[Verse 1]
Dear mother, can you hear me whinin`?
It`s been three whole weeks since that I have left your home
This sudden fear has left me tremblin`
`Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
And I`m feelin` so alone

[Chorus]
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise

[Verse 2]
A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I`m still here
For some strange reason, it`s now feelin` like my home
And I`m never gonna go

[Chorus]
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise


[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Dear mother, can you hear me laughin`?
It`s been six whole months since that I have left your home
It makes me wonder why I`m still here
For some strange reason, it`s now feelin` like my home
And I`m never gonna go

[Chorus]
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
Oh, paradise