Circumstances made me who I am I wasn't born a violent man He never sold no d**, white, no mary jane Claimed to be a thug, not fight for anything I see growing up was easy enough I guess his old man wanted him to have the best of tough Just him and his big brother, cough, dear mother Both parents around, love was all around Or so it seemed, he met a fiend Then started slowing tainting what was already clean I mean you can just picture the type: tall, dark, young 'educated right till they found at night his buddy dead for nothing Parents only saw his bloody hand by stabbing It has been said treat a child the way he should grow, he'll never depart Never depart, forever stays in the heart, if only they knew from the very start Bridges ain't sh** and the diamonds mean nothing sponsored links We only live once, better stand for something The circumstances make us who we are, we are Lay down your sticks 'cause the violence means nothing We only live once, better stand for something The circumstances make us who we are, we are A diamond in the rough, she was young the first time daddy Huffed and he puffed and blew the house down Spouse that mom found used to drag her around Her real dad? Well, he packed a bag then bounced If only mommy knew daddy stalking her room at night Could never hear the fight that's happening almost every night Screams, ignore the dreams, more like nightmares It was like having Freddy right there, right there What didn't break her made her stronger, crying over life no longer Feeling no longer somber, let all your ' Sitting by her, beyond her right here, right here No longer worry through the night, Freddy got caught doing 25 to life She's 25 tonight, so thankful for life, that the deepest, darkest fears turned to light Bridges ain't sh** and the diamonds mean nothing We only live once, better stand for something The circumstances make us who we are, we are Lay down your sticks 'cause the violence means nothing We only live once, better stand for something The circumstances make us who we are, we are