Do you still say your prayers,
Do you go to bed at night,
Everything will be alright
But tomorrows fall in number
You wake up and you're dying
And you don't even know what from
Well they shot you point blank
You've been shot in the back,
You've been fooled this time,
Right between the eyes, baby born black
You grew up where young girls
You took what you were handed
I left behind what was asked
But what they asked, baby, wasn't right
You didn't have to live that life
I was gonna be your Romeo
You were gonna be my Juliet
These days you don't wait on Romeos
You wait on that welfare check
And all the pretty things
And always end up in fine plain
You're deaf to instant pain
You're walking in the sights
You're girl of the point blank
And it's a one false move
And maybe the lights go out
Once I dreamed we were together again
Back home in those old clubs
We were standing at the bar
The band was playing loud
and as the drummer counted four
and pulled me out on the floor
You just stood there and held me,
then you started dancing slow
And as I pulled you tighter,
I swore I'd never let you go
Well, I saw you last night on Big Avenue
Your face was in the shadows,
but I knew that it was you
You were standing in the doorway
when I called out your name
You just turned and then you looked away
Like just another stranger
waiting to get blown away, point blank
Right between the pretty lies you fail
Shot straight through the heart
You've been twisted up till
You become just another part of it
you're walking in the sights
Point blank, living a one false move,
they caught you in their sights
Point blank, did you forget how love?
Did you forget how to fight?
they must have shot you in the head
Bang, bang, baby, you're dead
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