Handcuffs

Lyrics

See, I was in handcuffs, no one stood by my side No one to help me prove my charge was a lie While some prosecutor screams I'm a terrible guy That I'm guilty and I deserve 25 to life See, I lost my temper and the cop lost his cool A whole can of pepper spray, man, making me look like a fool And he started stomping as I was gasping for air Already on the ground, man, I don't know That fight don't seem fair But with my pain came rage, alight so bright I feel blind So I reach with my hands and a rock is what I do find He stops for a moment, I gather my strength Just enough to swing quickly And put the rock right through his face And that's how it happened, how he met his fate And how my left eye got burned out by the pepper spray Some called me a monster, things got super intense But I don't think I did nothing wrong Your Honor, I claim self-defense First, they talked to his cop friends, and then they talked to his wife They all said the same thing, he never hurt nothing or no one In his whole life They made it seem pretty obvious that I was the one to blame Even my public defender didn't have all that much to say The jury comes back in, trying to look them all in the eyes Trying to make them feel like taking another life It don't make taking the first one right And I hope that they realize, I hope they truly understand Just how sorry I am, things got so out of hand (Wooh!)