Inside Looking Out

Lyrics

How can I come up? (Sitting) How can I come up? (Sitting) How can I come up from the inside looking out? Sitting in the Harris County Jail, spending all my little time (Inside looking out) My driving fancy cars, I'll be starin' at bars and I'm 'bout to lose my mind (Inside looking out) So I get up to take a shower, funky toes are everywhere (Inside looking out) Saw a trustee eating more than me and I thought it wasn't fair (Inside looking out) And it hurts right here Stuck in here for a year (Inside looking out) Sitting in the county, I'm living in an hourglass Twiddling my fucking thumbs, waiting on time to pass Sitting in the county, I'm living in an hourglass Twiddling my fucking thumbs, waiting on time to pass Sitting in the county, I'm living in an hourglass Twiddling my fucking thumbs, waiting on time to pass Till my next court date But if you been to the county, you know you're holding your own fate In your own hands About to go in front of the judge, hoping for a chance To speak out, and just be heard To put the scene of the crime in your own words Thinking will this man adapt to my scenario Maybe not, but I got one shot, so, here I go Right now I can't afford to be locked up Niggas on the cut to I keep my dope and that's fucked up For what I said you know I'm 'bout to get a gang of time They found me guilty, and now I'm confined To an over-crowded cell in the county But once my bond's set, they better hire a bounty hunter To make the most and you know stick around 'Cause like a thief in the night, I'm damn sure gon' skip town But who could blame a brother for doing this I got spotted by a viewer on America's Most Wanted list But a nigga like Black, I think not But for now I'm on the inside looking out Sitting in the Harris County Jail (And I'm 'bout to lose my mind) Sitting in the Harris County Jail (And I'm 'bout to lose my mind) Sitting in the Harris County Jail (And I'm 'bout to lose my mind) Inside looking out Sitting in the courtroom, I'm staring at the fucking judge Don't want to plead 'cause I know that I had the drugs And the justice system is fucked up Chances of being black and getting off really suck 'Cause I'm a young black man with a couple of problems I really hope the jury see it my way and try to solve 'em Because the judge got me in a state of depression Once in a jail cell, now I learned my lesson They found me guilty and sentenced me twenty to life They found me guilty and sentenced me twenty to life I'm reading page by page of the Bible every night They found me guilty and sentenced me twenty to life I'm reading page by page of the Bible every night Praying to God to forgive me for my sins Saying to myself that I'll never do it again Lying to myself, now ain't that a damn shame 'Cause when I get out this bitch, I'll be jumping back in the game But for now I better do my time With good behavior, I can get parole in about nine? As I'm walking through the gate, my momma start to scream and shout Feeling bad 'cause I'm on the inside looking out Feeling bad 'cause I'm on the inside looking out Sitting in the Harris County Jail (And I'm 'bout to lose my mind) Sitting in the Harris County Jail (And I'm 'bout to lose my mind) Inside looking out Sitting in the Harris County Jail (And I'm 'bout to lose my mind) Inside looking out Sitting in the Harris County Jail, spending all my little time Back to the mother fuckin stank Fuck the dumb shit 'cause this time I'm damn sure gon' run the tank Getting swole than a motherfucker, thinking about them stank hoes Coming through this bitch dropping niggas by the ankles And the niggas that's been know what I'm talking 'bout Is my stomach strong enough to hold this shit 'til I get out? These motherfucker's filthy, a chamber full of misfits Three hots and a cot, yeah, some hard ass biscuits The county's a bitch, boy as paranoid as a nigga get Slap the living shit outta a nigga for a cigarette They got me off the street although my life was very fucked up from jacking for cars Now I'm jacking for commissary, no time to play bully in the county ain't no stars, nigga Trying to squeeze your head through the motherfuckin' bars God forbid you take your shoes off your feet Or even worse they'll try to hang you with the motherfuckin' bed sheets Sleep with your eyes open, if you want to see daylight 'Cause when I get out this bitch, I'm damn sure gon' go right 'Cause coming up on the street is what my life was all about But how can I come up from the inside looking out? Inside looking out Inside looking out Inside looking out