Madness comes, and madness goes
An insane place, with insane moves
Battles without, for battles within
Where evil lives and evil rules
Breaking them up, just breaking them in
Quickest way out, quickest relief wins
Never disclose, never betray
Cease to speak or cease to breathe
And when you kill a man, you're a murderer
Kill many, and you're a conqueror
Kill them all, oh you're a god

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
Yes, we have you honor
We find the defendant guilty on all counts for crimes
Against all humanity
By virtue of the jury's decision and the power vested in me by the state,
I hereby sentence you to be incarcerated with no possibility of parole,
for life
Life? whale' ya' mean life? I ain't got a life!
Boy, your soul better belong to Jesus,'cause your ass belongs to me

Captive honour, ain't no honour
Captive honour, ain't no honour

No time for questions
No time for games
Start kicking ass
And taking down the names
A long shit list
A shorter fuse
He is untouchable
And guarantees you'll lose
Captive honour, ain't no honour
Captive honour, ain't no honour

Inside the bighouse
His nightmare unfolds
Before he got there
His manpussy was sold
Black blanket welcome
This tough guy's now a bitch
Praying for death
It can't be worse than this

Captive honour, ain't no honour
Captive honour, ain't no honour

Captive honour, ain't no honour


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  • +3
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    Does anyone know who says the lines

    "Boy!...Your soul better belong to Jesus!... Hmmm-mmm cause your ass belongs to me!"

    sharkyUKon March 27, 2008   Link
  • +2
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    Nice rocking song. Best line in song "His manpussy was sold" with Dave's growl, hilarious!

    GuitarHeroManon May 01, 2009   Link
  • +1
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    This song is about the state of modern prisions.

    CJFon June 09, 2002   Link
  • +1
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    This song rocks, I love how it starts slow then rocks harder as it comes to the end. I also like how he talks with the judge during the song. This is one of megadeths greats!

    altd2on March 06, 2007   Link
  • +1
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    kill them all an ooh.. youre a god... i love this song!!

    tofatoson November 08, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    This song is about the anal penetration going on in todays prison system.

    NickQon July 19, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Ray Charles did it.

    zazzblammymatazon May 15, 2008   Link
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    This song deserves more comments. IT KICKS ASS. The riff after "With no possibility of parole, for life" is one of Megadeth's best.

    ThanatosDADon June 10, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    OK,

    Off the cuff as I recall. This is about a criminal, French guy in a prison in France???? Basically he wasted his life for his crime. It is no honor to be in prison, it is no honor to be a captive. So grow a brain and don’t be a cult follower of some dip shit criminal. It is not an honor to rot in jail for a crime.

    omni_veritason September 29, 2008   Link

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