I been starin’ at this bottle like it’s got the Word,
But the only thing it tells me is that truth still hurts.
Mama worked two jobs, still behind on the rent,
While that preacher bought a Benz off our last two cents.

They said vote red, vote blue, either way you’ll be saved,
But my brother came back from war and put a pistol to his brain.
They light candles for the fallen, but forget they names,
I light joints in the dark just to numb that pain.

[Hook]
Where was God when the lights went cold?
When the food ran out and the dope took hold?
Where was hope when the veins went black,
And the only way out was a loaded gat?
Where was love when we cried for help?
Or was Heaven too rich to feel our hell?
If there’s mercy left, I ain’t seen it yet...
So I drink and I smoke and I drown regret.

[Verse 2]
Ain’t no bailouts here, just bars and a fine,
Judge gave my cousin thirty ‘cause he crossed that line.
But the mayor's son slingin’ fent out a 5-star pad,
And they sweep that dirt with a flag — shit’s sad.

I lost ten to the system, five to the dope,
Two to a suicide, one to a rope.
I done prayed to a sky that ain’t never spoke back,
Just silence and sirens and unpaid tax.

I got pain in my chest like a second lung,
And a voice in my head sayin’ “boy, don’t run.”
So I stand on my hurt with a mic and a scar,
And I pour out truth from a broke man's jar.

[Hook]
Where was God when the lights went cold?
When the food ran out and the dope took hold?
Where was hope when the veins went black,
And the only way out was a loaded gat?
Where was love when we cried for help?
Or was Heaven too rich to feel our hell?
If there’s mercy left, I ain’t seen it yet...
So I drink and I smoke and I drown regret.

[Bridge]
They say faith heals, but mine got holes,
Like the jeans I wore when the nights got cold.
And if God got a plan, I just hope it’s kind,
‘Cause this world don’t give a damn 'bout mine.

[Outro ]
So I’ll keep singin’ for the ones they ignore,
For the junkies, the felons, the poor.
If I die tonight, let the record say
I never bowed, and I meant what I say.