Punishment

Album: Urban Discipline (1992)
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  • I question not me, it only happens to others
    I can't deny reality as lite gets smothered

    If the lines can be read between
    Maybe you can tell me then what it all means
    'Cause he who paints the big picture
    Runs the whole scene

    Locked down, I gotta get it out
    Impending doom, a cloud above my head
    Why me? My faith has been devout
    Blasphemous, am I better off dead?

    Punishment for all my sins

    A burning thought inside my mind
    Has me full of pity for all of human kind
    As we move forth, we fall further behind

    Fear of death, will my life go on?
    Controlled fate on the corner rolling dice
    Punishment but I've done nothing wrong in my eyes
    Who really pays the fucking price

    My lament for the human race
    Guilty punishment for all my sins

    Dread the day that brings the truth
    Punishment for what I've done, sentence me for all my sins
    Bound in fear for what I've got though not much it seems a lot
    Life is death and no one wins

    Bustin' my ass, another day another dollar
    As I kneel down and I confess to the Father
    That I'm suffering a burning question of the truth
    Whether or not to pull the trigger or to jump right off the roof
    'Cause I did things normal and just like all my friends
    But now I'm positive and life it all ends

    Punishment, for all my sins, I repent

    In reality, we all must face the fact
    That the majority of the people are out there smoking crack
    Getting doped up, shooting that shit into their veins
    The question must be asked if we have any brains left

    Or right or wrong in this song
    A question we all ask and must answer before long
    'Cause no one is safe in this world, what's the deal
    The sentence is death and to what court do I appeal?

    Punishment for all my sins, I repent
    Punishment

    Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee
    Writer/s: DANIEL SCHULER, EVAN SEINFELD, ROBERT SCOTT HAMBEL, WILLIAM DANIEL, IV GRAZIADEI
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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