[Verse 1: Tom Scott] Just sittin' in my lonely cell, with my lonely self And nothin more than my thoughts - no one else I got my cell mate misery he knows me well He keep me company and help me to, open my mail And a, he'll never tell anybody my secrets That I keep, deep, underneath sheets of refill Cause, people are lethal, like the injection You can never quite tell, despite the impressions so I never let screws, up in my mind You wanna search my cell I got nothin' to hide You wanna frame me, kill me, milk me of my purity But they can't penetrate my maximum security We're livin' in a world, wild full of wickedness Where people treated like they're prisoners with no visitors Every day, but I'm gonna figure out an escape plan Gotta get up out of this cage man, they say that [Hook] Prison is a state of mind I'm doin' time Misery is a mate of mine I heard that Prison is a state of mind I'm doin' time Misery is a mate of mine They Say that Prison is a state of mind I'm doin' time Misery is a mate of mine It Feels like Prison is a state of mind I'm doing time... [Verse 2: Tom Scott] Sometimes i feel as if I'm doin' life But, am I really alive? Or just surviving inside solitary confinement? In the mind, I'm too scared of thinking out side of I've had these bars so long, I can't tell who's behind them Shit, guess I sold myself to the cell Turned myself in and told myself that I failed It's like, my biggest monster is my own consciousness A con conned by his own self confidence Chained up in the cuffs of his own thoughts Opportunity rung, I hung myself by the phone cord Wanting for more than we hope for Livin' in paradise, thinkin' 'bout jumpin' the gold wall Sit and think in my wrinkled jumpsuit About my life on the outside as a young dude I take a blunt spoon out of the lunch room And try to dig a hole to the old I once knew [Hook] Prison is a state of mind I'm doin' time Misery is a mate of mine I heard that Prison is a state of mind I'm doin' time Misery is a mate of mine They Say that Prison is a state of mind I'm doin' time Misery is a mate of mine It Feels like Prison is a state of mind I'm doing time... [Nas sample (scratched):] "Even my brain's in handcuffs" "Born alone, die alone" [Voice clip:] It's like this everyday. You get up, you go somewhere, you work, you comeback, and you walk an hour, and then you lay down, you take a nap, and you watch the news, and then you go eat supper, you come back and watch TV, and then you go to bed. And the next day, you get up and do the same thing over again. But it's not that different from what you do. It's prison!
The greatest Lyricist to come out of NZ
*the whole universe
One of the best lyricists of our time, and when they write the history he won't even be a footnote
@@nobody838 agreed, a lot of talented people in history not recognized
@@nobody838my girlfriend calls him the Picasso of this generation and it's hard to disagree lol
Tom Scott, lyrical genius 😍❤️
[Verse 1: Tom Scott]
Just sittin' in my lonely cell, with my lonely self
And nothin more than my thoughts - no one else
I got my cell mate misery he knows me well
He keep me company and help me to, open my mail
And a, he'll never tell anybody my secrets
That I keep, deep, underneath sheets of refill
Cause, people are lethal, like the injection
You can never quite tell, despite the impressions so
I never let screws, up in my mind
You wanna search my cell I got nothin' to hide
You wanna frame me, kill me, milk me of my purity
But they can't penetrate my maximum security
We're livin' in a world, wild full of wickedness
Where people treated like they're prisoners with no visitors
Every day, but I'm gonna figure out an escape plan
Gotta get up out of this cage man, they say that
[Hook]
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doin' time
Misery is a mate of mine
I heard that
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doin' time
Misery is a mate of mine
They Say that
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doin' time
Misery is a mate of mine
It Feels like
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doing time...
[Verse 2: Tom Scott]
Sometimes i feel as if I'm doin' life
But, am I really alive?
Or just surviving inside solitary confinement?
In the mind, I'm too scared of thinking out side of
I've had these bars so long, I can't tell who's behind them
Shit, guess I sold myself to the cell
Turned myself in and told myself that I failed
It's like, my biggest monster is my own consciousness
A con conned by his own self confidence
Chained up in the cuffs of his own thoughts
Opportunity rung, I hung myself by the phone cord
Wanting for more than we hope for
Livin' in paradise, thinkin' 'bout jumpin' the gold wall
Sit and think in my wrinkled jumpsuit
About my life on the outside as a young dude
I take a blunt spoon out of the lunch room
And try to dig a hole to the old I once knew
[Hook]
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doin' time
Misery is a mate of mine
I heard that
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doin' time
Misery is a mate of mine
They Say that
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doin' time
Misery is a mate of mine
It Feels like
Prison is a state of mind
I'm doing time...
[Nas sample (scratched):]
"Even my brain's in handcuffs"
"Born alone, die alone"
[Voice clip:]
It's like this everyday. You get up, you go somewhere, you work, you comeback, and you walk an hour, and then you lay down, you take a nap, and you watch the news, and then you go eat supper, you come back and watch TV, and then you go to bed. And the next day, you get up and do the same thing over again. But it's not that different from what you do. It's prison!
Track is so deep, I can feel it from the other side of our planet still
Still here in 2023. Tom Scott is SO underrated. Chur
Thank you for uploading. Couldn't watch the originals!
2021 waddup
The motif on haz shirt.. victory
Such a deep and clever song with the lyrical genius in Tom! Still feeling this from over the ditch 11 years later it hits that hard
dope... this album is 5* for sure.. nice seeing it live
homebrew crew is the biznes. NZ rap at its best
I elevate my feet to elevate my mind and dedicate time for me just to waste time!! hahahaha My escape plan!
Love these guys. @peace
Even my souls in handcuffs
Keep this up boys, dope tunes. Killing it live too
Jesus man that second verse is so killer hits deep much love Tom and the boys
I take a blunt spoon out of the lunchroom and try did a hole to the old I once knew , love you Tom
thanks for uploading good man
This song is so deep and real this the realest shit out
love you brothers mmm
How does this have less then 100,000 views...
Love this and youz
awesome
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The man
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This man said when opportunity called he hung himself by the phone call..it literally made me just speechless so elite lyrically
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this guys music bruh it's so deep but man wish he was still with hombrew but happy with the move to avantdale bowling club
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