"I'm Trying"

four year-old at play shot and killed today never even had a chance seventeen and high threw away his life has a gun to feel like he's a man can't have it any other way laying in the street asking for a drink doesn't have a place to live pregnant at thirteen still can hear the screams something that she never will forget can't have it any other way i'm trying to open my mind so you can keep your faith and i'll just walk away there's no reason for me to stay i'm trying to open my mind i'm trying to make up my mind