Charlene

It was a cold, dark night in Birmingham 2003
Four boys with an axe to grind went on a shooting spree
She was a pretty little girl with her hair done up
Standing with her friends
Little did they know that party was about to end

What about all the messy things that people say
Does it give you the right to take their life away
What about all the twisted gangs the wars we wage
Who gave you the right to play God
Get off the stage
I said Who gave you the right to play God
Get off the stage

Charlene... she was only 18
Charlene... she was 18

They had a mac-10 submachine gun
They call it "spray and pray"
No way to aim, who will die today
With a 40oz of Colt 45 and tinted windows
It was like ring around the death party in a Ford Mondeo

What about all the people who just looked the other way
If it was mother, sister, lover, what would you say
What about all the twisted gangs the wars we wage
Who gave you the right to play God
Get off the stage
I said, Who gave you the right to play God
Get off the stage

Charlene... she was only 18
Charlene... she was 18

2007
dedicated to Letisha Shakespeare & Charlene Ellis