PRISM VIEW

Coming home in the evening I’m feeling hungry
I’m late again, baby I still got no money
You’ve been in class all day and have no food ready
Say it’s been a long day and you’re too tired to make any
I want you to treat me like I’m sitting on a throne
And you say you need some years before this house becomes a home

We live together, sleep together, eat together, weep together
You know as well as I do that we need each other
But the murder that you did in silence
Hurt me more than the one I did in violence

Couple of months later I’m casing up this place to rob
Don’t have drugs to sell, can’t find a legitimate job
And you- you’re doing great with high marks in school
It’s embarrassing to me, you make me look like a fool
I’ve done everything in life and want a family
You’re telling me it would interfere with university
Winter is storming and last month’s rent is due
Our baby has spent three of his first nine months with you
And I’m warning you that murder done in silence
Is just as wrong as if it’s done in violence

So now I’m dropping rocks and making a lot of money
I’ve got gold on my fingers and diamonds on my honey
I’m not scared of death, he’s already came close
And I’ve heard junkies scream as they blackout in an overdose

It’s hard for me just trying to remain free
Seems like every undercover cop is out there to get me
I think a cop’s lifestyle is worse than what I choose
They shot a sixteen-year-old on the six o’clock news
And the murder that they did with violence
Was just as wrong as what I did in silence