Used to have a treehouse,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to have a house,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to be on the streets,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to be homeless,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to smoke crystal,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to shoot heroin,

  Now I shoot guns,

  Used to be alone,

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  Now I have a gun,

  Used to want to end it all,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to have family,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to be a lawyer,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to have money,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to have a Mistress,

  Now I have no fun,

  Used to have a mind,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to take meds on time,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to have a wife,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to love my life,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to be that Guy,

  Now I have a gun,

  Used to have something,

  Now I have nothing at all,

  Used to be someone to call,

  Now I’m nothing but a curled up ball,

  Used to have something to give,

  Now I’m a guy with a homemade shiv,

  Used to be able to talk with power,

  Now I’ve got an uzi as I climb tower,

  Used to be a regular chap,

  Now I piss myself when I nap,

  Used to sit and think,

  Now I sit and drink,

  Used to sign autographs,

  Now I have a sign for quarters,

  Used to have life behind my eyes,

  Now my eyes are hollow and I’m dead inside,

  As a youth I sold fries,

  As a man I smoke fries,

  Used to break my back for a worthless cheque,

  Now I check shoulders before I break neck,

  Used to have a gun in a safe,

  Now I have a gun in my face,

  Used to have a wallet in pocket,

  Now I have no pocket in pants,

  Used to lecture in uni halls,

  Now I drink soup in a shelter hall,

  Used to get begged by people too,

  Now I’m begging for change off you.