Abbey Lincoln Fighting Against Convictions lyrics

Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions. (repeat)

I find myself growing in an environment

Where finding food is just as hard as paying the rent.

In trodding these roads of trials and tribulations

I've seen where some have died in desperation

To keep battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

Battering down Sentence,

And fighting against convictions.

In a family of ten and raised in the ghetto

Hustling is the only education I know.

Can't grow no crops in this concrete jungle.

A situation like this is getting too tough to handle,

To keep battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

With a pregnant woman, yes,

And five kids to care for.

Can't cool my heals. I've got to do the town.

As skillful as I am the jailer-man is bound to find me.

I pray the day will come when I shall be free from

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Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

To be trapped and caught and taken

Before judge and angry jury.

Pleading before men who seem to have no mercy.

Can't afford to find myself down in the dungeon

I've got to stay free, so that my kids won't be

Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.

Now a fugitive at large

Could this be my destiny,

With no one to care for the welfare of my family?

But in Solitude I've found new faith and hope

In this I'll be secure.

For mind and soul would soon be weary,

Just conldn't take no more

Battering down Sentence,

Fighting against convictions.