A situation like this is getting too tough to handle
I find myself growing in an environment
Battering down sentence, all day long, fighting against convictions
For mind and soul would soon be weary just couldn't take no more
I pray the day will come when I shall be free from
Battering down sentence, all day long, fighting against convictions
Now a fugitive at large could this be my destiny
With no one to care for the welfare of my family
Battering down sentence, all live long day, fighting against convictions
Where finding food is just as hard as paying the rent
Hustling's the only education I know
Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions
Skillful as I am, the jailer-man is bound to find me
Battering down sentence, all live long day, fighting against convictions
Children hear me when I say
Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions
In a family of ten and raised in the ghetto
Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions
I've got to stay free so that my kids won't be
In solitude I've found new faith and hope in this I'll be secure
To keep battering down sentence, fighting against convictions
With a pregnant woman, yes, and five kids to care for
In trodding these roads of trials and tribulations
To be trapped and caught and taken before judge and angry jury
Hear me when I sing my song
Pleading before men, who seem to have no mercy
Can't cool my heels, I've got to do the town
Can't afford to find myself down in the dungeons
To keep battering down sentence, fighting against convictions
I've seen where some have died in desperation
Battering down sentence, all live long day now, fighting against convictions
Can't grow no crops in this concrete jungle
