I was born in Chicago
  1971
  I was born in Chicago 1970
  What my father told me,
  "Son, you'd better get a gun."
  My first friend went down
  When I was 16 years old
  Oh my first friend went down
  When I was 16 years old
  There's one thing I can say about that boy
  He gotta go
  My second friend went down
  When I was 17 years of age
  Oh my second friend went down
  When I was 17 years of age
  There's one thing I can say about that boy
  He gotta pray
  Oh life is a lie
  If you don't know how to play the game
  Oh life is a lie
  If you don't know how to play the game
  All my friends are going
  And everything's gonna stay the same