A Sad Silence, by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

As I've been known to prattle on about.. I grew up in what was considered a bad part of Sacramento, California.

I've seen a lot of stuff I don't think anyone should have to see.

I hate that there are teenagers and YOUNGER in my old neighborhood carrying guns.

I hate that there are always fights going on between people for no good reason.

I hate that bullies can be so dangerous.

I hate that kids get picked on for no reason.

I hate that this song is not an unlikely scenario.



Two years and extra days, a block away he'd head to hang

Same corncer, neighborhood, his friends, the gang

Two years and extra days, a bigger kid would black his eye

No real reason, explanation and everyday no one knew why

The bigger kid was crazy, that made the gang afraid

When he told the gang to shut their mouths the gang obeyed

You've got to have a place to be, you need a place to hang around

So no one spoke, no one moved, no one made a sound

Both his eyes would twitch

The left one was always black

His lips they never moved

They stayed still with each attack

His ears were always rngining

In his head he'd hear a hum

And all the kids on the corner

Knew what it was from

Then one day it happened, he tooks his daily crack

His eyes rolled up, llike yesterday, he started falling back

The kids that watch this everyday now watched him hit the ground

And no one spoke, no one moved, no one made a sound

Amd no one made a sound

Both his eyes would twitch

The left one was always black

His lips they never moved

They stayed still with each attack

His ears were always rngining

In his head he'd hear a hum

And all the kids on the corner

Knew what it was from

No one spoke, no one moved, no one made a sound

A sad silent situation, now he's not around