There's someone banging on my wall
I turn the volume up to full

I don't know who it is
Or why they don't like me
I don't feel safe in the street
There's something nagging in my head
I turn my body out of bed

I draw the curtains on another brand new day
Mrs. Jones and friend just look away
I'm prisoner number one
I won't get parole
'Cause I carry a gun
Prisoner number one
Prisoner number one
We're all prisoners
We're all prisoners
We're all prisoners here
♪
Last thing I remember Tuesday night
Is three white wonders waiting for a fight

Mrs. Jones walked by me as I lay there on our street
She knows I'm a black boy underneath

I'm prisoner number one
I won't get parole
'Cause I carry a gun
Prisoner number one
Prisoner number one
We're all prisoners
We're all prisoners
We're all prisoners here
♪
We're all prisoners
Always caught
In the life and death of each other's thoughts
♪
I'm prisoner number one (Oh-oh)
Prisoner number one (Oh-woah-oh)
Prisoner number one (Oh-oh)
Prisoner number one
I'm prisoner number one
I won't get parole
'Cause I carry a gun
Prisoner number one
Prisoner number one
We're all prisoners
We're all prisoners
We're all prisoners here
♪
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh!