Faster Than The World

Because we're faster than the world we can't slow down

I hear the windy city calling - chitown, chitown
As we arrive in Tokyo - edemio
And the kids are cool in Kansas
Tomorrow's the Philly troc show

New York City - you can't slow down
East coast to the west coast - you can't slow down
Japan to Europe - you can't slow down
World wide hardcore punk - you can't slow down

The world will try to catch up
When they think that this is a trend
But we'll keep moving fast enough
And they'll never comprehend

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Empty Pockets

People shooting up the blocks because of empty pockets
Fighting with the cops because of empty pockets
Selling what we got because of empty pockets
Blaming every other face for our empty pockets

And I think we need a shift in direction
Better wake your ass out of sleep and stop judging others
Cause now we're living with hard times, sex crimes
Friends are hard to find, I'm trying not to lose my mind
In the low-class, high-class, in the middle sinking fast
I know you wanna blame it on my education

I'm hanging on the block because of empty pockets
Fighting with the cops because of empty pockets
Selling what I got because of empty pockets
Blaming every other face for our empty pockets
Lost without a trace because of empty pockets
Living in a different place because of empty pockets

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One Life, One Chance

This to me is fact and fiction plays a role
Confusing situations that I can't control
The heart of matter, it beats with pride
Sometimes I wear it on my sleeve, sometimes I keep it inside

And no one said it was gonna be easy
And I'm not afraid to try
And with the odds stacked up against me, I will have to fight
One life, one chance, gotta do it right!!!

And I can't let fate dictate what's best for me
Gotta take control of my own destiny, you can't relate
You think there's no escape but I got everything at stake
Here just to prove you wrong!

And no one said it was gonna be easy
And I'm not afraid to try
And with the odds stacked up against me, I will have to fight
One life, one chance, gotta do it right!!!

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Guilty By Association

Guilty by association, judged by who I know
Can't keep all my friends out of trouble
When they got no place to go

Me drug free in the midst of it all
Crazy fucking summer hanging out with madball
People got their ass kicked, people got hurt
But I was accepted for all it was worth
Bad repuations are hard to live down
I'm not guilty for who I hang around

Sometimes I felt like an outcast, trying to talk my friends out of trouble
Tried to be a positive role model, but I got caught up in the rumble
We had ideas scribbled on walls, six years later, our destiny calls
Living our lives, some of us in bands
Touring the world, but we know where we stand
Cause when we play shows together or just hanging out
We're still the same fellas, still all tight, young till we die
And ready to fight for what's right
As I look back now on that summer vacation
I realize, I'll always be - guilty by association

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Fading

I will never hold my breath cause I will only suffocate
And while I'm waiting, time is wasting
And I can only do my best to put another to the test
And while I'm waiting, you're just fading away

You followed me around and picked my heart up off the ground
You made me wanna be a better me, and then you turned your back
As if our time was all an act, I guess there's nothing left for me to see

All I could see is what you wanted me to see
All I could heart is what you would never say
And all I could do is just go on without you anyway
Anyway I can today, while you're fading away

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Bootstraps

Now it's time to make it clear, that we would not have made it here
Without the ones who pulled us up, taught us how to make it work
And if you ever get the chance to change somebody's circumstance
I hope you know what you should do
Cause that shit will come back to you

I got your bootstraps, I'll pull you up and won't think twice
And you can take it as advice, we've got to help each other out
Cause this is how we all survive and we're never gonna stay alive
Without each other there's no way, no way

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Can I Overcome?

Sometimes I feel numb, I can't feel no pain
Can I overcome, things I can't explain

And I still want to try and trust again
But I just can't believe
The things I read, I just wanna close my eyes
The TV news gets me confused, so now I'm paralysed
And I can't close my eyes, pretending not to see what I've become
Can I overcome

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Found The Truth Within

Now the fear in me is gone, found the truth within, I'm strong
Only afraid of never knowing, all the things I could have done

Do you still feel all alone and betrayed?
Kicking yourself for mistakes that you made
Well it's time to stand up and set yourself free
The future is waiting while you search for what went wrong

I remember all the crazy shit we used to do
Seemed like we weren't afraid of anything
We were ready to take on the world
Not worried about our future at all
Ah, fuck it, we did that shit cause we were afraid
We were afraid our time was running out
We didn't think we had the same chances as the others had
Well guess what? We were fucking wrong

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Old School Recess

Where did we go so wrong, how did we last so long
All I can think now that we're here, is when we gonna have
Some fun can't forget what we were, even if it's all a blur
And never forget why we're still young
And how we all still endure

I don't wanna be 13, I only wanna share the scene
All I really want to do is to have Saturday
Everyday for the rest of our lives

Old School-Recess!!! (4x)

When did it come to this, too much of this business
I'm not under no fucking gun
So when we gonna have some fun
Tell me how you got so sad, with all the good times we had
When all you really want is to have Saturday
When you're tired of living in the past - Saturday
When you only want good times to last - Saturday
Everyday for the rest of our lives! - old school- recess (4x)

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Helpless Not Hopeless

Are you stuck in a rut? Helpless not hopeless
Got a fear in your gut? Helpless not hopeless
Are you waiting for luck? Helpless not hopeless

And I know how hard it is to change
With so many lives to rearrange and every time you feel so close
You forget about what you want most
Like what about your dreams
And are they blowing away
While you sit there wishing you could start again

Time, it's funny how time slips away
Time, and all your dreams they won't wait another day
Time, and it's hard, hard to make that change
But, you can make that change

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On Your Feet

And here it comes that empty feeling again
I wanna help you out
I wanna make you understand what it's about
I'm not just here to be your fairweather friend
We'll see this to the end and get you on your feet again

Now that you've lost, you win so much
Now there's only you to trust, with your mind left open wide
First day of the rest of your life
So now you know there's something you can't control
It's ok, your war has died, but the battle still goes on outside

Stand up - on your feet

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Day By Day

Don't know where I'm gonna be - day by day with me
I don't know where I'm gonna land - day by day with me
My five year plan has turned to ten
And it's all gonna happen again

Milleniums coming, better start running
Straight for a place in history
So fast the past went, none of our time spent
Wondering what's gonna happen to me

Again and again through time I see - day by day
I'm going through changes to find what's best for me - day by day
I know where I am and I know where I'm from
So I got to face the future and take it as it comes

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Forcefield

Anger is a wall around you
No-one's getting through
Friendships falling down around you
What are you gonna do?

I'm trying to give something positive
You wouldn't understand
Cause it's an open hand
Not a closed fist, are you getting the jist
Or are you just getting pissed

I'm not willing to waste my time
Believing that you're gonna do what's right
I won't be there to catch your fall
Only to find I don't know you at all

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EZ 2.B.

And it's so easy to be anti, close your mind up tight
And you walk around the world
Thinking everything you know is right
It's so easy to protest and so hard to fucking give
No one person has the answers, there's no one way to live

Nobody's better than no one else, straight edge or what you eat
Stand up for what you think is right, you don't have to be elite
Think of all you're missing when your on that narrow road
Do you really believe or is it just what you've been told

Stand up for what you think is right, but who are you to criticise
Your narrow mind has left you in a moral state of imaginary grace
Your cause has lost it's taste
And now you're gone
Just like that you're gone...and you're never coming back!!!

And it's so easy to be anti, close your mind up tight
And you walk around the world
Thinking everything you know is right
It's so easy to protest and so hard to fuckin give No one person has the answers, there's no one way to live

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M & M

You need to remember, you need time to forget
We need the time to change our minds
And separate the present from tomorrow
Disguised as yesterday

Time moves so slow, but change comes too fast
On top of the world, how could it last?
So many hands to shake, never give you a break
They think you have it all
But where are those hands when you're falling

I remember how it used to be
Things were great, why did they change
You need time to remember, you need time to forgive
We needed time to make our minds
And try to change the present for tomorrow
Because of yesterday

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Reputation Calls

Reputation calls and now it follows you
But what about the changes you been going through
One of these days the things they say
Won't mean the same as before then when reputation calls
You don't have to answer anymore

One of these days when you don't feel so hard
One of these days when you put down your guard
Heart hanging out for the world to see
When standing alone whole will you be

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Liberate

I want you to know, something that I feel
It's deep inside of me and part of you as well
Understanding, it slips so far away and sometimes I can't deal
Don't have the time for someone else's scandal
My own life is hard enough to handle

And I still believe, most people are the same
We're so conflicted and we need someone to blame
Is it just pride or do we have to hide
All our problems, no we will never tell

And we will liberate ourselves from them - liberate
Liberate!!!

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Follow The Three Way

Never really thought we'd reach a third one
Still there are those who haven't heard one
So we still have such a mission
Our trilogy must have tradition
Then once, I could not believe, even twice I was still naive
In my heart, in my head, these words are said

I don't care what you say, I'll follow the three way

I've never been into science fiction
So I guess this is a contradiction
Or is it just numberology but hey it's looking out for me

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