Locked Up

Album

Trouble

Label

SRC (Street Records Corporation)

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Composer(s)

Akon Thiam

Entered Chart

Jun 12, 2004

Peak Date

Oct 9, 2004

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

SRC/Universal 002245

Akon was born in Senegal and his family moved to New Jersey, USA when he was 7. His father is the jazz percussionist Mor Thiam. This song tells of a drug runner who ends up locked up in jail. It is autobiographical apart from the fact that Akon was jailed for armed robbery, not drugs. >> Prior to his successful singing career, Akon spent three years in jail for car theft. In an interview with Clayton Perry on Blogcritics Magazine, the Sengalese artist said that getting locked up was a turning point. He explained: "Sitting there in jail, I thought, 'Oh, my life can't be like this. There's got to be another way.' You know what I'm saying? That's when I even got the idea of making a record called "Locked Up," creating a new vision for the future, like, 'When I get out, this is what I plan to do.' It opened up doors for other things that I wanted to do. Music was relevant at that point. That's when I knew exactly what time it was."

J'me suis fait coffrer comme un naze, en gard'av' comme un trophée
J'déambule en ien-ch dans ma cellule
Négro j'repense au Sénégal, à l'île de Gorée
41 balles pour un contrôle, le roi de la pop décoloré
Tout l'monde y est allergique
Certains craquent, tremblent, certains se coupent les veines
Certains s'pendent pour être à l'air libre
Bosser pour survivre, dealer pour vivre
Pour que tu kiffes sur l'habillage, que ta biatch kiffe l'équipe
La rue t'attends, la rue te regarde
Dans mes rêves y a que des putes, hélicoptères, échelles, grenades
Sûr d'aller en calèche, d'y faire un p'tit stage
C'est pas du ma-nec', la taule les halls les tours de manèges
Certains figurent dans le Guinness pour leurs aller-retours
Premier samedi du mois ton ADN dans un Kleenex
Sinon dans ma cellule, j'fais des pompes j'écris des textes, j'taf
Et sur les murs j'ai des photos d'tass', kho

I'm steady trynna find a motive (motive)
Why do what I do? (Okay)
'Cause freedom ain't gettin' no closer (closer)
No matter how far I go
My car is stolen (stolen) no registration ('tration)
Cops patrollin' (patrollin') and now they done stop me
And I get locked up

They won't let me out, they won't let me out
'Cause I'm locked up
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out
My nigga 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

I'm headin' uptown to re-up (re-up)
Back with a couple keys (keys)
The corner block's on fire (fire)
Undercovers dressed as fiends (fiends)
Makin' so much money (money)
Ride up smooth and fast (fast)
Put away the stash (stash)
And as I sold the last bag fucked around
And got locked up

They won't let me out, they won't let me out
I got locked up
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out
My nigga I'm 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 (B2O) they won't let me out

Sur terre, j'ai pû compter sur ma parole, la drogue et la daronne
745i, 9.2. Izi
Tous les chemins mènent à Rome ou à Washington
Sisi j'enfile un passe-montagne, démons et anges m'accompagnent
T'es dans le coffre de la bagnole, tu payes sans faire d'chichis
Moi j'suis à Cuba, sirote un sky à la piscine
Un peu de biff la rue est bleu ciel
Prises 22 voilà les kissdés, le crime paie jusqu'à la perquis'

'Cause visitation no longer comes by (kho, comes by)
Seems like they forgot about me ('bout me)
Commissary is getting empty (empty)
My cellmates getting food without me (without me)
Can't wait to get out and move forward with my life (move on with my life)
Got a family that loves me and wants me to do right
But instead I'm here locked up

They won't let me out, they won't let me out
I got locked up
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out
Baby girl I'm locked up
They won't let me out (oh, oh, oh) they won't let me out
Baby I'm locked up
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out

So can you pay me a visit? (They won't let me out)
Send me some magazines (they won't let me out)
Send me some money orders (they won't let me out, no)
And pay me a visit baby (they won't let me out)

'Cause I'm locked up
(Sénégal, Sénégal) they won't let me out
Now where's my lawyer
They won't let me out (Akon, B2O kho)
Said I'm locked up
They won't let me out (sisi) no, they won't let me out

'Cause I'm locked up, locked up