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I was born in Cincinnati My daddy worked on the river The work dried up back around that time And he took us down to West Virginia See my night trouble started early I was stealing and gettin' in fights Smoking and drinking by age thirteen Skipping class and getting high When I quit school at fifteen My daddy put me out My mama cried, waved goodbye Never heard such a lonesome sound I went to staying with my best friend's brother Made his living cooking speed Says a man can always get by Who can cook it up nice and clean So I stuck around for a couple years 'Til he was busted in '89 Was eighteen years old, out on my own Out to get what I saw as mine By '92 I was twenty-one Letras de cancionesI was back out on the street Two whole years of county time Charged with manufacturing Now I was aware [there'd come a new thing?] Took like wildfire to the hills Speed was no longer king Now everybody was wantin' pills Now you might say that I'm just the type To seek his honey at the source So me and this cat that I met back in county We started robbin' drugstores Lord, we was reckless We was high as a Tennessee pine You gotta know a junkie's gonna let you down It's just a matter of time And when our time come, it was midnight Two weeks ago in Morgantown Was knocking off a little local Just when the clock run out We were all packed up Turned out to be quite a score Had the car waitin' in the alley Was walking out the door Well my partner takes two steps outside He stops and he hollers, "Police!" A voice that I didn't recognize Said, "Son don't you so much as breathe" And then I come out over my partner's shoulder And I squeezed off a couple shots First time I ever pointed a gun at a man And I done killed a cop Now it's a fact, you can't get a bullet back Once you've pulled the trigger And there's no way in hell They was ever gonna stop looking for a cop-killer Looking back, I knew it all along Knew we never had a chance Right now I know it makes no difference That I never meant to kill that man But now I'm held up in a hotel in Canton Surrounded by police No way I'm gettin' out alive There's no way I'm going free So I'm twenty-four years old I was trouble most of my days But I must say that I never thought It was gonna end this way And of all of my regrets The two that trouble me most I wish I could've been better to my mama And wish I'd never took a shot of dope So Lord, if you're listening I never asked much of you And I already know I ain't going to heaven If what they say is true Then you'll forgive me What I'm 'bout to do From Letras Mania