- ILL Manors -


Let's all go on an urban safari
We might see some illegal migrants
Oi look there's a chav
That means council housed and violent
He's got a hoodie on give him a hug
On second thoughts don't you don't wanna get mugged
Oh shit too late that was kinda dumb
Whose idea was that... stupid...
He's got some front, ain't we all
Be the joker, play the fool
What's politics, ain't it all
smoke and mirrors, April fools
All year round, all in all
Just another brick in the wall
Get away with murder in the schools
Use four letter swear words coz we're cool
We're all drinkers, drug takers
Every single one of us buns the herb
Keep on believing what you read in the papers
council estate kids, scum of the earth
Think you know how life on a council estate is
From everything you've ever read about it or heard
Well it's all true, so stay where you're safest
There's no need to step foot out the burbs
Truth is here, we're all disturbed
We cheat and lie its so absurd
Feed the fear that's what we've learned
Fuel the fire, let it burn.

Oi! I said Oi!

What you looking at you little rich boy!
We're poor round here, run home and lock your door
Don't come round here no more, you could get robbed for
Real because my manors ill!
My manors ill
For real
Yeah, you know my manors ill, my manors ill!

You could get lost in this concrete jungle
New builds keep springing up outta nowhere
Take the wrong turn down a one way junction
Find yourself in the hood nobody goes there
We got an eco friendly government
They preserve our natural habitat
Built an entire Olympic village
Around where we live without pulling down any flats
Give us free money and we don't pay any tax
NHS healthcare, yes please many thanks
People get stabbed round here there's many shanks
Nice knowing someone's got our backs when we get attacked
Don't bloody give me that
I'll lose my temper
Who closed down the community centre?
I kill time there used to be a member
What will I do now until September?
Schools out, rules out, get your bloody tools out
London's burning, I predict a riot
Fall in fall out
Who knows what it's all about
What did that chief say? Something bout the kaisers
Kids on the street no they never miss a beat, never miss a cheap
Thrill when it comes their way
Let's go looting, no not Luton
The high street's closer cover your face
And if we see any rich kids on the way we'll make 'em wish they stayed inside
Here's a charge for congestion, everybody's gotta pay
Do what Boris does... rob them blind!

             - Free -


Yeah, i know, i know, i know I've been bad
I know I lied and I cheated in the past
But I ain't capable of doing such wrong
That justifies me being locked up this long
I ain't guilty of no crime
Get these chains off me
Can't risk doing no more time
Please just set me free
Everyday I go on
I feel my heart getting colder
I'm beggin' you please
Yeah, yeah
You got me wrong
I don't deserve this fate
I'm not where I belong
Not the kind of place
Once he's mad at your fear
I ain't meant to be here
I'm meant to be free!

Yeah, I know, I know, I know I've been a fool
I had everything and went and lost it all
But I don't deserve this sentence on my head
Especially when I never did what she said

I ain't guilty of no crime
Get these chains off me
Can't risk doing no more time
Please just set me free
Everyday I go on
I feel my heart getting colder
I'm beggin' you please
You got me wrong
I don't deserve this fate
I'm not where I belong
Not the kind of place
Once he's mad at your fear
I ain't meant to be here
I'm meant to be free
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Time's such a precious thing
We shouldn't waste it on little things
Effect me won't get in the way
Of what we need 'cause it just don't pay
I ain't guilty of no crime
Get these chains off me
Can't risk doing no more time
Please just set me free
Everyday I go on
I feel my heart getting colder
I'm beggin' you please
You got me wrong
I don't deserve this fate
I'm not where I belong
Not the kind of place
Once he's mad at your fear
I ain't meant to be here
I'm meant to be free
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm meant to be free
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm meant to be free.

       - Playing with fire -


One day you'll learn
When you get hurt
By then it will be too late for ya
Be too late for ya
When the fire spreads and burns, don't you know?

He's just a kid of the estate
We call him little Jake
Today he tried to buy weed with his little mate
Up in the bits, but he's just a kid
So he was open to manipulation
He had to undergo initiation
And when some older boys saw the situation
They took the piss, now look at this
Will you be his up and only friend
The only one that won't pretend
And even gave me the money for depend
From mice to men, and then to rats
But only a snake behaves like that
But the gun don't care for fool shooting gaps
They just happy they could fall for the trap

Playing with fire, it doesn't burn
First time, your hand,
Walk through the pain
Playing with fire, it's too extreme
Oh-oh-oh
Scare tin, skin now
Hell on it's way
Playing with fire
Fire, fire, fire, fire
Go playing with fire
One day you'll learn
When yo get burned
By then it'll be too late for ya
Too late for ya
When the fire spreads and burns
Don't you know
Playing with fire

He's just a kid, but he feels like a man today
He joined a gang today
Been at a house party, you ran away
Doing illegal shit, but he's just a kid
Still he's in luck today
He got a fuck today
Yeah he bust his very first nut today
In some stupid bitch
Today's moving quick
So quick, if you wear the wrong shoes
You'll slip
Better keep up with the tempo, with a click
Cause what they on is messed up rough
And now that he's rolling with these vexed up thugs
What's next up...
Cause he's gonna it his only mission
To bet his position, in this little gang it's a competition
To a little man with a disposition
Holding though he was born a Christian
What he worships now is the night they listen
Wise men will tell you with age comes wisdom
And you can't be saved by religion unless you have faith
So it makes no difference to the use, to erasing the system
You don't have age on your side
Row models and lies that provide insight
So he ain't gonna listen
As for Jake, he's already made his decision
And now he's just another poster boy
For David Cameron's Broken Britain

Playing with fire, it doesn't burn
First time, your hand,
Walk through the pain
Playing with fire, it's too extreme
Oh-oh-oh
Scare tin, skin now
Hell on it's way
Playing with fire
Fire, fire, fire, fire
Go playing with fire
One day you'll learn
When yo get burned
By then it'll be too late for ya
Too late for ya
When the fire spreads and burns
Don't you know
Playing with fire.

           - She said -


She said I love you boy, I love your soul
She said I love you baby, oh oh oh oh ohh
She said I love you more than words can say
She said I love you bayayayayayby
So I said, what you sayin girl it can't be right
How can you be in love with me
We only just met tonight
So she said, boy I loved you from the start
When I first heard love goes down
Something started burning in my heart
I said stop this crazy talk
And leave right now and close the door
She said but I love you boy, I love your soul
She said I love you baby oh oh oh oh ohh
She said I love you more than words can say
She said I love you bayayayayayby
So now I'm up in the courts
Pleading my case in a witness box
Telling the judge and the jury
The same thing that I said to the cops
On the day that I got arrested
I'm innocent I protested
She just feels rejected
Had her heart broken by
Someone she's obsessed with
She likes the sound of my music
Which makes her a fan of my music
That's why love goes down not to lose it
Cos she can't seperate the man from the music
And I'm saying all this in the stand
But my girl cries tears in the galleries
Got bigger than I ever could have planned
Like that song about the Zuton Valerie
So the jury don't look like they're buying it
And she's making me nervous
And I'm just screw faced like I'm trying it
Their eyes fixed on me like a murderer's
They wanna lock me up
And throw away the key
They wanna send me down
Even though I told them she
She said but I love you boy, I love your soul
She said I love you baby oh oh oh oh ohh
She said I love you more than words can say
She said I love you bayayayayayby
So I said, why the hell you gotta treat me this way
You don't know what love is
You wouldn't do this if you did
Oh no no no noo...

        - Welcome to Hell -


Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell that's what I heard them sing
Welcome to hell yeah
Oh we're so happy that you're here today

There's a warden waiting to meet me
As I make my way inside of the jail
He smiles at me ever so sweetly
And sends to me on route to my cell
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell that's what I heard them sing
Welcome to hell yeah
Oh we're so happy that you're here today

Grins all up on their faces
Lookin so delighted I'm here
Murders, robbers and rapists
All shouting up in my ear
Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell that's what I heard them sing
Welcome to hell yeah
Oh we're so happy that you're here today

Put my brave face on
Can't let 'em know that I'm scared
Put my brave face on
Cos if they know then I'm dead
I put my brave face on
Can't let 'em know that I'm scared
I put my brave face on
And don't I know, don't I know, don't I know
Just how low, just how low, just how low
I've fallen down, I've fallen down
And I can see, I can see, I can see
What's in store for me, oh for me, oh for me
Fallin out, there's no way out now

Welcome to hell
Welcome to hell that's what I heard them sing
Welcome to hell yeah
Oh we're so happy that you're here today
Welcome to hell yeah
Welcome to hell that's what I heard them sing
Welcome to hell hey
Oh we're so happy that you're here today oh oh yeah

Put my brave face on
Can't let 'em know that I'm scared
I put my brave face on
Cos if they know then I'm dead
I put my brave face on
Can't let 'em know that I'm scared
I put my brave face on...

          - Lost my way -


Lost my way
Fell down a hole
No-ones gonna come
And save my soul
Lost my way
No going back
I'm stuck right here, and that is that!
Lost my way
Fell down a hole
No-ones gonna come
And save my soul
Lost my way
No going back
I'm stuck right here, and that is that!

Look around this manor and all you will see,
It's I'll manor people with there manors in there I'll
It's the manor person you've ever met in your manor
Or whatever your likely to meet in any manor cos this manors deep
You judge them on the life that they live
But then it's not all as black and white as it seems
There all some way enslaved in there circumstances.
Shape the way the behave on there battle on the street
That's why these kids ain't got no hope,
Walking round there estates thinking this is it
They ain't ever getting out and it's no joke
Probably is the best of live there ever gonna get.
They don't believe they can succeed
Or the opportunities you send back there really exist
Cos they've been told from every day from the minute they were born by
There fucked up parents that they ain't shit.
Mum and dad never made anything of them selves
Na, so why the hell are they gonna?
Schools a waste of time, there only gonna fail
There older brother went jail, why ain't they gonna?
I mean the hang with thugs, they sell drugs
Ain't afraid to put a couple slugs in you if you say something
They ain't all that way but you don't care either way
To you There all just the same a bunch of thugs
You used rap everyday
Looking for the devils pain
The young souls dad went to jail
Listen when you here them say

Lost my way
Fell down a hole
No-ones gonna come
And save my soul
Lost my way
No going back
I'm stuck right here, and that is that!

God said let there be light created Adam and Eve
Then he gave them eyes and told them both to both belive
Something they'd actually physically see
And then the devil came along and planted a seed
And down started growing from the ground like trees
Right up to the sky so profoundly seen
To be the only thing in this life that wasn't a dream
Made from stone still and iron beams
The council blocks to defining mean
And bullied the sky so that everybody can see
Some birds are caged and will never be free
And gradually people began to change there beliefs
Until god was nothing more than just a fictional being
The worship and money merged all colours and creed
Into one true religion that was driven by greed
Corporate machines trying to sell you shit you don't need
On television and the ad breaks in between
Until people only cared about material things
Not lives with other fellow human beings
And I'm guilty of it to or so it seems

Lost my way
Fell down a hole
No-ones gonna come
And save my soul
Lost my way
No going back
I'm stuck right here and that is that!

If you don't believe if something then you'll fall for anything
And if that happens then you've lost your way
If you don't believe if something then you'll fall for anything
And if that happens then you've lost your way
If you don't believe if something then you'll fall for anything
If you don't believe if something then you'll fall for anything
If you don't believe if something then you'll fall for anything
Fall for anything, fall for anything...

         - Dead and buried -


I'm dead and buried, oh yeah!

Hi my name is Jack and I'm living proof of a dead man walking
This spirit, this body that's still talking
It's too late to take precautions my whole worlds already fallen apart
Broke as easy as porcelain
And all because I didn't wear a hat when I fucked a yat
Now I wish I never even took her back to my flat
I've been cursed from my dick to the hearse
I can't think of nothing worse and it hurts
Cos all this pain I've inflicted on myself
Always thought casual sex would do me good never bad for my health
What a foolish thing to think, if I had an ounce of heart left it would probably sink
Now I'm on the brink of death
Seemingly there was nothing left for me too look forward to in this life I leave
I'm at my wits end and I can no longer pretend to be a happy person when... I'm dead and buried!

I'm dead and buried oh yeah
There ain't no hope left for me in this world no
I'm dead already
Can never live in heaven when I live in hell
I'm living in hell!

Hi, my name is Alex and I'm a drug addict name any illegal substance on this planet
I've had it, leave anything valuable lying around and I'll grab it
I'll do absolutely anything to support my habit
Cos without my buzz I'm a nervous wreck
An insecure smackhead running out of veins to inject
Reality checks get me so upset, gonna make me realise my life's a fucking mess
And I ain't got no where to go cos my family hates me!
Paranoia sets in and the whole worlds against me, so I buy another 20 bag of scag
Take it all in one go like an arsehole being fucked by a fag
And all my worries get washed away in an instant
Yo as soon as the rush hits my brain there's a distance
Between fact and fiction the truth hurts so much though I've Become a slave to this addiction
I owe dangerous people money I can't afford to pay
Every penny gets spent on this Buzz my body craves, it's man made
A grade, powder with a dark shade I'm too far gone now to ever be saved... I'm Dead and buried!

I'm dead and buried oh yeah
There ain't no hope left for me in this world no
I'm dead already
Can never live in heaven when I live in hell
I'm living in hell!

Alright, listen up, can't tell you my name for legal purposes cos I'm a convicted felon
Looking at 15 years inside and I'm Only 27, court told me they'd knock it down to at least 11
On good behaviour get bail after reduced sentence
But things ain't looking good for me back at the scrubs
Already caught up in world of violence and drugs
Walked into this shit with my eyes closed looking a mug
Came in as a man now it's turning me out as a thug
I've shank twin mates Already, one of them's dead
The other's close to recovering and is after my head
There's nothing I can do now 'cos I've Made my bed
Just gonna have to lie in it and watch where I tread
Yo! I made a mistake and I know that now
The only reason I'm in here is cos I thought somehow that what I was doing was right
When I loaded up that shotgun and Attempted to end that mans life
Yo, what the fuck would you do if you was in my position?
Found out your sisters been Beaten into submission
By her own boyfriend on the floor of her own kitchen
And violently raped by him as he tells her to stop bitching
Yeah, you'd do the exact same thing as me
Play God with a sawn off and cap him in his knee
You'd chop his balls of if you had the opportunity
Cut his dick in half and leave him with only an inch to pee!
Only to find out that it was all in vain
Cos your dumb bitch of a sisters got back together with him again
They're engaged to get Married, you're going insane
Contemplating a life in prison where you're gonna remain! You're dead and buried!

Oh yeah
I'm dead and buried
As good as already half dead
Dunno if I got any heart left
I'm dead and buried
As good as my time past yeah
Might as well be six feet under in a casket
I'm dead and buried
As good as already half dead
Dunno if I got any heart left
I dunno if I got any heart left.

            - Deepest shame -


There's no way back from here
On out
Only one place left to go
One place left to go
Now
She's crashing like an airplane
From the sky from the storming rain
Another pilot she's a flying eight
Hit her target a kamikaze go up in flames
This life is taught she must pay
Pay the price for her mistakes
I guess she only has herself to blame
And to her that's the deepest shame
There's no way back from here
On out
Only one place left to go
One place left to go
Now
She was once a princess
But now she's a mess
A fiend for a fix like the rest
Eliciting sex and pocket less
But she was a sweet fiend never the less
Back in the day abused as a child
She was always likely to end up this way
The past lived in the dark parts of the brain
And only heroin seemed take away the pain
So she folded at the voyeur and lit the flame
Inhale exhale out once again she's on the game
The unit on her face and going rate
Just not the name of only herself to blame
She lives the hell
But there's a millions other girls just like her
Shell out in the streets with nothing else to sell
To these desperate Mels have it in themselves so

There's no way back from here
On out
Only one place left to go
One place left to go
Now

There's no way back from here
On out
Only one place left to go
One place left to go
Now

I been walking alone this dirty road
Been so long now I just can't tell
If there's any way back the way I came
Though I've lost my path is the deepest shame
I been dragging myself to the lowest of low
There's such a way I just don't know
If the path I take is something I can change
Well if it's in my way is the deepest shame

There's no way back from here
On out
Only one place left to go
One place left to go
Now...

         - I am the narrator -


I'll be that...
Lyrical rater, social commentator
Socially commentating, what I say's verbaton
Verbal stipulator, oral illestrater
Orally illestrating, what I'm stipulatin

Drugs rule everything around me
Thugs makin' money
My manor manor's I'll ya'll, I'll ya'll
Pushers on my block, shottin' rock
This is real yo
Bitches suckin' cocks, for them rocks
Yey they will though
Prossies on the corner with the fuckin' high heels on
Pick 'em up, drop 'em off
Yey they ride real strong
Crack addicts lookin' for other addicts to steal from
Walkin' round wondering where they'll get their next meal from
Coke heads, on the reds, sniffin' up their wages
Dealers on speed dial suckin' all their papers
Still on the same number that they've had for fuckin' ages
Sim card so old, the logo's fuckin' faded
But turn it over an' ya see the gold nugget
Reflectin' off the light that shines down above it
Unregisted shit, you gotta love it
"Pay As You Go" so the feds don't bug it
Twitter for the Streets, if you want Tweets
Eleven little digits an' the blow is all you need
Tell me what's your poison, they got everythin' from weed
Up to Meth Anphetamine, everybody follow me
An' join up to their antisocial network
Database 'o smack, coke an' crack smokin' experts
Without it they'ed go outta business, they'ed no longer get work
So anybody tryna fuck with it's gonna get hurt

Lyrical rater, social commentator
Socially commentating, what I say's verbaton
Verbal stipulator, oral illestrater
Orally illestrating, what I'm stipulatin

Are you sittin' comfortably?
Well put your seatbelts on, 'Cause your in for a harrowing ride.
Cause this is I'll Manors, were dark shit goes on at night.
I am the narrator.
The voice that guides the blind, folowing not with your ears but your mind.
An' alow me to take you back, an' forth through time.
To explain the significance of things you may think are insignificant now.
But won't... farther down the line!

          - Darkest place -


I'm in the darkest place
I think I've ever been
You can see from the scars on my face
I'm not where I'm supposed to be

All alone
Why have you forsaken me?
All alone
You make it hard to believe

I'm in the darkest place
And I don't just mean this jail
In my mind there's a darkest space
Trapped in an even darker cell
You got to see it to believe it's true
That's why it's so hard to believe in you
Stay real, but you got to have faith
But I wondered where you were when I needed you
When that girl was telling lies in the court
With her hand on the Bible, where was the lightning?
The great vengeance, furious anger that Samuel.
L.J. made sound so frightening
She attempted to poison a brother
And I mean it in a Biblical sense, not a black way
She succeeded to destroy that brother
It's deep; you can make a fool battle out of laughing
She just did it for the money for the cash, eh?
I bet she's rolling in it now she's famous
You must think that's fair considering
I got to deal with man who want to feel a new anus
So you save up a months worth of fags
And trade them for a shank along with your trainers
And you take a man's life with your make-shift
Knife 'cause this isn't you, messed up your
Brain is.

I'm in the darkest place
I think I've ever been
You can see from the scars on my face
I'm not where I'm supposed to be

All alone
Why have you forsaken me?
All alone
You make it hard to believe

Are you real or a myth?
Is there a heaven or just an abyss?
Sometimes I wonder if you even exist
cause if you do then you're taking the piss
I don't deserve this why are you torturing me God?
We both know something ain't right here
It's been two whole months
Since I killed that man and I'm still having nightmares
It was just self-defence
But try telling that to my conscience
My head's in a real bad way
But even when I tell you, you ignore me like its nonsense
I was being attacked on a daily basis
I had to do something
And it weren't like you were going to intervene at any
Point 'cause you never do nothing
Just I thought you'd sent me an angel
When the second man tried put the first cut in
And got stabbed instead, but now I know
That was just in my head, not the hole that I'm stuck in
Cause if he really was an angel you sent
He wouldn't be trapped in this jail with me
Spread out his wings and fly
Get out of this hell-hole quickly
That's how I know you're a fake
That's how I know you're a lie
That's how I know you're a made-up fictional character that
Lives in the sky
Yeah it's all just a con
It's all just a scam
God ain't real
It's just a sham.

I'm in the darkest place
You can see from the scars on my face
Ooh yeah

I'm in the darkest place
I think I've ever been
You can see from the scars on my face
I'm not where I'm supposed to be

All alone
Why have you forsaken me?
All alone
You make it hard to believe

I'm in the darkest place
I think I've ever been
You can see from the scars on my face
I'm not where I'm supposed to be

All alone
Why have you forsaken me?
All alone...

            - Mama (Loves a crackhead) -


So he says he loves you, wants you to be his wife
But he's too hooked on the crack pipe for that to be right
It's all lies, none of it's true, though it hurts
You know what you gotta do, cut him loose like a dirty needle
You don't know where he's been
All I know is that I've seen him high when he says that he's clean
There was a gray patch when he first bust on the scene
But as the mystery unraveled, all became black and white
Know what I mean?
Can never be friends, he can go to hell
No more hanging 'round the house like a bad smell
Either he goes or I do, it's your decision, mama, it's all on you
You're too old to be naive and I know you ain't ignorant
That's what's botherin' me, ma 'cos you're goin' on different
And I ain't never seen you loved up like this before
Why's it everybody but you who can see that you deserve more?

Mama, can't you see what he's tryin' to do to you and to me?
Mama, it's so black and white
While you're sittin' at home he's out smokin' crack tonight
And I can't go for that, no, no can do
I can't go for that, can't for that, can't go for that.

When I first met him, thought he was cool
Had a few things in common like supporting Arsenal
I saw the way he made you happy like a love fool
Coming down when times were hard up stressful
But all that don't matter to shit
When he starts acting like a little kid
Treating you as if you was some kind of bitch
Mama, you ain't rich but stills he borrows your money
And never pays you back
Cus any penny he gets, he spends on that bad habit
Fuckin' takes the piss bringin' that slut in to our house
Is the ultimate diss
Now I know you threw him out for that
But how long is it gonna be before you take him back?
Mama, know you're lonely but you're the only
One who can't see that this bloke is a phoney
And he don't really care bout ya, mum
He just says he does 'cus he fuckin' thinks ya dumb.

Mama, can't you see what he's tryin' to do to you and to me?
Mama, it's so black and white
While you're sittin' at home he's out smokin' crack tonight
And I can't go for that, no, no can do
I can't go for that, can't for that, can't go for that

My mama loves a crack head?
Is that what I'm supposed to tell my friends?
When they ask me how I'm doing, am I supposed to pretend?
Act like there's nothing's wrong when there blame there is
Turn the other cheek when he's takin' the piss
Fuck that that's not how the man of the house acts
I gotta defend my territory, guard my patch
When I know he's doing doggy shit behind your back
Put my foot down, stand my ground and that
This has got to stop whether the guy buns crack or not
His head ain't there he's fuckin' lost the plot
Dead and buried is the act phrase can't even act right
Can't even act his age that's so fuckin' lame
Thirty something years old, he should feel ashamed
If I was him, I'd slit my my veins at the mains
In a lukewarm bath and sit in it till my arteries drain
Do it right this time so I don't have to do it again
Cos there's nothing more pathetic than a cry for help
Either you do or you don't, wanna kill ya self
Everybody knows you got a problem so it don't matter if you admit it
But what you gotta do is be a man 'n' fuckin' deal with it
I know the truth hurts, mama
But this shit gotta be said
He don't love you, he never has and that's a fact
The only thing he really loves in this world is crack

Mama, can't you see what he's tryin' to do to you and to me?
Mama, it's so black and white
While you're sittin' at home he's out smokin' crack tonight
And I can't go for that, no, no can do
I can't go for that, can't for that, can't go for that, no

I can't go for that, no, no can do
I can't go for that, can't for that, can't go for that, no
I can't go for that...

          - I know a song -


We used to get on fine
Once upon a time
Yeah, we were alright
But you were mean

Now, we don't talk and it's a shame
I guess I only have myself to blame
'Cause girl, you meant so much to me

And if I ever see you again
I know a song I can sing
If I ever see you again
I know a song, I know a song
I can sing

All those things that people used to say
That only got in the way
The way of you and me
Oh, they were nothing more than words
And even if they were
It don't matter to me, yeah ohh

And if I ever see you again
I know a song I can sing
Girl, if I ever see you again
I know a song, I know a song
I can sing

Next time I'm playing out
If I see you in the crowd
There's only one song
I'm a' sing out loud

'Cause girl, I did you bad
And yes, I made you sad
I just want you to know

If I ever see you again
I know a song I can sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah

If I ever see you again
I know a song, I know a song
I can sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah

If I ever see you again
I know a song I can sing
Girl, if I ever see you again
I know a song, I know a song
I can sing.

            - Prayin' -


Oh Lord above, if I just killed a man
Let somebody take the blame
Oh Lord above, if I'm knelling down
My prayer, take away this pain, oh, nothing helps

I'm praying, oh Lord, I'm praying to You
Take away this guilt all up in my head
I'm pleading, oh Lord, I'm pleading with You
We got some dealings to do before the day I'm dead

He came for me just like I knew he would
But this time I was ready and I killed him good
But he weren't alone, there was one more left
He took my weapon from me, put it to the test

It's when this angel appeared out of the dark
With the devil in his eyes but God in his heart
He slayed him down, saved me from a sudden death
But I've still done wrong, so now

I'm praying, oh Lord, I'm praying to You
Take away this guilt all up in my head
I'm pleading, oh Lord, I'm pleading with You
We got some dealings to do before the day I'm dead

So there we are, an angel and a man
Both just standing there, blood on our hands
What we gon' do now, this what I thought
But before I could say it, the angel talked

He said, "I'm in here for life anyway
You're only in here for five, I'll take the blame
So go run now, don't feel ashamed"
But oh Lord, I do, that's why I'm pray

I'm praying, oh Lord, I'm praying to You
Atone me from these sins weighing down on my soul
I'm pleading, oh Lord, I'm pleading with You
Got some healing to do, inside I'm feeling love

I'm praying, oh Lord, I'm praying to You
Take away this guilt all up in my head
I'm pleading, oh Lord, I'm pleading with You
We got some dealings to do before the day I'm dead

I'm praying, oh Lord, I'm praying to You
Atone me from these sins weighing down on my soul
I'm pleading, oh Lord, I'm pleading with You
Got some healing to do, inside I'm feeling love...

          - What you gonna do -


You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do
You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do

So here we are again, it's like
Everyone lookin' at me
Tryin' to work out if I've been tellin' the truth
The courtroom's the same, but the jury's changed
And the judge is a she, not a he
Still they all look the same to me, yeah

It's just like it was, when I was here before
'Cept my ex ain't here in the gallery showin' me support
And that breaks my heart, 'cause I love her no doubt
Still I know a song, I can sing if I ever get out
But the chances of that even with this new evidence
Comin' to light don't change the fact

An innocent man went down first time
Man, I'd be a fool to put my faith in them
Only to be misplaced again
I remember how my heart felt breakin' then
It don't wanna feel that hate again
Just do your worst 'cause it won't break again

You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do
You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do

Yeah, I've been through the wars, up in that jail
What you got to do is look at the scars
On my face to know that I've been through hell
But I'm still breathin', yeah, that's right I'm still here
I survived through the darkest days
In the darkest place, from my darkest fears

Ain't nothin' you can do to me
Ain't already done 'cept shootin' me
And people havin' a pop ain't nothin' new to me
That's what used to go on usually
When I stay too long in one place
Will I get this new face by many more fights?

How different would things be now
If I'd just made it home that night
Ain't even worth thinkin' about
What's done is done, you can't change the past

Just please stop torturin' me
And make a decision, that's all I ask
'Cause I'm ready to accept my fate
Whatever the outcome of this case
The only thing I can't stand is the wait
So hurry up already and decide today

You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do
You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do

So what you gonna do?
When you gonna make up your minds?
I've been here for hours now
And I still ain't got a clue what you got in line

Are you gonna send me back
Through the prison gates like you did before?
Or are you gonna set me free
And let me live my life and know the score?

I'm sick sittin' here listenin' through
This girl with the lies when I know the truth
And I always have, she has too
The only people left to convince is you

The jury's out on me, once again, what's new
And now I'm past carin' what fate they choose for me
Just do what it is you're gonna do and do it soon
So I can get up out this room

You can let me go, you can let me rot
Wait for parole, wanna do the rest of the years I've got
You can cut me loose, or you can bang me up
'Cause to tell the truth, I don't really give a fuck

You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do
You can set me free or bang me up
(Bang me up)
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do

You can set me free or bang me up
Just stop torturin' me, tell me
What you're gonna do, what you gonna do
You can set me free or bang me up
Just don't need me on a cliffhanger.

             - Hard times -


Through the hard times
People say, "You gotta be strong"
Through these hard times
People say, "You gotta keep going on"

Through the hard times
People try and kick you when you're down
Through these hard times
Don't it always seem like

There's never anyone around
To help you when you're strung out?
Through these hard times
When you're falling out

No one seems to care
Through these hard times
They just run you down
Tell you that life isn't fair, no

Through these hard times
So through the hard times, let me know
Through these hard times
That I'm not alone

Through these hard times
'Cause right now I need you more
I need you more,
Than I ever did before

Through these hard times
People see what it's like for the poor
Through these hard times
People really find out what it's like to be ignored

Through these hard times
People just don't seem to give a damn, oh no
Through these hard times
It really feels like no one understands

Through these hard times
So through the hard times, let me know
Through these hard times
That I'm not alone

Through these hard times
'Cause right now I need you more
I need you more
Than I ever did before

Through these hard times
Ain't it funny how no one seems to care?
Through these hard times, they just run you down
Tell you that life isn't fair

Oh, through the hard times, please let me know
Through the hard times, I'm not alone
Through the hard times
Through the hard times, let me know

Through these hard times
That I'm not alone
Through these hard times
'Cause right now I need you more

I need you more than I ever did before
Oh, than I ever did before
Right now I need you more
Than I ever did before...

          - The recluse -


Oh yeah, they call me the recluse
'Cause I don't go outside for nothing
No one is gonna make me leave this room
Oh no, they can't tell me nothing, no way

You see I'm being a fool
Yes, so I don't care about being cool
What's it to you?
If I just stay here in this hole that I've fallen into

Oh yeah, they call me the recluse
'Cause I don't go outside for nothing
No one is gonna make me leave this room
Oh no, they can't tell me nothing, no way

You see, I ain't thinking clear
Yes, so I dunno, I'm feeling sorry for myself
Who asked you to interfere?
How would you really know
What is or isn't good for my health?

Why don't you leave me alone?
I ain't hurting nobody, why you up in my face?
Get up out my soul
Why can't you just let me
Get through my time this way?

Oh yeah, they call me the recluse
'Cause I don't go outside for nothing
No one is gonna make me leave this room
Oh no, they can't tell me nothing, no way, no way, yeah

Can't tell me nothing
They can't tell me nothing
They can't tell me nothing

Sitting here by myself, looking mad at myself
Thinking I don't wanna go out there
I don't need no help, looking after myself
I got everything I need right here

I ain't trying to impress anyone
In this cesspit jail, I just don't care
I ain't gotta smell fresh for no woman
So I'm blessed not washing my skin or my hair

They can call me a recluse they ain't gonna remove
Or cut me loose from this place, I'm locked in hiding
Like a rocker wall moves 'cause you know
I've gotten used to the space that I'm occupying

There really ain't anything out there on the wing
They'd enjoy more than see me crying
So I do it in my room where none of these goons can see me
Though I know they've been trying

I ain't cut out for this shit, I'm a coward I admit
I've never been no big thing
The thought of killing makes me sick
But I don't wanna be no victim, no way, not Strickland

So I just stay in my cell like I'm bricked in
And hope that stops me from getting kicked in
Even if it earns me this nickname in prison

Oh yeah, they call me the recluse
(Oh yeah, they call me the recluse)
'Cause I don't go outside for nothing
No one is gonna make me leave this room
Oh no, they can't tell me nothing, no way

Oh yeah, they call me the recluse
'Cause I don't go outside for nothing
No one is gonna make me leave this room
Oh no, they can't tell me nothing...

        - Traded in my cigarettes -


There's people inside
Telling me to watch my back
If I wanna survive
I gotta stop them in their tracks

They've been making life hard
Oh, they've been taking me for a fool
So I saved up all my cigarettes
And I traded them in for a tool

'Cause, yeah, you know
I've gotta get tough now, baby
I gotta do what I gotta do
Because, yeah, you know
Things are getting rough now, baby
Tell me what I'm supposed to do

Doing my time
In a cage that ain't fit for a rat
Waiting to die
What kind of bad existence is that?

Oh, I don't wanna hurt nobody, no, no
But what choice do I have?
If I don't do something crazy
They're gonna keep coming back

'Cause, yeah, you know
I've gotta get tough now, baby
Gotta do what I gotta do
'Cause, yeah, you know
Things are getting rough now, baby
Ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no, no, no

They've been making things hard
Oh, they've been making my life bad
So I traded in my cigarettes
So when they come I can protect myself
So when they come I can protect myself
So when they come I can protect myself

From these demons
Haunting me like ghosts
Someone tell me I'm dreaming
This all up in my head
Someone wake me up from my bed
Tell me this ain't really happening

Gotta get tough now, baby
I gotta do what I gotta do
'Cause, yeah you know
Things are getting rough now, baby
I ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no

Things are getting tough now, baby
I gotta do what I gotta do
Because, yeah, you know
Things are getting rough now, baby
Ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no

Things are getting tough now
I gotta do what I gotta do
'Cause, yeah, you know
Things are getting rough now
I ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no...

       - Love goes down -


I remember when I was young
And so were you
All of the things we both said
That we'd never do

But look at how times have changed, baby
You know I
I can never say, no, baby
I can only show you how

My love goes down
My love goes down, down, down
Yeah baby
Sweep your feet right off the ground

Yeah mama
I've got that real love for you now
Yeah baby
No, I got that real love for you now

I remember when I did you wrong
Made you cry
Made you feel so sad
I knew I had to apologize

So I pulled you close, baby
And I laid you down on the bed
Took off your clothes, baby
Girl, you know the rest

My love goes down
My love goes down, down, down
Yeah baby
Sweep your feet right off the ground

Yeah mama
I got that real love for you now
Yeah baby
No, I got that real love for you now

Baby, can't you see?
You're the only one for me
Girl, you know it's true
I'm the only one for you, too

Love goes down,
Oh girl, my love goes down, down, down
Yeah baby
Sweep your feet right off the ground

Yeah mama
I got that real love for you now
Yeah baby
No, I got that real love for you now.

          - Writing's on the wall -


We used to have fun
Now all we do is fight
I know something's wrong
It's clear something here ain't right

We ain't over but the writings on the wall
We keep trying so we can say we gave it all
We ain't over but the writings on the wall
This time next year we'll be no more, oh yeah

Talk about tomorrow, girl
It's only gonna end in tears, baby, yeah
I challenge my role, girl
All we got left is right here

We used to talk
Now all we do is shout, oh yeah
Our heads full of thoughts
We could both do without, oh, oh

We ain't over but the writings on the wall
We keep trying so we can say we gave it all
We ain't over but the writings on the wall
This time next year we'll be no more, oh yeah

Talk about tomorrow, girl
It's only gonna end in tears, baby, yeah
I challenge my role, girl
All we got left is right here, mmm, mmm, yeah

All we do is try
Try to make it all okay, baby, yeah
We both know it's a waste of time
Things are never gonna change, mmm, mmm

We both know we're hanging on here
But no one's gonna say it
So we'll just carry on like always
Acting like nothing's wrong, yeah

We ain't over but the writings on the wall
We keep trying just so we can say we gave it all
We ain't over but the writings on the wall
This time next year we'll be no more, oh yeah

Talk about tomorrow, girl
It's only gonna end in tears, baby, yeah
I challenge my role, girl
All we got left is right here, oh, oh, yeah

All we do is try
Try to make it all okay, baby, yeah
We both know it's a waste of time
Things are never gonna change

Ooh, ooh
They ain't gonna change
Oh, oh, oh

We ain't over but the writings on the wall
We keep trying just so we can say we gave it all
We ain't over but the writings on the wall
This time next year we'll be no more.

            - Stay too long -


I know what's to come
The way I'm feeling happy now
The knowing I'm drunk
Of ways of knowing it never lets me down

'Cause I always stay too long
Long enough for something to go wrong

I'm in a brawl
'Cause I won't take it lying down
Right inside the bar
The police are on their way right now

'Cause I always stay too long
Long enough for something to go wrong
Yeah I always stay too long
The ladies better sing my song, song, song, song

I got my peeps standing with me shouting, pull up your socks
'Cause we just broke the law, and now we're running from cops
I got my lip bust fighting, now there's blood on my top
And I'm still out looking for a party, somewhere to stop

I got my peeps, them telling me they know where it's at
So I pull out twenty notes and jump straight into a cab
I'm on my way to where I'm going thinking I need more Jack
But that probably ain't the brightest idea I've ever had 'cause

I always stay too long
Long enough for something to go wrong

On the run from the law
I'm looking worse for wear
I go for a door
And suddenly I find myself somewhere

Something's bound to go wrong
If I stay too long
I know I gotta get to dawn
Before they start singing my song, song, song, song
Song, song, song, song, song

C'mon
C'mon
C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon

I got my peeps standing with me at the bar doing shots
'Cause now we're so fucking plastered, we don't know when to stop
I got my girlfriend ringing me, belling me up
I know I should probably answer, but I just can't be fucked

I got my peeps standing with me, and I'm having a blast
I'm feeling so fucking good right now, I want it to last
So I put my phone on silent, and I refill my glass
The music's so fucking banging, feel like I wanna dance

I'm at the bar when I see this chick checking me out
From afar, yes she was myoptic, nary a doubt
She's got a skirt so short, make you drool from the mouth
Looking my way as if to say I'm in with a shot

So I pull a chair up near her and her a drink
She says "cheers," I says "yeah," our glasses go clink
Now I'm being bad, in a cab, groping this girl
Once the cab is paid, we make our way up to the hotel

Now I'm in a lift, getting licked, damn this is low
But do I care? Do I fuck?
I'm on a roll, yo!