Lyrics Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Back Against The Wall

Sittin' here waiting for tomorrow

I don't think it'll ever come

Well, just think that I'm a young dude

My whole life is almost gone

Well, well, this prison life's a pressure

Keeps my back against the wall

Constant look out for the snakes and the bandits

I keep my back against the wall

(Back against the wall)

Back against the wall

My friends now have all but cut me lose

On the outside playing safe

It's alright

'Cause in here is just like leaving the homeland, baby

If I survive [?] love your face

You're just a number from the past

I'm still sittin' here today

I don't know nothin' about my future, baby

But with my life I gotta pay

They got my back against the wall

(Back against the wall)

Back against the wall

(Back) against the wall

(Back) against the wall

My back against the wall

Back against the wall

Back against the wall

Sittin' here waiting for tomorrow

Don't think it'll ever come

Just to think that I'm a young dude

Well, my whole life is almost gone

Well, street con brother showed me the ropes

[?] dealin' in the street

Took my mind, woman, and damn near my soul

Judge prison sentence then cut me deep

They had my back against the wall

My back against the wall

Back against the wall

My back against the wall

My back against the wall

Back against the wall

Back against the wall

Back against the wall

Back against the wall

Back against the wall

Wall

(Back against the wall)

Wall

Back against, back against the wall