Traded In My Cigarettes

There's people inside Telling me to watch my back If I wanna survive I gotta stop them in their tracks They've been making life hard Oh, they've been taking me for a fool So I saved up all my cigarettes And I traded them in for a tool 'Cause, yeah, you know I've gotta get tough now, baby I gotta do what I gotta do Because, yeah, you know Things are getting rough now, baby Tell me what I'm supposed to do Doing my time In a cage that ain't fit for a rat Waiting to die What kind of bad existence is that? Oh, I don't wanna hurt nobody, no, no But what choice do I have? If I don't do something crazy They're gonna keep coming back 'Cause, yeah, you know I've gotta get tough now, baby Gotta do what I gotta do 'Cause, yeah, you know Things are getting rough now, baby Ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no, no, no They've been making things hard Oh, they've been making my life bad So I traded in my cigarettes So when they come I can protect myself So when they come I can protect myself So when they come I can protect myself From these demons Haunting me like ghosts Someone tell me I'm dreaming This all up in my head Someone wake me up from my bed Tell me this ain't really happening Gotta get tough now, baby I gotta do what I gotta do 'Cause, yeah you know Things are getting rough now, baby I ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no Things are getting tough now, baby I gotta do what I gotta do Because, yeah, you know Things are getting rough now, baby Ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no Things are getting tough now I gotta do what I gotta do 'Cause, yeah, you know Things are getting rough now I ain't got nothing left to lose, no, no, no, no