This is life in this world
Some things go right
Some things go wrong

It's just how the world can be
People just want to be free
Yeah


The verdict came in and it said I was guilty
I looked at the judge

"Hey America built me."
Tried to get rich but they label me filthy
Only God can judge me

Touch me
Feel me


My friend calls me at nine o'clock
Says,"Get the car it's time to rock"
Never heard him speak this way

I grab the keys and hit the road
It's all a flash but who would know
How the story would unfold


Don't charge me for the crime
(wrong place wrong time)

Don't charge me for the crime
(wrong place wrong time)
Don't charge me for the crime


My friend gets in the car with bags
Filled to the top with loads of cash

And throws his pistol on the dash
Says, "I'm sorry for the crime
That I've involved you in this time

You're the only friend I've got"

Don't charge me for the crime

(wrong place wrong time)
Don't charge me for the crime
(wrong place wrong time)

Don't charge me for the crime

I start to freak and scream so loud

Just like the females in the crowd
That's when he gets in my head
You could live just like a king with everything you'd ever need

All the dreams of every man

Don't charge me for the crime

(wrong place wrong time, uh, yeah)
Don't charge me for the crime
(wrong place wrong time, you know, uh)

Don't charge me

Siren soundin'

My heart was poundin'
I looked at my man as the cops surround him
A teen on the scene with no objective

The American dream can be so deceptive

Now I see the flashing lights

There goes my future and my life
Now I've gotta do what's right (they got us man
I stop the car and throw the keys

Out of the window sets me free
I throw the pistol in the back


Throw him out of the car
I say you know me well
I'm not going to jail

I'm not paying your bail
Believe me when I say


They won't charge me for the crime
(wrong place wrong time)
Don't charge me for the crime

(wrong place wrong time)
Won't charge me
(wrong place wrong time)
You won't charge me for the
Crime