Grip the bars that hold my mind And pace the cell that's stuck in time Immune to change and far from love I curse this world and God above Life is a cage when you're framed and confined Sentence of pain 25 to life I breathe in the sky as I recall the past And realize these are my last Need to kill this painful lie Look over shoulder with my hand on knife I can't keep living my life this way I'll do my time but I won't behave Life is a cage when you're framed and confined Sentence of pain 25 to life I breathe in the sky as I recall the past And realize these are my last The road to hell is paved with good intent Pass barbed wire and cyclone fence Destiny lies far from this place A cemetery plot my final resting place Got to break this soulless cage Return my life to human shape A hell on earth is what they say Kill or be killed same shit different day Life is a cage when you're framed and confined Sentence of pain 25 to life I breathe in the sky as I recall the past And realize these are my last I breathe in the sky as I recall the past And realize these are my last 5 steps of freedom 5 steps of freedom 5 steps of freedom 5 steps 5 steps 5 steps 5