Tom, is there any remorse within your heart for those people you've dealt in the past?Those who came across your path in their life they've lostAnd you replied, sayCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?Circumstances made me what I amEveryone should understandCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?Circumstances made me what I amEveryone should knowMay sound strange, might sound foolishBut things ain't getting betterEvery day another fall victim to the bearerWhy is there so much violence killing me?Let us learn to love and let that light shine brighterBut influence you, influence youYou can get scaredSlatterAs bad as bad man used to beThen respect the fatherIt's like no eyes, no ringYour lives at times get harderMe talk at night with all me mightAnd still is laughterCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?Circumstances made me what I amAnd everyone should knowHim sayWhen I try to copeTell myself there is hopeIt seems like the biggest jokeAnd as I put down the gunStill the lads must runAnd no employment can comeAnd me a jam and a coolWon't go back in a schoolThis is still like meThere is no hope for thoseWho have not from the slumTake the little much we have stillHunting riddenI'm begging to show some loveWhen we get back he repliesCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?Circumstances made me what I amAnd everyone should knowWhen I know little cryMama cry, papa cry tooShow all the boy with a heartAnd that could doWho know they find him deadWith a smith and wessSix weeks and change nowMe a remissWhy so much violence?Too much violenceIt hurts my soulAnd I won't keep silentCircumstances made me what I amThat was his replyI cryCircumstances made me what I amEveryone should knowMe some strange might look foolishBut things are getting betterEvery day another found victimTo the maritalWhy is there so much violence?Killing me one and the otherLet us learn to loveAnd let that light shine brighterBad influence you influenceSay you'd send it slaughterAs bad as bad man used to beThen respect the fatherIt's a bad man used to beLike no eyes I realizeThe times get harderI talk at night with all my mightAnd still is laughterCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?Circumstances made me what I amAnd everyone should knowNowAnd when I try to copeTell myself there is hopeIt seems like the biggest jokeAnd as I put down the gunCollateral must runAnd when I try to copeI know employment can't comeAnd me acting about coolWon't go back in the schoolThe system lit meThere's no hope for thoseWho have not from the slumTake the little much we haveStill hurting we doneOnly if we show some loveOnly we get back some nowCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?Circumstances made me what I amCircumstances made me what I amEvery man should knowCircumstances made me what I amWas I born a violent man?