Before Sunrise

I try to keep my gaze down
As I walk before sunrise
I don't want to see your pain
Your hurt nor your compromise

I can feel your unhappiness
And the burden of your lives
I try to ignore them
As I walk before sunrise

You yell and squabble about
Nothing and your certain demise
I watch you try and get out
As I walk before sunrise

I want you not to know
So don't look at my eyes
I'm trying to leave you
As I walk before sunrise

This harsh urban system works
As fake ghetto reality cries
And to escape this life
I walk before sunrise

I'm awake before most
And I have come to find
I see things you can't imagine
And this is all before sunrise...