[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:16.26]Battering down sentence fighting against convictions [00:35.61]2x [00:42.66]I find myself growing in an environment [00:48.54]Where finding food is just as hard as paying the rent [00:54.72]In trodding these roads of trials and tribulations [01:01.17]I've seen where some have died in desperation [01:06.93]To keep battering down sentence fighting against convictions [01:27.30]2x [01:34.08]In a family of ten and raised in the ghetto [01:40.86]Hustling is the only education I know [01:47.25]Can't grow no crops in this concrete jungle [01:52.41]A situation like this is getting too hard to handle [01:58.89]To keep battering down sentence fighting against convictions [02:17.16]2x [02:20.76]With a pregnant woman yes [02:29.40]And five kids to care for [02:33.51]Can't cool my heels I've got to do the town [02:38.58]As skillful as I am the jailer man is bound to find me [02:46.05]I pray the day will come when I shall be free from [02:51.84]Battering down sentence fighting against convictions [03:09.18]2x [03:16.95]To be trapped and caught and taken before judge and angry jury [03:24.81]Pleading before men who seem to have no mercy [03:30.87]Can't afford to find myself down in the dungeons [03:37.08]I've got to stay free so that my kids won't be [03:43.29]Battering down sentence fighting against convictions [04:02.31]2x [04:08.97]Now a fugitive at large [04:12.54]Could this be my destiny [04:15.99]With no one to care for the wellfare of my family [04:21.89]But in solitude I've found new faith and hope in this I'll be secure [04:28.59]For mind and soul would soon be weary [04:32.28]Just couldn't take no more [04:44.31]Battering down sentence fighting against convictions