A jail cell is freedom   From the pain in my home   Hatred passed on, passed on   And passed on      A world of violent rage   But it's one that I can recognize   Having never seen the color   Of my father's eyes      Yes, I dwell in hell   But it's a hell that I can grip   I tried to grip my family   But I slipped      To escape from the pain   In an existence mundane   I gotta 9, a sign, a set   And now I gotta name      Read my writing on the wall   No one's here to catch me when I fall   Death is on my side, suicide      A jail cell is freedom   From the pain in my home   Hatred passed on, passed on   And passed on      A world of violent rage   But it's one that I can recognize   Having never seen the color   Of my father's eyes      Yes, I dwell in hell   But it's a hell that I can grip   I tried to grip my family   But I slipped      To escape from the pain   In an existence mundane   I gotta 9, a sign, a set   And now I gotta name      Read my writing on the wall   No one's here to catch me when I fall   Caught between my culture   And the system, genocide      Read my writing on the wall   No one's here to catch me when I fall   If ignorance is bliss   Then knock the smile off my face, yeah      If we don't take action now   We settle for nothing later   Settle for nothing now   And we'll settle for nothing later      If we don't take action now   We settle for nothing later   We'll settle for nothing now   And we'll settle for nothing later      If we don't take action now   We'll settle for nothing later   We settle for nothing now   And we'll settle for nothing later      If we don't take action now   We settle for nothing later   We'll settle for nothing now   And we'll settle for nothing later