Born In Chicago

I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one
 I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one
 Well, my father told me
 "Son, you had better get a gun"
 Well, my first friend went down
 When I was seventeen years old
 Well, my first friend went down
 When I was seventeen years old
 Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy
 He gotta go
 Well, my second friend went down
 When I was twenty one years of age
 Well, my second friend went down
 When I was twenty one years of age
 Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy
 He gotta pray
 Well, now rules are alright
 If there's someone left to play the game
 Well, now rules are alright
 If there's someone left to play the game
 All my friends are going
 And thing's just don't seem the same
 Oh, thing's just don't seem the same, babe