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irvin lee - chains on me lyrics

[verse 1]
i was awaken from my dream
from the sounds of a woman’s scream
i rushed to the window to see the crime
it happens in my neighborhood all the time
police comes, can’t find a clue
i saw it all but i can’t say who
’cause where i live, i can’t be no snitch
or i’ll find myself lying in a ditch
so, i close the curtains, cut out the lights
and tell the police i was asleep that night
another crime goes unsolved
because people like me are scared to get involved
’cause where i live it’s not that good
i’m a prisoner of my own neighborhood
and as the nighttime falls again
i got to chain and padlock myself in
[chorus]
(free) i know you say, i know you say, i know you say i’m free
(chains over me) but i still feel like i got chains on me
(free) i know you say, i know you say, i know you say i’m free
(chains over me) but i still feel like i got chains on me

[verse 2]
my father was a man i never knew
except for the picture my mother drew
but they had me when they were kinda young
they were on the go, they were on the run
my mom says dad was a heck of a guy
but deep inside, i know it’s all a lie
a bitter taste is in my mouth
because he never came back to see how i turned out
and how it hurts me deep inside
to watching moms struggling to survive
trying to keep us on our feet
trying to make those two ends meet
never having nothing new
how we wore out [?]
all our clothes were passed around
you know the words: hand me down

[chorus]
(free) i know you say, i know you say, i know you say i’m free
(chains over me) but i still feel like i got chains on me
(free) i know you say, i know you say, i know you say i’m free
(chains over me) but i still feel like i got chains on me
[verse 3]
i go to the kitchen and turn on the light
the roaches start running from left to right
but once again i got to get out the can
and start spraying bugs like a crazy man
i walk outside, i get approached
everybody wants to sell me dope
talkin’ ’bout it’ll make you free
but i gotta say ‘no, it’s not for me’
and then i ran into a brother who had done some time
he was telling me things that blew my mind
and when he was done there wasn’t much to say
except he went in straight and came out g+y
all the little kids are walking around
watching everything that’s going down
not all of them know what to say
but growing up thinking it’s the only way

[verse 4]
the first of the month, and i’m not home
because the bill collectors ring my phone
‘i just called to tell you how much you owe’
like i already don’t know
but once again i got to call my friends
and i can hear them whispering ‘here he comes again’
but what can i do except face the fact
i got to borrow another dollar i can’t pay back
emergency call on my phone
telling me to rush home
and when i saw what i saw i couldn’t even talk
everything i owned sitting on the sidewalk
it seemed like a dream but there was no doubt
my landlord had put me out
and what really, really made it rough
was watching my neighbors go through my stuff
[chorus]
(free) i know you say, i know you say, i know you say i’m free
(chains over me) but i still feel like i got chains on me
(free) i know you say, i know you say, i know you say i’m free
(chains over me) but i still feel like i got chains on me

[verse 5]
who said i was free, somebody lied
as i turn on the news to watch [?]
though slavery days were dead and gone
but once again i guess i thought wrong
and on my job i try to advance
but all i get is a song and dance
i’m never being judged by what i do
and i always have to answer to you know who
does anybody really care
who wrote the book on what is fair
what’s fair for you is not what’s fair for me
and that’s not the way god meant it to be
and what really brings a tear to my eyes
when i hear my little children cry
when i go to the kitchen and look on the shelf
and they want more food and there’s nothing left!

“mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy, can i have some bones?”
“mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy, can i have some bones?”
“mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy, can i have some bones?”
“mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy+ mommy, can i have some bones?”

[verse 6]
girl, when you’re gonna draw the line?
pregnant again, for the third time
when you’re gonna see the light
[?]can see you’re messing up your life
[?] misunderstood
[?] place in the neighborhood
you know the place, it looks run down
but people like me are still hanging around

(free)
(chains over me)
(free)
(chains over me)

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