makes it to his locker, pulls out a 40
Forty -five, bang, what a shock
Life ain't easy, life ain't easy,
Who's gonna tell his mother?
Life ain't easy, life ain't easy,
Will it be you my brother?
What will we do when they are gone?
The beat just keeps on goin' on
What will we do when they are gone?
The beat just keeps on goin' on
Young girl, dip your tongue
Doin' what she wants to do
And you know why, and you know who
How she got from high school
Straight straight into motherhood
Who's gonna tell her mother?
Will it be you, my brother?
What will we do when they are gone?
The beat just keeps on go ing on
What will we do when they are gone?
The beat just keeps on going on
I feel used up, I feel the ringer again
I've been grown up since the age of ten
Procrastinator, sidewalk dictator,
I ran a wage to stay alive
Into the jungle, that's where I ran
But every attitude can't survive
Before the rest, the beat goes on
He stands in line, three days,
just to see his favorite band
Can hardly keep his eyes open,
money clenched in his hand
You're rocking with some people
You did too much of something
What will we do when they are gone?
The beat just keeps on go ing on
What will we do when they are gone?
The beat just keeps on go ing on
The beat just keeps on going on
The beat just keeps on going on