Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Tryin' to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waitin' for redemption, survivin' in a bind
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Tryin' to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waitin' for redemption, survivin' in a bind
Talk about payin' the ultimate price
Hurricane been incarcerated all of his life
Started out at like 12, trapped in the belly of hell
Grew into a man inside of a cell, yo
Anger just swell up, at an early age that developed
Hot-headed, now it ain't shit y'all can tell him
They said he's on the road to become a felon
But instead, he swung blows that'll split your melon
He did his thing and was the king of the ring, undisputed
Started makin' noise but they tried to mute it
They put him through it, for him to make the system look stupid
They'd rather look you in the face and shoot it
And leave your spot looted, or leave your whole life blank futured
And caught, when you scream "I didn't do it"
With sweat leakin' from the outline of your soluid
Don't understand the point that you at or how the hell you came to it
Flashback to images of that night, out in Paterson
They pulled him over headin' home from a gatherin'
And when they told him the charge, it kinda baffled him
Murder in the first for the champ, he don't like that
A hurricane forever
Imagine you locked down forever
Could y'all stand the weather? Could you hold it together?
Tell me that you know the pain, yo
Imagine if your life was like a hurricane, a hurricane
Forever, imagine you locked down forever
Could y'all stand the weather? You built for that weather?
Yo, know what I'm sayin'? Know what I'm sayin'?
Nobody knows the troubled scene, this flick left me wonderin'
What can become of kings? A young kid, summer dream deferred
Incident occurred, freedom blurred
A freedom that would only be retrieved again in words
Later on, the cops, y'all know what they be on
A nigga's life is like a field that they play upon
Away and gone from, natural life for a soul he had to fight
Learnin' himself, sleep days, stay up past the light
Amongst dead men walkin', he got afterlife
Exercisin', developin' his knack to write
Never leavin' his cell, in this world he trapped himself
What he loved on the outside world detached himself
You know the cards blacks get dealt by the system
He drew a picture of freedom with many dimensions
This picture proved to be bigger than black or white
A young soul named Lesra brought him back to life
It's amazin' to a man what a book can do
And how certain books seem to look for you
This is the story of a champion's fall and rise
The story left me wipin' my eyes, peace, Guru
Forever, imagine you locked down forever
Could you stand the weather? Could you hold it together?
Tell me that you know the pain, yo
Imagine if your life was like a hurricane, a hurricane
Forever and ever, yo, locked down forever
Could you stand the weather? Yo, yo
I can't even explain the pain
Just imagine if your life was like a hurricane
Yes, I am the inescapable, the irresistible
The unnegotiable, the unchallenged (Who that?) I am time
I stole the measurements, control the elements
I hold the evidence, I tell the story (Say what?) I am time
I know no prejudice, I bear no sentiment
For wealth or settlements, I move forward (Who you?) I am time
You can't recover me, conceal or smuggle me
Retreat or run from me, crawl up or under me
You can't do much for me besides serve
Me well and have good dividends returned to you
Or attempt to kill me off and have me murder you
Many have wasted me, but now they are facin' me
Treated me unfaithfully and now endure me painfully
Plainfully, I wait to see what history will have to be
Whose hearts will live or die inside the sake of me
Angels scribe the page for me, keep a
Full account of all the names for me
A man especially marked for hurricane, who gon' be damned for me?
A hurricane forever
Imagine you locked down forever
Could you stand the weather? Could you hold it together?
I can't even explain the pain
Imagine if your life was like a hurricane, a hurricane
Forever, imagine you locked down forever
And ever and ever, could you hold it together?
Yo, can't explain the pain with words, know what I'm sayin'?
Just imagine if your life was like a hurricane
The clouds clashed and the heavens gave birth to a storm
God placed it in a man on the day he was born
Convicted minutes after, a true natural disaster
Framed for manslaughter, the hurricane Carter risin'
From out the south water, like torrential rain
In the ring, no opponent escaped unscathed
You can't believe the world we live in's injust
All I see is more proof, there's no place for us
They had my man Carter locked in a cage, like an animal
Drivin' him to the point where the mind worked mechanical
And works by remote control, it was done to all of us
They tapped directly into our soul
Either it's Sing Sing, or it's bars around your mind
There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
In a six by six, a guilty man cries
For repentance and losses with innocence's
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Tryin' to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waitin' for redemption, survivin' in a bind
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Tryin' to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waitin' for redemption, survivin' in a bind
Imagine you locked down forever
Could you stand the weather? Could you hold it together?
I can't even explain the pain, know what I'm sayin'?
Your life was like a hurricane, a hurricane
Forever, imagine behind bars forever
Could you stand the weather? You built for that?
Is you cut for that? Don't tell me that you know the pain
Your life was like a hurricane, yo
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Tryin' to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waitin' for redemption, survivin' in a bind
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Tryin' to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waitin' for redemption, survivin' in a bind
