 2010 Soul Deep Records, a division of Soul Deep Ministries

(Chorus) So many tears for my peers / Shot up in my city / Oh what a pity / What be going around here / The fear keep on gripping / I hope they listen / So they don't get caught / Paying high tuition / So many tears for my peers / Shot up in my city / Oh what a pity / What be going around here / The streets keep on slipping / I hope they listen / So they don't get caught / Paying high tuition / (Verse 1) So many tears for my peers / Shot up in my city / For real boy / These streets even scaring the paper boy / Seems like / Tragedy comes on a day to day / Just look at what news hits the front page / Another teen dead / Leaving his friends wondering / With nothing but a what if man / What if he did this / What if he did that / Still wondering why them shot's got slung out of a gat / Seems to make no sense / But then again what does / Can't find fault in something / I don't really know cuz / But I know drugs / Can bring all sorts of problems / And money too / Has brought death to many victims / So what's it gonna take for us to learn / Seems like death is winning / So I pray for life's turn / 'Cause I can hear them yearns / For peace on earth / But it can only come / When we love Him who gives birth / (Chorus) / (Verse 2) So many tears for my peers / Shot up in my city / For real boy / These streets ain't safe no more / I know some cats at the corner store / Pushing some weight / And they ain't even reach 15 / Oh what a shame / Cats hustling for money and fame / And few bodies wanna really do / Something to change / What we promote on the screen / Or even musically stream / Into the heads of these cats that be listening / So I feel obligated / To pray for redemption and love / So I can see the brothers escape the flames from a slug / I'm tired of all this blood / That be shed on these streets / And all these mothers and fathers that be praying / To see day / That's brighter and not filled with rain / 'Cause too many peoples slain / For lack of understanding / These streets ain't safe / Man believe what I say / I seen so many people loss life / By playing this game / (Chorus) / (Verse 3) Daily news flash / Tugging to get my attention / Violence / Chaos / Arguments over elections / Kids lacking love / And parents keep flexing / Out of they homes leaving the streets to raise them / So what we expect man / Some perfect harmony / When all we got is some craziness where we residing / It's wild huh / But yet it's the truth / We spend our time arguing over what the youth do / On a Thursday / Friday or Saturday night / But them we show them no different / In fact we show them it's alright / So I shine my light / In hopes for y'all to see / It's us that's responsible for this insanity / In this here ol' insane times / So I pray that this rhyme / Will be touching your mind / And provide / A way of escape / From all this mess we in / This life that's filled / With all this sin / (Chorus) / (Vamp) So many tears / For my peers / Shot up / In my city