All Day & A Night - Stray From The Path, Bryan Garris

Down for life

They’re gonna put you down for life

They’re gonna hold you down for life

Can’t keep your head up when you’re down

Down for life

They’re gonna put you down for life

Yeah, they’re gonna hold you down for life

Can’t keep your head up when you’re down for life

Three strikes, twenty five to life

Mandatory lean on either forgiving 'em or killing 'em

Public defender?

Might as well surrender

I bet they don’t remember who’s a first-time offender

In and out like a homemade check

Send 'em back to the maximum security bank, huh

Post the bail, cut the deal

Another brick in the wall, another spoke in the wheel

They always come back for more

Get your stamp on your way out the door

'Cause the shitshow never ends

Thank you, come again

They always come back for more

Get your stamp on your way out the door

'Cause the shitshow never ends

Thank you, come again

Down for life

They’re gonna put you down for life

They’re gonna hold you down for life

Can’t keep your head up when you’re down

Down for life

They’re gonna put you down for life

Yeah, they’re gonna hold you down for life

Can’t keep your head up when you’re down for life

You got it twisted like licorice

A quick fix like a nail to a crucifix

(Holy shit)

Lock 'em up

Man, it makes me sick

That they call it complicated like arithmetic

Take your number when they take your name

Here’s your go-to-jail card

It’s just a fucking game

They don’t skip a beat and line 'em up and list 'em

It’s just the rhythm of the system

Just when you think you’re out they pull you back in

'Cause when it comes to getting better, don’t know where to begin

Fuck

Just when you think you’re out they pull you back in

'Cause when it comes to getting better, don’t know where to begin

The reality is that you’ll never be free

You’re sentenced to life

Lights out, motherfucker

The reality is that you’ll never be free

You’re sentenced to life

Lights out, motherfucker

They always come back for more

Get your stamp on your way out the door

'Cause the shitshow never ends

Thank you, come again

They always come back for more

Get your stamp on your way out the door

'Cause the shitshow never ends

Thank you, come again

Down for life

They’re gonna put you down for life

They’re gonna hold you down for life

Can’t keep your head up when you’re down

Down for life

They’re gonna put you down for life

Yeah, they’re gonna hold you down for life

Can’t keep your head up when you’re down for life