[Verse 1]
Why you got that gun in your hand?
Is there somebody you plan on pointing it at?
Why you got that look in your eye?
Like you mean business, I try, talk you out of that

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I told him not to push me, said "I don't want a fight"
I'm a sensitive heart wanting a peaceful life
You know he wouldn't listen, and he stepped out of line
Now Nicky made his mistake for the very last time

[Chorus]
We don't have to get upset (But it's always an option)
We could forgive and forget (It's not always an option)
We don't have to get upset

[Verse 2]
Why you got that tear in your eye?
You wear a look of surprise, do you know what you've done?
If I said you were an innocent man
With blood on his hands, would you still try to run?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I know he had it coming, he brought pressure, no peace
And I was out of choices and I needed release (I needed release)
You know he wouldn't listen, and he stepped out of line
Now Nicky made his mistake for the very last time
[Chorus]
We don't have to get upset (But it's always an option)
We could forgive and forget (It's not always an option)
We don't have to get upset
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh)

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
We don't have to get upset (But it's always an option)
We could forgive and forget (It's not always an option)
We don't have to get upset (We don't have to get upset)