Lyrics Prisoner - Mac X3R0

Your only a prisoner
When you let them label you one
Your only a prisoner
When you break down and dont get up
Your only a prisoner
When theres no shame in what you've done
Your only a prisoner
When you don't hate what you've become Ugh

You can see, they put chains on your hands and your feet
Put you in a box, change the way that you think
But the chains on your mind aren't as easy to see
So what you gonna do, gonna leave them be
Cause society fills your mind with the greed
Now your workin 9-5 for the green
And you get so tired, that you can't see
The lies they feed your mind just to keep
You in a cage, deceit to the name
Your TV is the canvas the paint is your pain
Both sides of the fence look exactly the same
It's ok if you don't believe what I'm sayin
Conspiracy theories sound crazy to say
But how much money do they got in the bank
Yeah they keep it all for themselves
While the rich get richer and the poor can only pray for some help
It aint right, before I was five, had to realize
That an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind
That the time didn't match the crime
That it's much more than just black and white
That the media lies, and it only seems like
No matter how hard we try
We can never seem to make things right, OH MY
When I was 10, had a handful of friends that were already dead
Then I got forced on the meds
To help deal with the feelings of abandonment
When my parents left, when I was a kid
Cause how else am I supposed to deal with it right
This shows already gone on too long
And If you think that you know what I'm sayin in this song, your wrong cuz

I've only listed a bunch of excuses
You can tell yourself but the truth is
Each one of these things is a bar
That keeps you contained
Its not even the saddest part
The saddest part is you keep feedin your brain these lies
Over and over again
Cuz you'd rather believe in a lie
Than have to go out and change your life

Your only a prisoner
When you have a voice and don't speak up
Your only a prisoner
When your asleep and won't wake up
Your only a prisoner
If you let them tell you what your made of
Your only a prisoner
Until you realize that you made it all up

Uhh man, look where I started
I rose up and I crawled out the garbage
I became an artist
Paintin the scene so that they can see
They're enslaved by the likes and the comments
Don't worry about me, you treat yourself like an object
And blame it on livin inside of the projects
Cuz you can't see what the problem is
Yeah let me tell you what the problem is
None of these parents wanna raise they're kids
Everyone's afraid to take that risk
Pretending they're sick to excuse their sins
Too busy on a phone to have conversations
That could
Change their lives, open their minds
They let laziness controls their lives
Waitin til 25 just to learn how to drive
What you aint got the time? That's lies, that's lies
I'm gettin tired of seein these kids depressed
Messing with the chemicals inside their heads
But just like these kids I rely on the pen
For my dosages of happiness
Til I found what my passion is
Now I know that I aint the best
But nobody ever gets here this quick
In one year they couldn't do what I did
But I digress
You got to learn to think for yourself
Got to learn to do what best for your health
Learn how to use the cards that your dealt
Even the worst of cards have their advantages
See I got bad cards but I mastered them
Take the best moments of your life and capture them
Cuz if you had them them once before
Then you can always have them again
No more excuses