[Refrain]
Drifting away, couldn't find a place to stay
Walking in the footsteps of it all
Drifting away, I couldn't find a place to stay
Walking in the footsteps of the Lord (Of the Lord)

[Verse 1]
Come down here in West Oakland
32nd and San Pablo Avenue
Things are just the same
As they were thirty years ago today

[Refrain]
Drifting away, couldn't find a place to stay
Walking in the footsteps of it all
I'm drifting away, I couldn't find a place to stay
Walking in the footsteps of the Lord

[Bridge]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
How they treated me bad
Oh, they treated me so bad when I was a runaway

[Chorus]
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely (Break out)
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
[Verse 2]
Y'all better wake up
Life and death here don't take up
Demons of the mind, let's shake up
Conspiracy lies
The laziest minds kill most of their time
A preacher
Spittin' dark rhymes through speakers
Candy for liars and tweakers
Standing in line for Air Jordan sneakers
No hustle, no grind

[Pre-Chorus]
I know that there's pressure in the world
I know that there's pressure in the world
Ah, what do you come for?
Ah, what do you come for?

[Chorus]
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely

[Verse 3]
Get out
Po-po here spying on a stakeout
Gotta find a way to break out
Thinking you was here
For chuckin' them spears at zodiac signs
Fake out
Dream machine crushers make out
Stealing your style, then chase out
All of your smiles
Compressing your spine 'til dust they grind
[Pre-Chorus]
I know that there's pressure in the world
I know that there's pressure in the world
Ah, what do you come for?
Ah

[Chorus]
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely

[Bridge]
You can give a little bait, but don't give it all away
You can give a little bait, but don't give it all away

[Chorus]
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely
Locked down in this hole, oh, it be so lonely