[Intro]
*Beep*
Message Thursday two thirty four PM
"Yeah Jason, Metro Police Department just left to the Texas. Man, you need to call me and inform me this shit. What the fuck's goin' on—on everything?"
Ahaha! Yeah, if it ain't one thing, it's always gon' be a mothafuckin' other, word to my grandaddy, I'ma let this beat rise for about two bars, then I'ma get back at 'cha, check it out
Uh… c'mon! C'mon!
[Verse 1]
I'm on a payphone, standin' in a holdin' cell
They took my shirt and my shoes and I'm cold as hell
Every now and then, you gotta spend the night in jail
But I know the homeboys gon' make my bail
Eight thirty in the mornin' in front of CJC
Fuck a bunch of records, take me to the weed *Light flickers*
I just need to blow some trees *Deep inhales*
Even if only momentary, it feels good to be free (Hahaha!)
Holdin' my lil' girl in front of the big screen
Makin' love to my lady, these are the big things
Spendin' time with my granny and blowin' with Dave
Contemplatin' every mistake I've ever made
Yo, should've sipped more lemonade and sat in the shade
That seemed so secondary to tryna get paid
And I'm only afraid of comin' up short
So I'ma get money every day until I go back to court, c'mon!
[Chorus]
Every day that I'm gone! Is when I won't be gone
They can't hold me down forever and I'm gon' be home
In no time at all! It won't be long
I just need everybody back home to be strong
Every day that I'm gone! Is when I won't be gone
They can't hold me down forever and I'm gon' be home
In no time at all! It won't be long
I just need everybody back home to be strong
[Verse 2]
The telephone make my time go by so slow
The streets talk, if somethin' happen I'm gon' know
People want to come and see me, but I tell them not to
Talkin' to 'em through that glass just breaks my heart, dude
I write a lot of letters, I get a lot of mail
People tellin' me they can't wait for me to get out of jail
I miss Mikayla, I miss my girl
But I try not to think about the outside world
Tall spades and dominoes, Psalms and Proverbs
I seem to find peace in God's word
'Cause he's the only real friend that I got in here
Even with nothin', I got a lot in here
I'd be much happier if I was not in here
But hey, I could never get shot in here
They say it's just three hots and a cot in here
But I got half my mothafuckin' squad in here, c'mon!
[Chorus]
Every day that I'm gone! Is when I won't be gone
They can't hold me down forever and I'm gon' be home
In no time at all! It won't be long
I just need everybody back home to be strong
Every day that I'm gone! Is when I won't be gone
They can't hold me down forever and I'm gon' be home
In no time at all! It won't be long
I just need everybody back home to be strong
[Verse 3]
They got razor wire fifteen feet high
We eat in groups of five with plastic knives
Plastic forks, plastic spoons
See our kids on Sunday afternoons
Collect call to my mama, send me a box
CDs, magazines, drawers and socks
People get the box, everybody gets locked
Phone call, television, everything just stop
Food here is horrible, conditions are deplorable
Grown men cryin', take 'em to the corridor
More and more, I miss my gal
The camraderie and fellowship of my pals
When I get out, I'ma kiss the ground
And I just can't wait to hit the town
Fat caps, Colby Steak House
Just the thought makes me want to break out, c'mon! C'mon!
[Chorus]
Every day that I'm gone! Is when I won't be gone
They can't hold me down forever and I'm gon' be home
In no time at all! It won't be long
I just need everybody back home to be strong
Every day that I'm gone! Is when I won't be gone
They can't hold me down forever and I'm gon' be home
In no time at all! It won't be long
I just need everybody back home to be strong
[Outro]
Haha! Yeah, people ask me if I could go back, if I could do somethin' different, if I had the chance what would I do, I tell 'em I don't believe in that if shit, 'cause if my daddy was a better card player, him and my momma would still be together, you know I'm sayin'? Hehe! Check it out; all my people locked down, hold it down now