Fighting Against Conviction Lyrics - Singles - Bunny Wailer

Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions 

Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions 

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, fighting against convictions 

In a family of ten and raised in the ghetto 

Hustling's 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, all day long, fighting against convictions 

With a pregnant woman, yes, and five kids to care for 

Can't cool my heels, I've got to do the town 

Skillful as I am, the jailer-man is bound to find me 

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

Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions 

Battering down sentence, all live long day, 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 dungeons 

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

Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions 

Battering down sentence, all live long day now, fighting against convictions 

Now a fugitive at large could this be my destiny 

With no one to care for the welfare of my family 

In solitude I've found new faith and hope in this I'll be secure 

For mind and soul would soon be weary just couldn't take no more 

Battering down sentence, all live long day, fighting against convictions 

Children hear me when I say 

Battering down sentence, all day long, fighting against convictions 

Hear me when I sing my song 

Battering down sentence, fighting against convictions