Locked Up Chain (Remastered)

Country rap with half-time boom and dusty banjo snaps, trunk-rattling kick patterns, and a swung hat groove; verse 1 rides gritty female lead over acoustic twang and sparse bass, verse 2 answers in male baritone with tighter rhymes, pre-chorus strips to handclaps and drone, chorus hits with stacked harmonies and gang shouts on the anchor, Close-mic vocals, doubled hook lines, short delay throws on key words, chain jingle accents, reverse guitar swells into the lift, bright punchy mix with a rough rural edge, male vocals, rap, country

[Pre-Chorus]
[F] If humans can do magic
[F] Then why they hide it low?
[F] They shut the door, they hit the floor
[F] Then act like they don't know

[Chorus]
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Call it help, call it shame
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Dogs in a pen, still they blame
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] We still bite, we still sing
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Hurt people wear the same thing

[Verse 2]
[M] I knew a man with a joker grin
[M] Beat by life, then boxed back in
[M] Not every sin was born as sin
[M] Some got cooked by the room we live in
[M] A cage turns fear to a gang of men
[M] Turn one bruise to a thousand dents
[M] Treat 'em like wolves, they learn to run
[M] Then everybody fears the gun

[Pre-Chorus]
[M] If they taught us peace
[M] Instead of lock and key
[M] Would you still call us monsters
[M] Or would you set us free?

[Bridge]
[F] I hear your fear like footsteps
[M] I hear your rage like thunder
[Both] Put us behind cold steel
[Both] And you still act surprised at the hunger
[F] I can read your panic
[M] I can read your lies
[Both] We were born for something better
[Both] But they locked it in our eyes

[Final Chorus]
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Call it help, call it shame
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Dogs in a pen, still they blame
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] We still bite, we still sing
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Hurt people wear the same thing
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] Take my hand, don't let go
[Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain
[Both] We were never born to fold

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[Verse 1] [F] They called me wild, called me wrong [F] White walls, me, and a busted song [F] I learned to move the thought between [F] A blink, a grin, a hidden scream [F] I send you a picture, you send me pain [F] Same old rain in a paper chain [F] I ain't broke, I ain't lost my spark [F] I just know how to talk in the dark [Pre-Chorus] [F] If humans can do magic [F] Then why they hide it low? [F] They shut the door, they hit the floor [F] Then act like they don't know [Chorus] [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Call it help, call it shame [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Dogs in a pen, still they blame [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] We still bite, we still sing [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Hurt people wear the same thing [Verse 2] [M] I knew a man with a joker grin [M] Beat by life, then boxed back in [M] Not every sin was born as sin [M] Some got cooked by the room we live in [M] A cage turns fear to a gang of men [M] Turn one bruise to a thousand dents [M] Treat 'em like wolves, they learn to run [M] Then everybody fears the gun [Pre-Chorus] [M] If they taught us peace [M] Instead of lock and key [M] Would you still call us monsters [M] Or would you set us free? [Chorus] [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Call it help, call it shame [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Dogs in a pen, still they blame [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] We still bite, we still sing [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Hurt people wear the same thing [Bridge] [F] I hear your fear like footsteps [M] I hear your rage like thunder [Both] Put us behind cold steel [Both] And you still act surprised at the hunger [F] I can read your panic [M] I can read your lies [Both] We were born for something better [Both] But they locked it in our eyes [Final Chorus] [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Call it help, call it shame [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Dogs in a pen, still they blame [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] We still bite, we still sing [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Hurt people wear the same thing [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] Take my hand, don't let go [Both] Locked up chain, locked up chain [Both] We were never born to fold

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