WHAT IS THIS

Song Description

A song about frustration with youth gun violence.

Song Length 3:46 Genre Rock - General, Rock - Alternative
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Distressed, Beside Yourself Subject Guns, Violence
Similar Artists Foo Fighters, Guns 'N Roses Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

There he sits it?s just a little boy, a little boy playing with a big boys toy,
On a trip, another little boy stands
What is this? A reason to destroy a city cowboy that it helped employ
What is this on the little boys? hands
What is this? What is this? (Don?t try to take it from me, don?t try to turn me on)
Another twist about another boy who?s brother was another ready to deploy
On a ship to a foreign wasteland (far away land)
What is this? It?s just another ploy, another little boy that it helped destroy
A little kid who will never be a man (understand)

What is this?

Hands down it?s heads above me and I can?t carry on until they?re gone
And it?s so foolish of me to wait impatiently as the shots ring on and on and on?.
Why can?t you understand that it fits inside their hands

this time it?s a little bit harder, I thought that you would?ve been smarter
this time it?s a little bit harder, I don?t understand you don?t want to believe it, although you can still see it
you don?t want to believe it fits inside their hands

What is this? Now where?s the little boy? The little one who used to come and play cowboys?
Isn?t this where the little boy ran? Hand to fist sometimes you can?t avoid
You can?t avoid the choice with an infant voice, they resist in defining the man

What is this? What is this?

Hands down it?s heads above me and I can?t carry on until they?re gone
And it?s so foolish of me to wait impatiently as the shots ring on and on and on?.
Why can?t you understand that it fits inside their hands

this time it?s a little bit harder, I thought that you would?ve been smarter
this time it?s a little bit harder, I don?t understand
you don?t want to believe it, although you can still see it
you don?t want to believe it fits inside their hands

What is this?

Don?t try to take it from me, don?t try to turn me on

Lyrics RON MCJANNET Music THE FIRST TIME
Producer ANDY CURRAN, VIC FLORENCIA & THE FIRST TIME Publisher RON, MCJANNET, STACEY WASHINGTON, NORM PETROF, JAMES WHITTON
Performance THE FIRST TIME Label FRONTLINE

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