THE NEEDLE TALKS

Before the dawn breaks he's out on the street Dragging his feet haunted by defeat Eyes empty soul turned to stone Living in a world where he's all alone Once he held his kids yeah their laughter pure But the needle's sting became his only cure Wife couldn't watch him waste away She Packed up her heart and left him in decay He was a man with dreams in his eyes But the streets called his name feeding him lies Now he's drowning in regrets so deep Trading his life for a promise that ever he can't keep I see him every day fading into the cracks Once had it all now he's never coming back Drowning in sorrow buried in the shame In the ghetto where no one remembers his name Same corner same deal hands trembling with need Trading what's left for the poison that feeds He was a hero in his daughter's sight But now she's gone lost to the night His son used to believe in the man he'd become But now he's just a shadow broken and numb He sees their faces in the smoke-filled air But the high disappears leaving only despair He once dreamed big had plans to grow But the streets stripped him down and laid him low Now he's just a shell empty and cold A man who once stood tall but now he feels old I see him every day fading into the cracks Once had it all now he's never coming back Drowning in sorrow buried in the shame In the ghetto where no one remembers his name He prays sometimes but the words feel lost Every hit he takes comes at such a cost The streets took his heart left him in despair A life falling apart piece by piece till he bare Dealers smirk counting up their gain Another soul lost another life in pain He's just another ghost wandering the streets In the ghetto where hope and the darkness meet I see him every day fading into the cracks Once had it all now he's never coming back Drowning in sorrow buried in the shame In the ghetto where no one remembers his name Now he walks alone no one left to care Just a shadow of a man lost in despair He a broken dream a story left untold In the ghetto where the streets turn souls into cold