Gym Class Heroes - Faces In The Hall

I knew this kid named Alberto funny style cat
And his girl looked like a turtle
Not Lisa Turtle just a turtle
High school track he ran the hurdle
His peers shed tears senior year
when he got murdered
Now Alberto was your average A student
Participated in class never came late
and never truant
His family was picture perfect
His older sister was prom queen
His dad a decorated vet
from the Vietnam team
His mother was Dear Abby
an ordinary house wife
Like clockwork always had
dinner on the table at 5
But Alberto had a monster
he kept under his bed
Instead of letting it out
he just got a girlfriend instead
She knew something was funny
she could tell by his behavior
Or the way he flamboyantly
shook his hand
When he would wave to her
She thought nothing of it
and just shoved it in the closet
Until the day that word dripped
out like leaky faucet
Alberto was homosexual
I ain't have nothing against it
But little Ronnie Johnson and
all his football player friends did
They'd always pick and nag call
him Fag and such and such
And couldn't wait to get to gym
so they could really bust his nuts
The gym teacher never cared
He'd just join in on the action
he'd make silly gestures
And compared him to Micheal Jackson
Alberto couldn't take it
He'd just stop showing up and
whenever he walked them halls
He just felt like throwin' up
And night he would cry and
cry and ask God why
Like God why the fuck'd
I have to be born this way
God would reply Son you've gotta
show 'em you're more than gay
'Cause he had dreams to be a track star
Until that warm April night
them gay jokes went way too far
Ronnie begged for his forgiveness
and invited him to a party
'Cause his parents went away
and left him plenty of Bacardi
Alberto kindly accepted
he was finally accepted
Except it was all deception
and left them all unprotected
It was a plan Ronnie had scammed
to get him in the right place
Verbally degrade
and rearrange his pretty face
The plan would go swiftly
they started calling him sissy
One punch turned into fifty
they beat him till he was dizzy
Now Alberto lie in blood while
his peers look on in fear
He took his last breath
and passed away his senior year
Needless to say it was one big tragedy
And how was ronnie gonna
explain to his family
While they were on vacation
taking in sights
He got wasted and killed
a kid that night
Don't be a slave and
behave the way they do
Just utilize the gifts
that God gave you
Don't be a slave and
behave the way they do
Just utilize the gifts that God gave you
Don't be a slave and
behave the way they do
Just utilize the gifts that God gave you
Don't be a slave and
behave the way they do
Just utilize the gifts that God gave you
I knew this girl named Maria
bright and talented
With aspirations to be a big superstar
What a great idea
Until she fell off and started
to listening to her peers
Oh dear
Now maria was your typical obnoxious
Analytical head strong rebel
Flippin' off the principal single
mother home structure
She looked after baby brother
while mom worked two jobs
Just to buy supper
Pops was a struggling
musician troubled man
Juggling family and heroin addiction
He overdosed and left a notice of eviction
And a crate of records
on the table in the kitchen
And a little angel
with a keen sense of sound
Who saw silence in the records she found
And she would stay up late at night
Reciting songs to herself
under pale moonlight
Righting wrongs that her pops made
Promised her mom
she'd never go that same route
Turns out Carrie Anne had other plans
Her and her man Ronnie most popular
Second best to nobody
Homecoming queen versus ugly duckling
And the story ends the same way
Okay Ronnie's parents went
away for a couple of days
And told him No drinking
What the fuck were they thinking
Maria was oblivious that her
boyfriend had already been invited
So when Carrie Anne asked
she got all excited
Like Damn now I got something
to look forward to
Or so she thought Maria kindly accepted
She was finally accepted
except it was all bullshit
Not pay attention
Carrie Anne hated Maria
'cause she could sing
So she scored a bag of heroin
but the craziest thing was
Maria never touched drugs
she did that night
And when her man was getting beat
she was nowhere in sight
Now her boyfriend lie in blood
and she had no idea
Alberto passed away and
she got hooked her senior year
Needless to say
it was one one big tragedy
And I hate to break it
but it doesn't end happily
A warm day in May the sky
was so beautiful
Carrie Anne died
in a crash leaving the funeral