Six years ago a very hot summer night

Avenue a with my friends hanging tight

No future no goals and no destiny

Hanging on the corner for the world to see

Some friends drunk and some friends high

Laughing talking s**t as the people walked by

The air was tense and muggy as f**k

Lower east side running a muck

Guilty by association judged by who I know

Can't keep all my friends out of trouble

When they got no place to go

Guilty by association judged by who I know

Can't keep all my friends out of trouble

When they got no place to go

Me d**g free

In the midst of it all

Crazy f**king summer

Hanging out with mad ball

People got their a*s kicked people got hurt

But I was accepted for all it was worth

Bad reputations are hard to live down

I'm not guilty for who I hang around

Guilty by association judged by who I know

Can't keep all my friends out of trouble

When they got no place to go

Guilty by association judged by who I know

Can't keep all my friends out of trouble

When they got no place to go

Sometimes I felt like an outcast

Trying to talk my friends out of trouble

Tried to be a positive role model

But I got caught up in the rumble

We had ideas scribbled on walls

Six years later our destiny calls

Living our lives some of us in bands

Touring the world but we know where we stand

We play shows together

Or just hanging out

Talking bout the good times

How we got out

Still the same fellas and we're still all tight

Young till we die and ready to fight for what's right

As I look back now on that summer vacation

I realize I'll always be guilty by association

Guilty by association judged by who I know

Can't keep all my friends out of trouble

When they got no place to go

Guilty by association judged by who I know

Can't keep all my friends out of trouble

When they got no place to go

As I look back now on that summer vacation

I realize I'll always be guilty by association