[Verse] Could've been an architect or a scientist Now I'm sitting in a cell, looking back at my years Rethinking all the choices, I was foolish as hell But that's life, you live and learn, now I'm stuck in this cell Could've been a lawyer or an engineer Rethinking my decisions as I sit in this cell It's a tough world out there and I fell into the trap Stuck in a world of crime, never turned back Now I'm stuck in a cell Looking at the next twenty-five years of hell Wasted my years, I was a young buck Doing what I wanted, didn't give a fuck Living fast and now I'm dying slow Got so many years to go The life I chose, and now I'm paying for it Should've learned from the people who did it before And told me, "Don't do it," but I thought that I knew it All, turns out I was wrong, and that's just the way it goes Took it for granted, I ain't thinking 'bout it, but now I know Should've been a cop or a firefighter Now I'm stuck in a cell, I don't see the light of Day, my mistakes got me sitting in this cell Rethinking all my choices, should've did something else But that's life, you live and learn Rethinking my decisions as I sit in this cell Got so many years to go It's a tough world out there, now I know
