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[Verse]
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There was a boy from the mid atlantic fast as hell
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Had a four second forty that he never had to work for
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Lacrosse in the spring track in the winter
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But football was the sport that had all the scouts watching
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Got a full ride to Alabama senior year
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Then he took a big hit and watched it disapear
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Oxyconton was prescribed till the pain subsides
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But he took them long after for the pain inside
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His dad worked a lot so he was never at home
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And mom drank a lot cuz she was always alone
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So neither one noticed their sons aura of gloom
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Brought on by crushing up pills and blowing lines in his room

[Chorus]
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In suburbia oh oh Living the american dream
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Down in suburbia oh oh It aint exactly what it seems

[Verse]
C
Kept it on the low for a couple of months
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Still chilled with the boys joking and smoking blunts
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But the monkey was on his back
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Never was far from his oxy sack
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He started acting out and he developed a twitch
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He started treating all his friends like a son of a bitch
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See the problem was his high was getting kind of dull
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And he had the biggest milligram that was available
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It wasnt enough at the end of his road
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His dealer gave him a stamp bag of dope
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And said dont be scared son everybody knows
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it aint that bad for you long as its going up your nose

[Chorus]
       F            C                   G
In suburbia oh oh Living the american dream
       F            C                   G
Down in suburbia oh oh It aint exactly what it seems

[Verse]
C
On his 18th birthday he was out on the streets
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West baltimore where lombard and payson meet
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A hunger in his eyes looking to score a balloon
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With some cash made pawning family heirlooms
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He started shooting up only a couple months back
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Got his last hat trick from inside of rehab
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A skeleton filled with a permanent lean
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He dropped twenty five pounds and still swore he was clean
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The story aint unique its a global epidemic
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Opiods rebranded medicine by chemists
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The system is broke and it aint getting fixin
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Cause big pharmaceuticals monetize addiction

[Chorus]
       F            C                   G
In suburbia oh oh Living the american dream
       F            C                   G
Down in suburbia oh oh It aint exactly what it seems