Cry Me An Ocean Lyrics

Listen, gang banging wasn't necessarily what he was into

But it's not much more to do out in South Central

Watts California, with an itty bitty window

Stay indoors, 'cause it's no room for error where the air full of indo

2 parent household, rare if your skin's gold

Woah

Daddy beat him like Joe, so much for kin folk

He plot against his pops, he wanna slice him like Kimbo

He hide his mama's sharp knives underneath his pillow

The gangs and the streets wasn't ever up for bargain

It's not much more to be coming from the Gardens

A lot of times, we wonder why so many seem to fall in

Most the time, we expand on what we start in

I cried when you beat me

I cried when I got roped in

And I cried the first time that I seen the ocean

I can drown in these tears before I even put a toe in

In a world so big, how could I ever think that it was all about me

They say cry me a river

But you can cry them an ocean

Take your finger off the trigger

I know you're loaded with emotion

They found a body in the river

Another body in the ocean

I promise you the world is bigger

Go fish, go figure

Everybody sing

Cry me an ocean

Then, swim in that ocean

And when you're out in the open

Tell me what you notice

The world's bigger after all

The world's bigger after all

The world as we know it is bigger

The world's bigger after all

The world's bigger after all

After all, after all

Just keep on swimming

The cell that he's in isn't what he was meant for

But the badge of honor come from when they wonder what you went for

Phone privilege power struggle, either pierce somebody skin or get a slit throat

What's the use sneaking in a cell if you got nobody's info

Got more milage on a prison bus than he does on the LADOT

From High Desert Prison out in Susanville

To Corcoran Prison, gon' and let him rot

Ironwood, gon' and let him rot

CMC, gon' and let him rot

He's property to the state

All because the property on the block

Go ahead and cop a tee

Cause you'll either have to air brush it for a funeral

Or for a homecoming dedicated to parole

Another prison graduation, pop a squat

Take a photo, it'll outlive us all

Institutionalized, the prison walls

The prison bonds, not the bail bond

But the male bond, camaraderie

How you locked up in the pen

But whole time feel like you done won the lottery

Institutionalized, the prison walls

He get out and realize the different laws

He get out and times done changed

The clothes ain't as baggy

The show didn't stop

Morning routine is wake up in shock

That the bed that he's on isn't a cot

The walls in the halfway house ain't quite prison walls

Gotta get acquainted with it

In short, he snorts to sort, been out 4 years, still he feel the chains of prison

But good news, he restored love with his kinfolk

Despite the bloodshed and the violent nights he went through

Out in Watts California, with an itty bitty window

Tyson is his name, his heart's desires are simple

Institutionalized, tryna figure out how to grin again

Grown man with tatted tears but he's like a kid again

A lot of times, we wonder why so many seem to give in

Most the time, we expand on what we're given

I cried when I went in

I cried when the doors opened

And I cried the first time that I seen the ocean

I could drown in these tears before I even put a toe in

In a world so big, how could I ever think that it was all about me

They say cry me a river

But you can cry them an ocean

Take your finger off the trigger

I know you're loaded with emotion

They found a body in the river

Another body in the ocean

I promise you the world is bigger

Go fish, go figure

Everybody sing

Cry me an ocean

Then, swim in that ocean

And when you're out in the open

Tell me what you notice

Cry me an ocean

Then, swim in that ocean

And when you're out in the open

Tell me what you notice

They say cry me a river

But you can cry them an ocean

Take your finger off the trigger

I know you're loaded with emotion

They found a body in the river

Another body in the ocean

I promise you the world is bigger

Go fish, go figure

I want everybody to sing

The world's bigger after all

The world's bigger after all

The world as we know it is bigger

The world's bigger after all

The world's bigger after all

After all, after all

Just keep on swimming

After all you been through

Just keep on swimming

After all that you've seen

Just keep on swimming

After all that you've felt

Just keep on swimming

After everything

Just keep on swimming