[Verse 1]

I have
Left my kids for about 10 hours now
Slowly losing money on the pokies
By the end of the night? No groceries
For the kids, for the baby and mamma
Why is my life filled with drama?
Cos I can’t get my shit together
Any money that I gain? Lose 5 times more
If you’re playing the gambling game, end up poor

Why does the rugby promote TAB through the T.V?
I wonder every time that I look at the screen
Spending all my money and you know that I Fein
Waking up in the morning like where did it go?
I don’t really know I guess it went in the machine
Hitting the jackpot’s my only dream
So I make it a reality, but it hits hard
Making me depressed fast
It’s always the next, no the next time I’ll give up
I’m lying to myself and I cannot tell the truth
My family is suffering; it’s something that I’ll loose
If I don’t kick the habit
I’m an addict
It’s erratic
Sad now watch my decent into darkness.

[Poem]
As I waste my time with this prophecy
What depletes is my philosophy
Greed is gained and ethics are lost
Through love your distant, a coin a toss
Can change everything
I have nothing
I have nothing
I have nothing

[Verse 2]
No money
No life
No kids
No wife
Why?

Cos I put the money first
God damn, I can’t quench my thirst
For the dollar, never holla at me
Cos I don’t see friends and nobody’s on my team
Nobody wanna hang with a gambler
Stakes to high
I feel too low
Just, think about it for a second
Critical thinking I got the pinnacle sinking into something I sinking slowly
I’m so depressive
Here’s a message
Coming out the speakers
My lesson is learnt
My whole soul is burnt
Now what am I worth?
Nothing
You heard my story
Fiction but true
You never really know
It could happen to you

[Chorus]
If I don’t kick the habit, it’s erratic
Its getting murky and I can’t see outside
If I don’t kick the habit, it’s erratic
We let our problems grow and then we wonder why
No money
No life
No kids
No life
Why?
Its getting murky and I can’t see outside
No money
No life
No kids
No life
Why?
We let our problems grow and then we wonder why

Let’s Choose to end harmful gambling.

Choice not chance.