The rules were there to make someone else's life easy Not mine And making things less difficult for me Wasn't worth their time And the cruelty that seemed to be Without reason or rhyme I now see so clearly Was by design For me the path was closed Long before I chose not to follow I was born into my woes I was led to all my sorrows And though there were those Who promised me a better tomorrow They never came close So I had to steal what I couldn't borrow I was given no choice but to sin While I was told to not I was imprisoned Long before I was caught I was always going to be a victim No matter how I fought Me and all the other men They refuse to call slaves Even though we are never paid As much as we are bought