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Top Songs By Carlton Williams

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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Carlton Williams
Carlton Williams
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tommy Butler
Tommy Butler
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cold chills, prison cells
Locked in bars of steel
Need my woman tonight
Just ain't feeling right
[Verse 2]
Oh my Lord, rescue me (Cold chills, prison cells)
Set your poor people free (Locked in bars of steel)
Be merciful to our accusers (Need my woman tonight)
They don't know what they do (Just ain't feeling right)
[Verse 3]
Think you done lost your senses
What can you do in there?
Ooh, you better collect your pieces
Freedom, it waits out here
You don't have to go to prison
What will it accomplish you?
Ku Klux Klan, they're laughing
Damning the thought of you
[Verse 4]
Condemning you to your suffering
Is that what you really want?
Prison inside a prison
Marking your time on walls
Think you better change your motto
By wiping away the non
And letting the violence follow
Getting your day's work done
[Verse 5]
Vengeance is mine
Sayeth the Lord
Written by: Tommy Butler

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