[L'il Kim]
I'm steady tryna find a motive, (motive)
Why do what I did?
Freedom aint gettin no closer, (closer)
Slapped with a one year bid,
My friends were shootin' (shootin'), an altercation (cation),
The court's disputin' (disputin'), and now they done caught me,
And I get locked up,

[Chorus]
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (I'm locked up)
They won't let me out no, they wont let me out, (I'm locked up)
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (I'm locked up)
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out

[L'il Kim]
Comin' through with my lawyer (lawyer),
Make it up the courtoom steps (steps),
They all ask me who fired (fired),
Gotta protect my rep (rep),
Spendin' so much money, (money)
Guess I didn't understand, (stand)
They put me on the stand,
And as I raised my right hand, told a lie and got locked up

[CHORUS]
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (my people, I'm locked up)
They won't let me out no, they wont let me out, (I got locked up)
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (baby girl I'm locked up)
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out

Incarceration will slowly go by,
No more wearing silk and Gucci,
My hair is getting nappy,
My cell mates tryin' to get my coochie,
Can't wait to get out and move forward with my life,
Got a cellmate who keeps on thinkin' that I'm her wife
Oh my God, I'm here locked up

[CHORUS]
They won't let me out, they won't let me out,
(ohhh I'm locked up)
They won't let me out no, they wont let me out,
(my people I'm locked up)
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (I'm locked up)
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out

(repeat till fade out)