Ball And Chain

I been ridin' waves, child

Guilt through all my days, child

How this place was settled

The murder and the shame

Secrets been exposed, child

Truth we must uphold, child

Constant fight for justice

To pave the way for change

Livin' in denial

Goin' through the same old cycle

Penal colony survival

Dependin' on ya ball and chain

System gonna customise ya

The man, he gonna redefine ya

Gotta hunt like a nighttime spider

Depending on ya ball and chain

I'm a sur-, I'm a survivor

Full on energy provider

Sometimes you gotta improvise it

Depending on ya ball and chain

System gonna customise ya

The man, he gonna redefine ya

Gotta hunt like a nighttime spider

Depending on ya ball and chain

Wisdom from the old school

Mixed up with the new school

To make up brand new colours

Paint the walls of change

Get among, gotta do your time now

Gotta take it in your stride now

Gotta make what you can come alive now

Depending on your ball and chain

Now, every day I lift my spirit up

But see, my soul is getting heavy

Pressure on my back and I can barely hold it steady

In a cold world but daily I keep sweatin'

'Cause I'm vulnerable locked in a system that's so deadly, uh

And now I'm racing to build a foundation

To raise a better life for the younger generation

Discriminations, we have to change those and mix up all the colours to form a rainbow

'Cause this ball and chain has incarcerated my freedom

Born into the system and wasn't given a reason

Same cycle continues and follows the same sequence

Screaming for change and it's bringing out inner demons

'Cause this ball and chain got me feeling some type of way

Ball and chain got me feeling like I'm a slave

It's like I'm swimming up and an anchor's got me drowned

But still I survive and to keep alive I gotta pray, pray, pray

And if such things were equal

We may find a need to

To mix up all the colours

Break down the walls of race

Get among, gotta do your time now

Gotta take it in your stride now

Gotta make what you can come alive now

Depending on your ball and chain

I'm a sur-, I'm a survivor

A full on energy provider

Sometimes you gotta improvise it

Depending on ya ball and chain

System gonna customise ya

The man, he gonna redefine ya

Gotta hunt like a nighttime spider

Depending on ya ball and chain