These Walls - Dirty MC Edit

These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin
These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin

As darkness approaches

And I'm fumblin through the blunt roaches

It's lookin hopeless totally unfocused
Stumblin onto the front porch
Posted with my closest associates

We were so broke
Though a couple of us had sold dope
Still humble enough to be po' folk
We comin up to be grown folk
Ain't dumb enough to be slow poke

Know the hours of death they grow close
So we give our lives to the utmost
Plus, here's an extra point
Visualize the goal post

No we not eatin duck roast
But we live our lives to the utmost
Cause, those pressure points
Are the corners that we cut close
Turn most civilized yeagas to cutthroats
And it's these men they send
Upstate by the truckloads
And herd 'em in to the pen like buffalos
I'm sayin

These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin
These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin

The game was sold, not told to me
Heartache won't let go of me
They say that I live a lie
But I'll try

Every which-a-way tell you the angles I done tossed and turned
Hit and miss, pissed cause a that didn't amount to this
Gettin it ain't got a damn thing to do with keepin shit
Workin damn hard to get it
Plans of not partin with it
Life got a way of showin you shit you can't bear to see
Tough keepin float settin sails through a sea of G's
Somethin should happen on this night I lay me down to sleep
Wasn't happy with my friend
Pray the Lord my soul to keep

These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin
These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin

I'm bout 3000 miles from Graceland
'Bout a county from Macon
But you would think I'm arm reach from Satan
I got a strange way of tellin the truth
Most felons do
Stuck between hearin your story and tellin it too

Stuck between armed and villainin
Right between calm and militant
On the search for deliverance
I'm three days from beatin my case at the arraignment
The shit's basic

Get to jail, get the statement

Born with the heart of a soldier
Right now I'm stuck behind bars but daddy told ya
I chose to march with Martin carryin posters
They lock me down but they usually hang us folks up
It's so tough, white man try and control us
And mold us, assimilate our cultures

They doped us, hell naw I'm stayin focused
I won't corrupt with evil
Forever fightin for my people
We equal

Fight for your rights

These walls are closin in
How long am I supposed to grin
I've lost my will to win
Forgive my sin

Ladies and gentlemen
I have some very sad news for all of you
Could you lower those signs please
Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight
Memphis, Tennessee