Red To Black Lyrics - The Rising Tied - Fort Minor

I had a friend named Victor, the two of us used to hang every single day 

And it seemed like overnight that his whole life just changed 

I know when his mom and dad broke up, it didn't make sense 

But i know that his dad was a drunk and he gambled away the rent 

Pretty soon Vic was seeing red, pissed off and instead 

Had drink every night until he passed out and then had to do it all again 

The whole time spelling on the outside to cover the pain 

But on the inside all he was trying to do was get away 

Trying to get away 

Let the pain of yesterday 

Go slipping through the cracks 

Yo, funny how things change color than fade to another shade 

When you had it made it was all good but now look just another day 

It was so fresh, and it was so clean, never saw it gone, one, two, three 

Lights out, which way to turn, can't get a grip, all alone in a big white house 

Every day gets worse and you just curse until your head bursts 

And it hurts so bad she left, you think to yourself 

I shoulda thought of that one first 

No family, no kids, can't accept what you did 

Now you wanna run away but you can't 'cause the past comes back again 

Slippin' through the cracks, have a little shack, go to bed half dead 

What about rent, why does every cent gotta be a bet, when's it gonna end 

Oh my God, we don't got a penny left, my moms gotta find a way 

To get a job, out of debt, out of dodge out of breath, out of this big problem 

My pops wanna get away from the pain in a better place in his brain 

But the ********** he takes makes him wasted 

So sick if hes gonna faint, the good Lord would come take him 

I'm shaking now wake up, you son of a ***** 

He's trying to get away, let the pain of yesterday 

Go slipping through the cracks 

Hiding himself away, watching all the memories fade away 

From red to black 

He's trying to get away, let the pain of yesterday 

Go slipping through the cracks 

Hiding himself away, watching all the memories fade away 

From red to black 

Slipping through the cracks 

Slipping through the cracks 

Slipping through the cracks