oh smack there goes my baseball cap i m on the floor i think i took a bruise to my jaw jumped me from behind at least three maybe four i never see my hat no more oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back 14 years old and hard to the core i m walking home making plans for war my hands was cut my uncle say what s up let me guess your clothes are in a mess you re in distress sit down take five and let me look at your knees your still alive son please take it easy sometimes you have to let the world know you re not bluffing but enough is enough don t lose your life over nothing scuffling in the street is no way to die and i don t want to have to meet your mama s eye so try and listen hard before you fall into the trap of making war over a baseball cap oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back i sat back had a think my uncle poured a drink i had a little cry my eye started to blink cause what occured from his word to me sounds absurd but i heard the love in his voice for me i made a choice it was like snap what s a cap when i got something real like that i can measure it treasure it and at my leisure sit down with those who mean the most to me the baseball cap was a ghost this is real to me you got steel son my uncle s talkin takes a champion to walk and keep walking drink your drink and let the words sink in say goodnight to your mom and think again so i took my 14 years up to bed everything he said taking root in my head i shed all my tears and let my 14 years relax oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back oh smash there goes my baseball cap it s gone gone gone gone i can t get it back