[Intro: Edna Wright]

Ple-please let me testify

[Verse 1: Common]

She walked in the court, her knees buckled

Saying for a man to survive, he needed hustle

Seen and been through struggle her whole life

Made a transition from being his ho to his wife

Stifling, the night upend the ATF bust in

Her daddy was a hustler, so she loved them

Looked at the jury, how can they judge him?

She screamed

[Chorus: Edna Wright & Common]

Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away (Uh)

Before you lock my love away (Yeah), before you lock my love away

Please let me testify

[Verse 2: Common]

Fear in her chest, her face with tears

Had her man's back, he was facing years

In her name, though the place was his

They tryna take everything except the kids

For years she been through scuffle and fights

While he tryna hustle that white

Up all night wondering if he's alive

Seeing him tried, she bubbled inside and screamed

[Chorus: Edna Wright & Common]

Before you lock my love away (Uh), before you lock my love away (Yeah)

Before you lock my love away (Yeah), before you lock my love away

Please let me testify

[Verse 3: Common]

The judge yelled for order

Court reporter making her words shorter

His lawyer sat next to him

She could see how the trial was affecting him

It hurt for her eyes to connect with him

Using her lies for protecting him

They arrested him for murder and gun possession

As they read back her confession, she screamed

[Chorus: Edna Wright & Common]

Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away (Uh)

Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away

Please let me testify

[Verse 4: Common]

The court awaited as the foreman got the verdict from the bailiff

Emotional outbursts, tears and smeared makeup

They stated, he was guilty on all charges

She's shaking, looking like she took it the hardest

A spin artist, she brought her face up laughing

That's when the prosecutor realized what happened

All that speaking her mind, testifying and crying

When this bitch did the crime, the queenpin

[Chorus: Edna Wright]

Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away

Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away

Please let me testify

[Outro: Edna Wright]

You accuse me of a, you accuse me of a, you accuse

Please let me testify, you accuse me of a, you accuse me of a, you accuse

Please let me testify, you accuse me of a, you accuse me of a, you accuse

Please let me testify, you accuse me of a, you accuse me of a, pl— ple—