So when the music's stoppin, There's no more knockin', or kickin' down my door Ain't no need for changin', or rearranging This life we have endured All these foolish ways, with these hopeless strays Keep you comin' back for more By the time you hear it, it's over, it's over I really must have lost my mind Wasn't me who wasn't hard to find Six strings on my back always lookin' for the next track Thinking bout the old hood always up to no good When you gonna realize, That we livin like we hypnotized By the sound that you hear when the music's over Times runnin out can't you see it's for ya When you're down and out Nobody opens their mouth No-one ever come around your way When you're on top of the world Every man and every girl Wanna come and get some shit for free When you're sittin on the corner No one ever gonna pay you any mind that day You're just sittin' outside gettin' colder It was not long ago when you wasn't that old now look at you are old and gray Like a piece of your mind that was stolen in time never listen what nobody say The reason everyday is not a holiday Is 'cause the government they steal your pay Was a dream, but it's already over Won't someone get us out of here I'm alive but I can't feel Can not tell what's reality Can not tell what is and what isn't real