Lamentation

Where I'm at, ain't never been easy.

Always it's every man for hisself.

My childhood was hard as breaking

rocks in the sun with ankles shackled.

Never had a chance here.

Ain't never been easy here.

Nothing ever better, often worse.

No good jobs, only dealing.

No real hopes.  No dreams achieved.

Never had a chance here.

Ain't never been easy.

Minister say: you live good

and God will have your back.

God, he looking somewhere else.

Never had a chance here.

Ain't never been easy.

I wake worried.

That's my son's memorial.

He died there on the ground.

Never had a chance here.