I'm going crazy just sitting around
 My mind is racing I don't hear a sound
 People talkin' at me makin' me mad
 Tonight's the night and it's gonna be bad 

 I always said
 It's just a matter of time
 I always said
 It's just a matter of time 

 People on the streets [bad word] for their life
 The flame of gunfire flashes like a knife
 I feel the pain a sudden warming glow
 Will I survive tell me I don't know 

 I always said
 It's just a matter of time
 I always said
 It's just a matter of time 

 I feel my pulse fade away
 As I lay dying, won't see another day
 I'll take ten men with me to the grave
 My hopeless soul they tried but couldn't save 

 I always said
 It's just a matter of time
 I always said
 It's just a matter of time