Behind Iron Bars

Behind iron bars for life
Not knowing this strife
Bringing pain and hurt
From a simple flirt

Killed one person that day
And all I have to say
Is that I want it back
So these bars will lack

I smoke this cigarette
Consumed by fear and sweat
Trying to hold on to life
Dodging the throwing knives

The knives of gangs
And the youths slangs
Trying to survive in here
Has brought me to my last tear

Only three months left now
Until I'm free like a cloud
But until that time comes
My wife and children's name I hum

So with my last farewell
I know I have failed
But am looking for a better future
With all these pains to cure.