"Handcuffs" lyrics - LUPE FIASCO

All right they're kinda sketchy... but I hope you like em!

Handcuffs
You know wut I'm sayin' you know sum niggas really out there bad
You know wut I'm sayin' sum niggas is forced in positions where they gota do things where they don't wana do it you know wut I'm sayin' so sum nigas forced 2 dope sell dope sum nigas forced 2 pimp you know wut I'm sayin' but you got sum nigas out there that just lazy you know wut I'm sayin' they nigas ain't forced 2 do nothin' nigas got other options they jus choose not 2 do 'em you know

Sittin' in the back of the police car position your mission is forgettin deny they existas thinking of different ways to keep from submitten and contain and not to mention like dat grandma keep police in the second edition (I think that's it) with the walls so you can barely fit in
Knees is touchin the front seat shiftin 'cause ye handcuffs is cutting ye wrists and ye pushin that he wud drive fasta please but he slows through the hood as he drives past the free it's cool but you trippin' the quicka you get there the quicka you sit there cuffed to bench and they playin' good cop bad cop one of them pretendin so you rewind urself to ur under easy recline in the back of the police car handcuffed in the seatbelt

Nah you ain't gota quicken the pase they just giv me more time 2 sit in the race alibine alius switch and replace think about then forget about an escape thank god that I'm up in the states 'cause if I wuz in Russia who wud know how theyd do a hustla w8 I ain't a hustla I'm str8 I'm dam near a busta no laws I break

Money I neva seen guna I didn't hold drugs I neva sold cars I didn't make niga this is a waste of your time and mine I'm comfortable I'm fine a case this ain't even a fine you ain't find nutin homie not even a dime not even a dime that wud drop die moment (I think) I no you is dyin' so you put a dime on it I know that's a crime you supposed 2 fight crime for me protectin the serve prosecute correct and return to the homies and that's gona send them direct 2 the curb so you can put it back on me

[Chorus: backround saying handcuffs:]
You knoe don't get me wrong sum ppl ain't got no optionsu no wut I'm sayin' they surrounded 'cause they ain't vaumet (no idea that's a guess) and the way that society works on things actually forces them into rexment (no idea) you now wut I'm sayin' to the point where they got no options so they gota go out there and carry guns and they carry guna to protect the dope

Sittin' in the front of the police car position is mission is bendin pinnin charges on niggas even if they didn't he sittin' in court lyin' testifyin againt defendants like that uh and he love 2 choke nigas he don't trip with the rich he jus like the broke niggas probly did more dirt in the street then most niggas even the old ppl don't like 'em cuza the way he approach niggas niga you ain't no betta then me just a hustla with a badge confiscate the dope money put it with ur retirement hope money you ain't building no playgrounds in the poor for sum cash that ain't a pention that's a shoe box stash with a glock to protect it we both undercova check it thinking that the good we do don't out wigh the centa that we do to collect it sayin' this fore the community they don't value us only a round 'cause the property value up and they gota clear the streets before they put the houses up put them 200 thousands up feel him don't get payd enough to kick in doors raid and cuff so use wut nigas get on the street a settlement that the wage is cut so we gota keep just enough nigas out there hustling to keep this paper up like that maybe he shud be in them handcuffs

(Whisper handcuffs and finish the song)