Aight.. this might take a bit of explaining.. The concept is being imprisoned.. Mentally, Emotionally, and finally Physically.
Mentally, I'm imprisoned, because I feel I'm locked up with having to write rhymes.. Sometimes, I honestly get the feeling that all I'm good for is music.. (And in music, you call lines.. bars)
Emotionally, it's the story of a drunk, who feels like he can't get through the emotional parts of his life, without some drank in him.. He's locked up in that sense, to booze.. (You drink, at bars)
Physically, it's loosely based on my father.. Story of a man trying to support his family, and gets locked up because of it.. and now realizes that he can't help his family, even moreso then when they were broke.. This verse was the least complex, but meant the most to me.. It's still very nicely written, IMO.. (Also, in prison, you're behind, bars)
The chorus is simple, but with who I have in mind for singing it, it'll sound dope, because she has an amazing voice.. It also fits all of the topics, without having to be catered EXACTLY to them.. Anyway, without further ado.. LETTTSS GO!!
VERSE ONE:
It seems I'm just gettin' sicker every MOMENT-I-WASTE//1
Tryna grab HOLD-IN-THE-RACE, it ain't SLOWIN'-ITS-PACE//2
All I'm tryna do is blow up, shit'll EXPLODE-IN-MY-FACE//3
For NO-ONE-IT-WAITS, and sometimes, the pressure MOTIVATES//4
But, I'm tryna shoulder the load, carry every BOULDER-IT-TAKES//5
'Til my, knees'll buckle and my SHOULDERS'LL-BREAK//6
I'm just tryna live a good life, not KNOWIN'-MY-FATE//7
Whether I'll, SMOLDER-WITH-SNAKES or reach the HOLIEST-GATES//8
The game has got me on a leash, and it'll SHORTEN-THE-CHAIN//9
And every time I'm fuckin' up, it helps the TORTURE-SUSTAIN//10
I'm my own worse critic, "Man, that CHORUS-IS-LAME"//11
People love Hov, they're never goin' SUPPORT-YOU-THE-SAME"//12
I ain't even greedy, I just hope the FORTUNE-IS-GAINED//13
But I ain't lookin' for the glamour or a PORTION-OF-FAME//14
I just hope I got the cash to fix the LEAKS-IN-THE-ROOF//15
Hopefully, I'ma sell when I'm SPEAKIN'-THE-TRUTH//16
CHORUS: (x2) (Sing)
Behind these bars, I feel so at home//
While I try to escape...//
With misery as company, I'm still all alone//
And time don't compare to the life I waste//
VERSE TWO:
He sittin' on the stool, with with his DRINK-IN-HIS-GRIP//1
Icebergs in his glass, steady SINKIN'-HIS-SHIP//2
They pour another and he's WETTIN'-HIS-TONGUE//3
He's REGRETTIN'-THIS-ONE before the SESSIONS-BEGUN//4
He sighs out, lettin' loose every BREATH-IN-HIS-LUNGS//5
Smellin' the SCENT-OF-HIS-RUM, but hell, the STRESSIN'-IS-DUMB//6
He knows what he's doin', he's NEGLECTIN'-HIS-SON//7
But he's ordering the third before the SECOND-IS-DONE//8
It's like, every time his boss HANDS-'EM-A-CHECK//9
He PLANS-TO-JUST-SET it aside, but to the TAVERN-HE-JETS//10
And THAT-HE-REGRETS...//11
And his wife always tellin' the kids not to bother daddy 'cause DADDIES-UPSET//12
He can't help it, he's worried, got PROBLEMS-TO-SOLVE//13
But with every drink he's takin', another PROBLEM-EVOLVES//14
He keeps tellin' himself, man TONIGHT-WAS-THE-WORSE//15
But he really can't see himself FIGHTIN'-THE-URGE//16
CHORUS: (x2) (Sing)
Behind these bars, I feel so at home//
While I try to escape//
With misery as company, I'm still all alone//
And time don't compare to the life I waste//
VERSE THREE:
Everyday you hustled, you was MAKIN'-SOME-CASH//1
To keep the water runnin' so ya babygirl can TAKE-A-BATH//2
Tried ESCAPIN'-THIS-PATH, do AWAY-WITH-THE-STASH//3
Get a regular job, bosses looked in ya FACE-AND-JUST-LAUGHED//4
Every muthafucka judgin', you can't TAKE-IT-NO-MORE//5
So every bastard that wasn't hiring just MAKES-YOU-RESORT//6
To the streets, and now you got ya CASES-IN-COURT//7
Ya little family showin' up, and every FACE-IS-SUPPORT//8
Beause it's breakin' you apart, knowin' they'll THROW-AWAY-THE-KEY//9
And it's gonna be a while for you HOLD-YA-BABY-SEED//10
You wish you could do it over, you would THROW-AWAY-THE-KEYS//11
But when you've made the mistake is the ONLY-WAY-YOU-SEE//12
That what you pushin', is poison, POLUTTIN'-YA-LIFE//13
So you can get the NEWEST-OF-NIKES, a fathers LOSIN'-HIS-LIFE//14
REDUCIN'-HIS-WIFE to tears, both of you PLAYIN'-WITH-DICE//15
He gave you the money, but now, you're PAYIN'-THE-PRICE//16
CHORUS: (x4 - still fades) (Sing)
Behind these bars, I feel so at home//
While I try to escape//
With misery as company, I'm still all alone//
And time don't compare to the life I waste//
Mentally, I'm imprisoned, because I feel I'm locked up with having to write rhymes.. Sometimes, I honestly get the feeling that all I'm good for is music.. (And in music, you call lines.. bars)
Emotionally, it's the story of a drunk, who feels like he can't get through the emotional parts of his life, without some drank in him.. He's locked up in that sense, to booze.. (You drink, at bars)
Physically, it's loosely based on my father.. Story of a man trying to support his family, and gets locked up because of it.. and now realizes that he can't help his family, even moreso then when they were broke.. This verse was the least complex, but meant the most to me.. It's still very nicely written, IMO.. (Also, in prison, you're behind, bars)
The chorus is simple, but with who I have in mind for singing it, it'll sound dope, because she has an amazing voice.. It also fits all of the topics, without having to be catered EXACTLY to them.. Anyway, without further ado.. LETTTSS GO!!
VERSE ONE:
It seems I'm just gettin' sicker every MOMENT-I-WASTE//1
Tryna grab HOLD-IN-THE-RACE, it ain't SLOWIN'-ITS-PACE//2
All I'm tryna do is blow up, shit'll EXPLODE-IN-MY-FACE//3
For NO-ONE-IT-WAITS, and sometimes, the pressure MOTIVATES//4
But, I'm tryna shoulder the load, carry every BOULDER-IT-TAKES//5
'Til my, knees'll buckle and my SHOULDERS'LL-BREAK//6
I'm just tryna live a good life, not KNOWIN'-MY-FATE//7
Whether I'll, SMOLDER-WITH-SNAKES or reach the HOLIEST-GATES//8
The game has got me on a leash, and it'll SHORTEN-THE-CHAIN//9
And every time I'm fuckin' up, it helps the TORTURE-SUSTAIN//10
I'm my own worse critic, "Man, that CHORUS-IS-LAME"//11
People love Hov, they're never goin' SUPPORT-YOU-THE-SAME"//12
I ain't even greedy, I just hope the FORTUNE-IS-GAINED//13
But I ain't lookin' for the glamour or a PORTION-OF-FAME//14
I just hope I got the cash to fix the LEAKS-IN-THE-ROOF//15
Hopefully, I'ma sell when I'm SPEAKIN'-THE-TRUTH//16
CHORUS: (x2) (Sing)
Behind these bars, I feel so at home//
While I try to escape...//
With misery as company, I'm still all alone//
And time don't compare to the life I waste//
VERSE TWO:
He sittin' on the stool, with with his DRINK-IN-HIS-GRIP//1
Icebergs in his glass, steady SINKIN'-HIS-SHIP//2
They pour another and he's WETTIN'-HIS-TONGUE//3
He's REGRETTIN'-THIS-ONE before the SESSIONS-BEGUN//4
He sighs out, lettin' loose every BREATH-IN-HIS-LUNGS//5
Smellin' the SCENT-OF-HIS-RUM, but hell, the STRESSIN'-IS-DUMB//6
He knows what he's doin', he's NEGLECTIN'-HIS-SON//7
But he's ordering the third before the SECOND-IS-DONE//8
It's like, every time his boss HANDS-'EM-A-CHECK//9
He PLANS-TO-JUST-SET it aside, but to the TAVERN-HE-JETS//10
And THAT-HE-REGRETS...//11
And his wife always tellin' the kids not to bother daddy 'cause DADDIES-UPSET//12
He can't help it, he's worried, got PROBLEMS-TO-SOLVE//13
But with every drink he's takin', another PROBLEM-EVOLVES//14
He keeps tellin' himself, man TONIGHT-WAS-THE-WORSE//15
But he really can't see himself FIGHTIN'-THE-URGE//16
CHORUS: (x2) (Sing)
Behind these bars, I feel so at home//
While I try to escape//
With misery as company, I'm still all alone//
And time don't compare to the life I waste//
VERSE THREE:
Everyday you hustled, you was MAKIN'-SOME-CASH//1
To keep the water runnin' so ya babygirl can TAKE-A-BATH//2
Tried ESCAPIN'-THIS-PATH, do AWAY-WITH-THE-STASH//3
Get a regular job, bosses looked in ya FACE-AND-JUST-LAUGHED//4
Every muthafucka judgin', you can't TAKE-IT-NO-MORE//5
So every bastard that wasn't hiring just MAKES-YOU-RESORT//6
To the streets, and now you got ya CASES-IN-COURT//7
Ya little family showin' up, and every FACE-IS-SUPPORT//8
Beause it's breakin' you apart, knowin' they'll THROW-AWAY-THE-KEY//9
And it's gonna be a while for you HOLD-YA-BABY-SEED//10
You wish you could do it over, you would THROW-AWAY-THE-KEYS//11
But when you've made the mistake is the ONLY-WAY-YOU-SEE//12
That what you pushin', is poison, POLUTTIN'-YA-LIFE//13
So you can get the NEWEST-OF-NIKES, a fathers LOSIN'-HIS-LIFE//14
REDUCIN'-HIS-WIFE to tears, both of you PLAYIN'-WITH-DICE//15
He gave you the money, but now, you're PAYIN'-THE-PRICE//16
CHORUS: (x4 - still fades) (Sing)
Behind these bars, I feel so at home//
While I try to escape//
With misery as company, I'm still all alone//
And time don't compare to the life I waste//
