Behind bars

adjective, slang

Hip-hop slang · Rap Dictionary

Definition

To be in a jail or prison.

Examples

1

The opps tryna see him behind bars.

2

I'm a street nigga, I'm supposed to really be behind bars, baby" - Yo Gotti, Pills & Automobiles.

3

I guess they want us all behind bars, I know it" - Kanye West, Heard ?Em Say.

4

Free my niggas locked behind bars" - Que, OG Bobby Johnson.

5

For the niggas on lock doin' life behind bars" - 50 Cent, Many Men (Wish Death).

Synonyms

Locked up
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