Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
I find myself growing
In an environment
Where finding food
Is just as hard as
Paying the rent
In trodding these roads of trial
And tribulations
I've seen where
Some have died in desperation
To keep
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
In a family of ten
And raised
In the ghetto
Hustling's
The only education I know
Can't grow no crops
In this
Concrete jungle
A situation like this
Is getting
Too tough to handle
To keep
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
Battering down sentence,
All day long,
Fighting against convictions
With a pregnant woman, yes,
And five kids to care for
Can't cool my heels,
I've got to do the town
Skillful as I am,
The jailer-man
Is bound to find me
I pray the day will come
When I shall be free from
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
Battering down sentence,
All live long day,
Fighting against convictions
To be trapped and caught and taken
Before judge
And angry jury
Pleading before men,
Who seem
To have no mercy
Can't afford to find myself
Down in the dungeons
I've got to stay free
So that my kids won't be
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions
Battering down sentence,
All live long day now,
Fighting against convictions
Now a fugitive at large
Could this be my destiny
With no one to care for
The welfare of my family
In solitude I've found
New faith and hope in this I'll be secure
For mind and soul would soon be weary
Just couldn't take no more
Battering down sentence,
All live long day,
Fighting against convictions
Children hear me when I say
Battering down sentence,
All day long,
Fighting against convictions
Hear me when I sing my song
Battering down sentence,
Fighting against convictions.