Улица учит жёстка

No alarm clock ringing, woke up by the cold
Empty pockets, eyes with a hunger bold
Mama said: "Be kind, son, allow no sin"
But the first real lesson was a boot to the chin
Grey concrete walls, a broken street light
If you are soft, you won't survive the night
No one gives a hand when you hit the ground
You're either steel or you're never found!

Припев
The streets teach you the hard way!
Your degrees here ain't worth a dime
The streets teach you the hard way!
Soul breathing blood, sweating out the grime
Scars on your skin — that’s your degree
No step back! No step back for me!


Suits and ties are lying from the TV screen
They don't know the price of a life so mean
Their world is paper, our world is stone
Every second man here fights on his own
A friend might sell you for a dollar bill
Fate hits you in the teeth with a jagged pill
Spit out the shards, stand up and strike!
Only the beasts here earn what they like!


You thought it would be easy? (Ha!)
You thought someone would save you?
Look at your hands...
Only fury remains.
And that is all you have.



Припев
The streets teach you the hard way!
Your degrees here ain't worth a dime
The streets teach you the hard way!
Soul breathing blood, sweating out the grime
Scars on your skin — that’s your degree
No step back! No step back!