SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

I'm alone
I feel
The shadows crawl across me
My heart 
It aches
From those who double crossed me
While working with demons 
Some souls
Is what it cost me
Raging in turmoil
Feeding the monster 
The one inside of me
Despite all the warnings
It's ought not
That I'd see
Blind in past lives 
But real as can be
I live in a free country
But knew freedom not
I came from a school
I call it hard knocks
I lived for the streets 
While stacking my knots
But what truly happened
It's not what I thought
It was supposed to be lovely
Not bucking off shots
With my Austrian plastics 
You got it my Glocks 
Where is the joy
I'm running from cops
I Never stay solitaire
They're on me 
I'm hott
My spots are all burnt
There's flames on my block
How can I change 
When I can't even stop
The odds were against me
And so was the clock
It was either life in a cell
Or death from a shot
But the one time 
They got me
And everything stopped
I still hear the clank 
from those doors when they locked 
But time 
It afforded me
I cleared up my thoughts
A blessing it was
For now 
I fear not
So I gave up my life
my soul it's been bought
Redeemed by the Son
So my soul would not rot
He claimed me 
His love
It's everlasting
Won't stop
And my will 
I surrendered it
So I do 
as I'm taught
And now I've overcome
The battles I fought!