I'm pulling off your fingernails one by one by one by one I'm pulling off your fingernails one by one by one by one ♪ God as my witness, no more compromise I'm in the fight of my life I've picked up the language and speaking it nice I'm in the fight of my life But they taught me vicious, so they recognize I'm in the fight for my life Blood on your hands, and now blood covers mine Having the time of my life with your fingernails One by one by one by one Pulling off your fingernails One by one by one by one Pulling off your fingernails Out here promising to do my best Out here thinking I don't know what's next, out here One by one by one by one Pulling off your fingernails one by one Violence is history, and history has rhymed We got the fight of our lives Sign the petitions so peaceful, so quiet We got the fight of our lives I won't be no victim, won't be no messiah I'm in the fight for my life The days meant for love and the days meant for ire I had the time of my life I'm pulling off your fingernails one by one Pulling off your fingernails one by one By one by one by one by one Pulling off your fingernails One by one by one by one Pulling off your fingernails Out here promising to do my best Out here thinking I don't know what's next, out here One by one by one by one Pulling off your fingernails one by one Why you wasted? Why you wasted? Why you wasted? Why you wasted? ♪ One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one One by one by one by one Out here promising to do my best Out here thinking I don't know what's next, out here Pulling off your fingernails one by one by one by one