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IS IT DRUGS OR WHAT IS IN THE WATER?

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What is motivating this generation
I remember High School
I remember Highline vs West Seattle
First it was "WS" singed in the lawn
The boys in letterman's jacket
Went into the halls and fistfaught anyone in sight
The war was on Friday night
I was just a freshman in the front row
Bared down to show my lack of chesthairs
The manly ones stood at my back
It was White Center Stadium
On each side of the football field lines of mustle
"I said the fat kids mine." He pulled from behind a bat
"OK, I'll take the scared looking dude behind him"
Then we heard the sirens Police on the way
That was a different day manly was with fists
Today half the kids are packin
The girls think nothing of shakin
Is it drugs or what is in the water?
Looking back to that day none of us would run
But today they have little honor and fight with a gun
We need a war on drugs and take away guns from thugs
It is too late if you wait until after killings you do it










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