Some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half-past noon
  Trying to figure out just what he's doing
  Why he had to grow up so soon
  With all the gangs, all the guns-watcha gonna learn in school
  There's got to be some way out of here
  He says "Man, this life is cruel"
    I knew this Puerto Rican girl who lied to change her life
  She changed her name
  Her face because the grass looked greener on the other side
  She turned her back, she ran away straight into the night
  Her friends, her family feel the pain, but she's the one who cries
    Tell me what you want
  Tell me what you need
  I want everything
    I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything
  I got my mind set on something, all I want is everything
  It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string
  I want more than I see coming
  All I want is everything
  All I want is everything
    My next door neighbor Donnie
  Died in his room just the other day
  His brother come home
  Found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vain
  Cops come down with a body bag
  They said Donnie was a casually
  I said, all it's about is the boy checked out
  He couldn't handle reality
    Tell me what you want
  Tell me what you need
  I want everything
    I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything
  I got my mind set on something, all I want is everything
  It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string
  I want more than I see coming
  All I want is everything
  All I want is everything