These walls around me hold nothing but hurt and pain
It seems in this chamber there is very little to gain
My door was shut a long time ago
Now I’m stuck as my own self show
All alone I stand with only a place to sleep
No blanket or mattress, just a sheet
I've lived this way for a while
It's hard even trying to smile
I pray every night that I will get out of this room
Closer and closer comes to me my doom
"Somebody help me" is what I scream at my door
But nobody hears me because I’m the only one on my floor
The very one left who can help myself is me
I must wake up to realize and see
That life is not so bad
And that I shouldn't stay so sad
One day I will be free to get out
I’m a jailbird but soon enough ill shout
The bars that hold me will someday open
And I’ll be handed a much better token
As long as I’m doing my time
Ill never truly be able to shine
This cell holds a soul dying to know when
I will be able to leave the place I’m in
Until that time sitting here is best
Then again i can be my own pest
My skills are slipping away while I’m waiting
Away it goes, slowly my life is fading
I talk to myself to pass the days
The minutes are like hours going by like a phase
Nobody to visit me, so I am really all alone
The only time i feel safe is when I talk on the phone
The reason I’m in such a place?
I became violent when someone cast slurs on my race