“Bang Bang”

Music & Lyrics by Michael Riser

He was their only son, their pride and joy in one
And from his first to last breath everything between they made sure he was set
The other side of town, A kid is trouble bound 
No love, no hope, no reason not to take another victim down

They run into each other on a hot summer night 
It only takes a spark to make one ignite…. then 

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, and the lights go out
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, we all hit the ground
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, another mother screaming why,
Why’d her baby have to die

Bang, Bang, Bang
Bang, Bang, Bang

Another story now, A child in a crowd
Playing jump rope on the sidewalk while her older brother stands around
But then the rollers came, playing drive by games
Just in the wrong place, wrong time, wrong state of mind, hunting rivals down
 
Shouting from their windows as they drive rolling by,
Gunning for her brother, but it’s her that dies there     

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, and the lights go out   
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, we all hit the ground
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, another mother screaming why,
for another wasted life 

Ay oh, around it goes and the lucky ones get to grow up
ay oh,  round and round it goes and where it stops nobody knows
Just who’ll live and who’ll die and who’s deciding
The thrill of all those guns has gotten so exciting

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, and the lights go out   
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, we all hit the ground
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, another mother screaming,,
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, another kid lies bleeding

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, and the lights go out   
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, we all hit the ground
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, another mother screaming
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang,  another kid not breathing
Bang, Bang