[Intro:] Why does love have to hurt so bad? [Verse 1:] The romance they show on movies makes you crave it until you're mad, This isn't a place I wanna be, But where do you go when all you know is the streets, I been down for my man so long I can't stray, Before I close my eyes I sit and pray, That he makes it alive another day, Like a knife through mi Corazón, I can't take this no more, I love him more than anything and I'm looking at the door [Chorus:] Where do you turn when the barrio speaks? Who can you trust when violence covers the streets, Who will save us? Does anyone care if we live or die? Does anyone want the brown youth to thrive? I don't know, do I go? Do I stay, I just need someone to tell me where it's safe. [Verse 2:] My man don't want to be here I see, But his pride keeps him grounded in fear, He'll never go. Too much on his plate, too many mouths to feed, it's the truth How do you get away from the very thing that feeds you How can he call them his family when all they do is use...him, I've seen how they treat fools who catch a case, I have nightmares of how this takes place How can they be homies if everything they push keeps him tied I've begged him, I've pleaded, and I've cried, So someone tell me where do you turn when the barrio speaks? [Chorus:] Where do you turn when the barrio speaks? Who can you trust when violence covers the streets, Who will save us? Does anyone care if we live or die? Does anyone want the brown youth to thrive? I don't know, do I go? Do I stay, I just need someone to tell me where it's safe. [Final Chorus:] Where do you turn when the barrio speaks? Who can you trust when violence governs the streets, I don't want to lose him to these things But I'm running out of options, it's only me Brown pride, is it enough to die for homies that don't value your life? Why does love have to hurt so bad? Do I go? Do I stay, I just need someone to tell me where is it safe. [Outro:] Where do you go? When the barrio speaks?
