Brandon Jenkins - Government Housing Lot lyrics

Started young while he was just a kid Learnin' to make his money fast Lord knows all the things he did Everything the law forbid His momma died and daddy drank a lot Just another nameless face gone bad Here on the government housing lot Written off and forgot And he grew up oh so fast On the wrong side of the tracks Risking everything to share some of the pain he felt inside Tryin' hard to be a man He's got a heart and a devil's hand Daddy always said he was headin' for trouble I guess he had to prove him right He went to prison when he was just nineteen They taught him all he needed to know Back out on the government housing scene Take care of yourself, if you know what I mean All the sk**s he learned, they were __ Didn't seem to mind at all that much ____________________________ A few uncles and cousins to spare One day they sent him back To the wrong side of the tracks Five years meaner And not one single damn thing left to lose He'd grown accustomed to a cell And they sent him home to fail Knowing damn well he'd have to go back to the only thing he knew There's another one born like him every day A hundred more to take the place Of every one you lock away There's got to be a better way 'Cause he grew up oh so fast On the wrong side of the tracks Risking everything to share some of the pain he felt inside Tryin' hard to be a man He's got a heart and a devil's hand Daddy always said he was headin' for trouble I guess he had to prove him right