Life Is Precious, But…… (Version 6 Country Metal)

(Long Musical Intro) (Verse 1) They took over all the corner stores For a price, they will let you breathe They’re knockin' on your back doors With a wide grin and copies of your keys These teenage punks want you to pay up to stay safe Or the night will get ugly and mean They now have access to every locked-up gate Got there names listed on the radar screen Brothers born of the same blood Same code of honor, same dead eyes If one of them were to go down hard Three more will quickly be on the rise (Pre-Chorus) And the block got quiet When they rolled through Every step they took Had a shadow or two Eyes on every window Like they owned the view (Chorus) Life is precious, but they don't care Give up the cash and they’ll perform any dare The streets are mean, full of decay and despair Life is precious, but they don't care Hold that line, hold that line Brother to brother, living side by side A camaraderie of like minded souls that you can confide Life is precious, but they don't care (Verse 2) Pills stuffed into the sock drawer Cash collections in the Cadillac trunk Long guns lower from the ceiling When the hatch gets bumped Girls are being locked up in rooms Names are irrelevant and kept low They were promised some fast money Then the pimps bill came due And when a rival gang stepped in too close Crossed the imaginary painted line They said “Hey man that's our block now” So they eliminated them all in no time (Pre-Chorus) And the block got quiet When they rolled through Every step they took Had a shadow or two Eyes on every window Like they owned the view (Chorus) Life is precious, but they don't care Give up the cash and they’ll perform any dare The streets are mean, full of decay and despair Life is precious, but they don't care Hold that line, hold that line Brother to brother, living side by side A camaraderie of like minded souls that you can confide Life is precious, but they don't care (Verse 3) Mothers sitting outside with their porch lights on Prayin' for their children, vulnerable and young Hearts pound behind the hardened faces Still beating like an orchestra of drums Trust can build a fortress of fortune Trust can also burn it all down When the wrong kind of power is given To the one that wears the family crown (Pre-Chorus) And the block got quiet When they rolled through Every step they took Had a shadow or two Eyes on every window Like they owned the view (Long Musical Solos) (Chorus) Life is precious, but they don't care Give up the cash and they’ll perform any dare The streets are mean, full of decay and despair Life is precious, but they don't care Hold that line, hold that line Brother to brother, living side by side A camaraderie of like minded souls that you can confide Life is precious, but they don't care Life is precious, but they don't care Life is precious, but they don't care