Locked Up

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Hook:

I been locked up, in handcuffs

Feeling so, feeling so fed up

Locked up in handcuffs

Cold steel wrists but my head up

I been locked up, in handcuffs

Feeling so, feeling so stuck, yeah

Locked up in handcuffs

Now I’m back outside, what’s up?

Verse 1:

Late nights, bright lights in my thoughts

Concrete floors, counting cracks as the clock talk

Heart full of fire but the system stay cold

Told me slow down, I was born to go bold

Had dreams bigger than the walls I was in

Had faith when the odds wouldn’t bend

Every door slammed, I kicked in my pride

Told myself “live,” even when I survived

Pressure on my chest, had to learn how to breathe

Everybody talking but they never believed

Shackles on my wrists, but my vision stayed clear

You can cage the body, not the voice you hear

Pre-Hook:

They tried to box me in, define my name

I took that pain and I switched the lane

Hook:

I been locked up, in handcuffs

Feeling so, feeling so fed up

Locked up in handcuffs

Cold nights, still I never gave up

I been locked up, in handcuffs

Feeling so, feeling so stuck, yeah

Locked up in handcuffs

Now I’m back outside, what’s up?

Verse 2:

I remember silence louder than sound

Same four walls just circling round

Mind doing laps, body standing still

Had to master patience, learn iron will

Saw fake love fall through the cracks

Saw real ones wait till I came back

Promises broken, I sharpened my focus

Turned every loss to a moment

Now I move smarter, talk less

Eyes wide open, no stress

If it don’t build me, it don’t exist

I done grew from the weight of the wrist

Bridge (Flow Switch):

Hands tied, but the soul run free

Every dark day made the light choose me

From locked doors to open gates

I was early to the grind, never late

Hook (Melodic):

I been locked up, in handcuffs

Feeling so, feeling so fed up

Locked up in handcuffs

Now my feet on the gas, no touch

I been locked up, in handcuffs

Still kept faith when it got rough

Locked up in handcuffs

Now the whole world know us

Verse 3:

I ain’t flexing scars, I’m flexing growth

I ain’t selling lies, I’m telling hope

Every step I take got purpose in it

Every bar I spit got verses in it

They doubted the vision, laughed at the grind

Now they see the glow, say “how you shine?”

I paid my dues, I stood my ground

Now every beat let the truth resound

Outro:

Yeah…

I been locked up, in handcuffs

But I broke out mentally first

If you feel me—this one for you