[00:00.065](Father, yes I am a prisoner
[00:08.764]Fear not to relay my crime
[00:17.149]The crime is loving the forsaken
[00:26.057]Only silence and shame
[00:35.487]And now I turn)
[00:37.420]Stand up for me one time
[00:40.268]Suburbs to the city
[00:43.089]Hands up for me two times
[00:46.067]Now can ya holla back to me
[00:48.784]Stand up for me one time
[00:51.553]Suburbs to the city
[00:54.504]Hands up for me two times
[00:59.703]I’m a prisoner, Ima Ima prisoner, homie
[01:02.315]Time to eat, no waitin’ I’m a Sizzler, homie
[01:05.215]Quarter-life crisis, man you can ask about me
[01:08.271]Now I know I got the gift, they can’t rap (wrap) without me
[01:10.988]I’m sorry, boy I’m sorry
[01:13.417]Uncle Sam, I been a bad boy, Mike Lowery
[01:16.291]Do I declare my checks or declare my independence
[01:19.164]I can feel my future disappearin’ with my pension
[01:22.325]Bonsoir, ciao to the days of the undergrad
[01:24.963]Underage drinkin’, gettin trees like a lumberjack
[01:27.863]80, 000 dollars and you claim you outta college
[01:30.449]But those loans got you livin’ offa PBJ and Ramen
[01:33.714]Mmmm, gas high, can’t afford the octane
[01:36.353]No more Thirsty Thursdays, only Furlough Fridays
[01:39.043]Government is shuttin’ down, I’m thinkin’
[01:41.107](I am a prisoner) Yah, and now these bars are comin’ out
[01:45.025](Against is the law with its immensity and strength and power, against us is the law)
[01:56.180]Uh, so stand up for me one time
[02:00.281]Suburbs to the city
[02:03.259]Hands up for me two times
[02:05.949]Now can you holla back to me
[02:08.771]stand up for me one time
[02:11.461]Suburbs to the city
[02:14.491]Hands up for me two times
[02:17.286]Now can you holla back to me
[02:19.376]I’ma prisoner, Ima Ima prisoner, homie
[02:22.354]Yet these bars set me free like I’m a criminal, homie
[02:25.097]Slaves to the whips, addicted to the clothes and the money
[02:28.206]Can I change like a roll full of pennies?
[02:30.452]We live in that facebook, man it’s all about the status
[02:33.456]You’ll have these women dribblin’ if you’re ballin like the Mavericks
[02:36.304]Ugh, it’s the media, blame it on the media
[02:39.073]Nah, blame these stupid mutha****as for believin’ them
[02:41.998]U.S. defecit got me trippin’, I took the scenic route
[02:45.028]Wall Street is doin’ colonics, now watch ‘em clean us out
[02:47.719]Stay afloat, that credit got me drownin’ , get my scuba gear
[02:50.619]I stay collectin’ unemployment like a souvenir
[02:53.649]I got ‘em chantin, but I don’t got the Anthem
[02:56.261]Prayin’ to that Blue Cross, Momma got the cancer
[02:59.108]Now her body shuttin down, she singin
[03:01.172](I am a prisoner)
[03:03.262]Yah but now these bars are comin out
[03:05.900]So stand up for me one time
[03:08.852]Suburbs to the city
[03:11.856]Hands up for me two times
[03:14.599]Now can you holla back to me
[03:17.290]stand up for me one time
[03:20.111]Suburbs to the city
[03:23.089]Hands up for me two times
[03:25.753]Now can you holla back to me
[03:29.384]Visions of lightning, Riding the storm
[03:35.131]A prisoner of war, don’t know for how long
[03:40.513]Is there retribution? Is there nothing more?
[03:46.207]Except for these bars, these bars, Ohh-ohh-ohh
[03:50.596]Uh I’m a prisoner, prisoner to this industry, homie
[03:53.731]Raise that middle class finger, do it visibly, homie
[03:56.552]The game is like that strip club, they say I need singles
[03:59.268]I gotta get my chips up, they say I need Pringles
[04:02.246]Now it’s do or die, doin’ this for you and I
[04:04.859]Do it for the teenagers out there committin suicide
[04:07.758]Do it for the out of work father, you are my brother now
[04:10.423](I am a prisoner) Yah, and now these bars are comin out
[04:14.498]So stand up for me one time
[04:17.424]Suburbs to the city
[04:20.166]Hands up for me two times
[04:23.014]Now can you holla back to me
[04:25.887]stand up for me one time
[04:28.839]Suburbs to the city
[04:31.739]Hands up for me two times
[04:34.299]Now can you holla back to me