You are the one who ransacked my life
You are the one who stole my identity
You are the one who locked me up
You are the one who holds me hostage

I am a prisoner to a crime I didn’t commit

Why do you continue to talk?
When everything you say is written in chalk
The wind blows and it all gets swept away
But it remains in my life day after agonizing day

I am a prisoner to a crime I didn’t commit

When will I see Shaw Shank Redemption?
Where do I vote for the right to emancipation?
How do I find my liberation?
Why is forgiveness the key to my salvation?

I am a prisoner to a crime I didn’t commit

Give me my last supper, read me my final rights
Take me home Lord, put an end to this fight
Execute me, put me in the gas chamber
I don’t want a ‘Stay’, I can’t live out the remainder

I am a prisoner to a crime I didn’t commit

Maybe someday DNA will set me free
Despite my inheritance of misery
Ironically you gave it gave it all to me
And with it took my prison key

A final court hearing could clear my name
You gave it to me at birth and it’s still the same!