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General, general, general penitentiary, general penitentiary 

Down in the dump cell, where I can't take no smell 
It's like a oven baking for 2 thousand years 
When the morning comes, I & I would run to get some tea 
Here comes the boss with his baton 
Say dreadlocks you don't come here 
To drink pea soup and fatten ooh oh 

R:

As time and time go by 
It's the set for the same everyday 
So if you can't do the time don't bother with no crime 
Cause the food that you take to save your life can let you lose it the same 

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It's a warehouse of human slavery 
And it doesn't help for a person who need a weekly salary 
So if your eyes can't be fulfilled and satisfied 
A lot more to come and see those chastised mmmmmm yeah 

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