I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (part 1) Lyrics

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (part 1) lyrics

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail



I got confined at 17, young and naive

Dashed in to a world with killers robbers and thieves

Cramped in a 8 man cell with 10 cats

8 on the bunks and 3 on just mats

How's the mats with cats facing all day?

Habitual ways, short to long term stays

Going back and fourth the circuit

My life hanging on a verdict and laws I'm unable to interpret

I just knew I had to do some time...

Bottom line, laid up some years or so away from mine

Locked from the sun moon and sky, lack a fresh air

Had me feeling pail and dry

Circles forming under my eyes from sleepless weeks

Stress levels off the hook!

Reaching a new beach home sick, for my peoples in the street

A huge weight bearing on my back

Im chain smoking roll ups in attempts to kind of act and write my rap

No get-away cuz life goes on and tomorrows just another day of the same

routine ain't a damn thing new

Either I grind, watch the tube with the phone, or get a view

So much time and so little to do

Just waiting on a court date so I can get through

Caught between a rock in a hard place

Prosecution had a hard case

So I'd have to plead or escape

If I took it to trial, they would have gave me a boat

Fresh 25 piece like a noose with a rope

I couldn't go that rout no doubt

So I waited for the best offer and I got the hell out

After getting sentenced, I was eager to ride

Just to be outside, just to see the sky

No more bars, no more court, held the county made the joint

Sounds like the resort, I was all in for it

I had my shit packed and ret, ready to jet

Standing at the bars anxious waiting on a debt (waiting on a debt)...

without the bail



In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail, without the bail

In jail