PRISONER IN THE 3RD DEGREE Lyrics

How many y'all headed down the road?

Not sure that your story ever will be told?

I seen a grown man throw his own life away

What's worse is that leaves your mama

With nothin' more to say

When you're a prisoner in the 3rd degree

You're a prisoner in the 3rd degree

You're a prisoner but you won't be free

You swear that prison's where you wanna be

How many y'all headed down the mine

Some days, scares me half to death

Just wonderin' what I'll find

But I don't give a damn if you black, white, or brown

We got a lot of the same people tryna drive us underground

When you're a prisoner in the 3rd degree

You're a prisoner in the 3rd degree

You're a prisoner but you won't be free

You swear that prison's where you wanna be

I can count on one hand, all of the times I've cried

Just like a baby, cuz I'm not breaking down inside

But Lord, I swear I can't take it one-nother day

Just let me lay my burden down and let me on my way

But the burden I knowd straight from my birth

Might just be the only thing that holds me to the Earth

When you're a prisoner in the 3rd degree

You're a prisoner in the 3rd degree

You're a prisoner but you won't be free

You swear that prison's where you wanna be