Welcome to the Rat Trap, it's in my neighborhood Everybody's strugglin' and misunderstood
Dogs comin' in the hookers, and poor Hispanic families Have all been prayin', tryin' in this reality
This is how we live, this is where we live This is how I live, this is where I live
Maggie used to live there, until the age of 70 Raised with love and honor, single-parent family Painted a pretty picture of her neighborhood Broken kids existed, but what I understood
This is how we live, this is where we live This is how I live, this is where I live
Rat Trap! Rat Trap! Rat Trap! Rat Trap!
Some people lost and got there, others might have failed Caught up in the nothing, oh!
Life's been crashin' east, blue collar acceptance Which religion's trying to shred, makin' us red in line
Don't feel bad for me, for some that's all they got I think you'll always be here, happiness without a vision
What's in store for me? What have been the hopes? All I know is desperation, fraternity, frustration The rat trap takes from me
This is how we live, this is where we live This is how I live, this is where I live
Rat Trap! Rat Trap! Rat Trap! Rat Trap!
Rat Trap! Rat Trap! Rat Trap! Rat Trap!