16 On Death Row

Instead of livin' sad in jail I coulda died free and happy

And my cellmate's raped on the norm

And passed around the dorm, you can hear his asshole gettin' torn

They made me an animal

Can't sleep, instead of countin' sheep, niggaz countin' cannibals

And that's how it is in the pen

Turn old and cold, and your soul is your best friend

My mama prayed for me

Tell the Lord to make way for me, prepare any day for me (why?)

'Cause when they come for me they find a struggler

To the death I take the breath from your jugular

The trick is to never lose hope

I found my buddy hangin dead from a rope, 16 on Death Row

Bye bye, I was never meant to live

Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where you live

Bye bye, I was never meant to be

Livin' like a thief, runnin through the streets

Bye bye, and I got no place to go

Where you find me? 16 on Death Row

Dear mama, they sentenced me to death

Today's my final day, I'm countin every breath

I'm bitter cause I'm dyin, so much I haven't seen

I know you never dreamed, your baby would be dead at 16

I got beef with a sick society that doesn't give a shit

And they too quick to say goodbye to me

They tell me the preacher's there for me

He's a crook with a book, that motherfucker never cared for me

He's only here to be sure

I don't drop a dime to God bout the crimes he's commitin

On the poor, and how can these people judge me?

They ain't my peers and in all these years, they ain't never love me

I never got to be a man, must be part of some big plan

To keep a nigga in the state pen

And to my homies out buryin motherfuckers

Steer clear of these Aryan motherfuckers

Cause once they got you locked up

They got you trapped, you're better off gettin shot

I'm convinced self-defense is the way

Please, stay strapped, pack a gat every day

I wish I woulda known while I was out there

Now I'm straight headin for the chair

Bye bye, I was never meant to live

Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where we live

Bye bye, I was never meant to be

Livin like a thief, runnin through the streets

Bye bye, and I got no place to go

Where you find me? 16 on Death Row

16 on Death Row

It's to all my partners in the penitentiaries

16 on Death Row...