Somebody told me about it   When I was still a little boy   He said to me, crime does not pay   He said to me, education is the key, yeah      As a little boy I thought I know   What I was doing, yeah, man   But today, here I am in jail      I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner      I looked all around me   But to see nothing   But four gray walls staring at me      The policeman said to me, ?Son   They won' t build no schools anymore   All they' ll build will be prison, prison   All they' ll build will be prison, prison   All they' ll build will be prison, prison?   'Cos today, yeah      I am a prisoner   I am a prisoner   I'm a prisoner, dear Lord      I asked the policeman and said   ?How much must I pay for my freedom??   He said to me, ?Son   They won' t build no schools anymore   They won' t build no hospitals   They won' t build no hospitals?      ?All they' ll build will be prison, prison   All they' ll build will be prison, prison   All they' ll build will be prison, prison   All they' ll build will be prison, prison?      I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner      I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner      I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner   I'm a prisoner   ...