Mugshot (feat. Napoleon Maddox)

I stand accused
Of a dream and a game plan
And talkin' on a loop like Rain Man
For me it adds up, and you don't have to understand
You sit where you sit, I stand where I stand
Ain't it just grand how folks do
They lost hope wanting you to lose it too, hmm
That's something that I can't do
So you accuse me of living foolishly
Who gotta live this life though, you or me?
And yo it's s'posed to be, if you close to me
'Stead of taking mugshots, you coaching me
So I know how convicts must feel
Had big dreams now they got raw deals
Close a school and open a jail
Like Hugo said, and I can tell
Them dream killers, made him mad as hell

You know I made my mind up
That's why I'm in your line-up
Your line-up
I made my mind up (Yo)

Heartbreak don't take no P.O.W.'s
When your past come around, try to trouble you
What you gonna do? (What you gonna do?)
Try make my truth into your truth?
Like it's my fault that you didn't do what you always wanted to, huh
I got news for you, no matter what we do
A good sounding lie won't make it true

You know I made my mind up
That's why I'm in your line-up
Your line-up

You only taking mugshots 'cause I'm dreaming
Living the dreams you find hard to believe in
But hey I'm busting out of your precinct
You gotta charge me or you gotta release me
Release me
Release me

Oh
I was kinda tied up, they had me in a line up
But had to cut me loose 'cause I was alibied up
It's really quite tough when your friends roll up
And try to son you real quick 'cause they won't man up
Dapper Dan tux, looking like a million bucks
But still a hot mess just all dressed up
Useless excuses, we know what the truth is
I'm sorry, in the pudding is where the proof is
If all you got is this weak evidence
Then I'll see you in court with all your charges
All your targets, all your misses
Late parties and early disses
It ain't my fault that you got caught
Now blaming me for what I'm not
This is your line up and your mugshot

You only taking mugshots 'cause I'm dreaming
Living the dreams you find hard to believe in
But hey I'm busting out of your precinct
You gotta charge me or you gotta release me
So this is what it feels like
At the precinct
At midnight
Taking mugshots
Under bright lights
It don't feel right
It's so ill like
Uh, yo
This is what it feels like
At the precinct
At midnight
Taking mugshots
Under bright lights
It don't feel right
It's so ill like
Oh!

Yo, this is what it feels like
At the precinct
At midnight
Taking mugshots
Under bright lights
It don't feel right
It's so ill like
Oh man