[Intro]
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Stuck in my skull like a curse
Parklea numbers
Tattooed inside my nerves (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Mama cried on the plastic chair
Phone to the glass, coulda drowned in her stare
My girl had a visit on the sheet, never came
Empty spot in the yard, only me and my shame
Blood on the lino, tears on the block
Concrete pillow, heart in a lock
Bail got bounced like a ball off the fence
Two times knocked back, they called me a flight risk, tense
Frame built in cages, steel in my veins
Four grey walls tryna straighten my brain
Bones in the yard, boys carved in the stones
Names in the dirt, never makin’ it home (uh)
[Chorus]
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That Parklea number in my mind, can’t run
Every bar on the door like a bar in the song
I been stuck in this box for way too long
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Mama prays hard but the damage been done
My girl never showed, so I stand here alone
Blood and tears on this concrete throne
[Verse 2]
Screws do the round with the dead-eye glare
Talk tough but they’re all just scared
Kites in the vent, whole wing on alert
Rumours in the air like the red dust dirt
“Bail denied” on a scrap of print
That stamp hit harder than a knuckle to the chin
Said I’m a danger, said I won’t change
They don’t see the nights I nearly broke from the chains
Frame built in cages, I grind my teeth
Sleep with my sneakers half on for beef
Cold cup noodles, hot head, tight jaw
I don’t pray for peace, I just pray for war (yeah)
[Chorus]
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That Parklea number in my mind, can’t run
Every bar on the door like a bar in the song
I been stuck in this box for way too long
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Mama prays hard but the damage been done
My girl never showed, so I stand here alone
Blood and tears on this concrete throne
[Bridge]
Count time, stand straight
Eyes front, dead weight
If I walk out that gate
Will I bend or break?
Count time, same face
Same hate, same place
If I make it out alive
Will I drag this cage inside?
[Chorus]
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That Parklea number in my mind, can’t run
Every bar on the door like a bar in the song
I been stuck in this box for way too long
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Mama prays hard but the damage been done
My girl never showed, so I stand here alone
Blood and tears on this concrete throne