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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bunny Wailer
Percussion
Aston Barrett
Keyboards
Bobby Ellis
Horn
Carlton Barrett
Drums
Herman Marquis
Horn
Peter Tosh
Guitar
Richard Hall
Horn
Robbie Shakespeare
Bass
Tommy McCook
Saxophone
Winston Wright
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Neville O'Riley Livingston
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bunny Wailer
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Battering down sentence
Fighting against conviction, yeah
Battering down sentence
Fighting against conviction
[Verse 2]
I find myself growing in an environment
Where finding food is just as hard as paying the rent
In trodding these roads of trial and tribulations
I've seen where some have died in desperation
To keep
[Verse 3]
Battering down sentence
Fighting against convictions
Battering down sentence
Fighting against convictions
[Verse 4]
In a family of ten and raised in the ghetto (In the ghetto, in the ghetto)
Hustling's the only education I know
Can't grow no crops on this concrete jungle
A situation like this is getting too tough to handle
To keep
[Verse 5]
Battering down sentence
Fighting against conviction
Battering down sentence (All day long)
Fighting against conviction
[Verse 6]
With a pregnant woman, yes, and five kids to care for
Can't cool my heels, I've got to do the town
Skillful as I am the jailer-man is bound to find me
I pray the day will come when I shall be free from
[Verse 7]
Battering down sentence
Fighting against conviction
Battering down sentence (All live long day)
Fighting against conviction
[Verse 8]
To be trapped and caught and taken before judge and angry jury
Pleading before me who seem to have no mercy
Can't afford to find myself down in the dungeon
I've got to stay free so that my kids won't be
[Verse 9]
Battering down sentence
Fighting against conviction
Battering down sentence (All live long day now)
Fighting against conviction
[Verse 10]
Now a fugitive at large, could this be my destiny?
With no one to care for the welfare of my family
In solitude I've found new faith and hope in this I'll be secure
For mind and soul would soon be weary, just couldn't take no more
[Verse 11]
Battering down sentence (All live long day)
Fighting against conviction (Children, hear me when I say)
Battering down sentence (All day long)
Fighting against conviction (Hear me when I sing my song)
Battering down sentence
Fighting against conviction
Written by: Neville O'Riley Livingston