ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE PROJECT HALLS
ANOTHER POOR LITTLE BOY USE TO STARE AT THE STAR'S

ABUELITO SAID WORK HARD IT COULD ALL BE YOURS
SO THE DREAMS AND BIG THINGS DIDN'T SEEM SO FAR
MY TIO TRIED HIS BEST AND WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH
BUT HE GAVE US ALL HIS LOVE SO HE GAVE US ENOUGH
WHEN THE TIMES GOT ROUGH TIO GOT IN A RUT
EVER SINCE ABUELO DIED HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE PIPE NOW HE'S GIVING US UP
NOW I'M GROWING UP TOO FAST
TIO SAID IT HAD TO HAPPEN OR WE WOULDN'T LAST
THEN I STARTED UNDERSTANDING WHY HE LOOKED BAD
I DIDN'T TELL MY BABY COUSIN WHEN HE FINALLY PASSED
SO NOW WE BORROW, BEG, AND STEAL JUST TO GET BY
MY COUSIN ASKS WHY SO I TELL ANOTHER LIE
I HIDE THE TEARS BUT I'M CRYING ON THE INSIDE
MY FACE IS HARD EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE
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LITTLE BIT OF LOVE BUT IT'S NEVER WHAT WE NEEDED
SEARCHING FOR A FAMILY THE STREETS COULDN'T BE IT
LIFE AIN'T FAIR AND I'M STARTING TO FEEL CHEATED
TRYING TO FIND THE MEANING (it's my life) LOOKING FOR A REASON

NO MONEY, NO FOOD AND WE LIVED NOWHERE
DIRTY...