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I went to see my nigga, he doin' seventeen |
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One of the realist niggas, I done ever seen |
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Got caught wit' a bird, but his record was clean |
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Comin' back from Dade, on da Gator wit' speed |
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He a real soldier, but his partner was greed |
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Get out when he fourty, went in at twenty-three |
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How seventeen years worth one key |
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Some shit cost twenty-grand can get you over ten piece |
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He ain't wanna hurt nobody, he was just tryna eat |
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He had a real job, went to work four days a week |
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Said this his last trip, and he was gettin' out the streets |
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He a good nigga, second chance all he need |
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Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance |
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Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen |
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They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands |
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I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance |
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Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance |
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Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen |
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They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands |
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I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance |
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Wish I had one chance, to sentence the Judge kids |
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And watch 'em beg for they life like my niggas did |
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Give them a life sentence fo' some shit that wasn't big |
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'Fore they get granted they appeal they gotta do ten |
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Shoe gotta be on the otha foot for you to understand |
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The scariest shit in the world to be a black man |
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What my future holds, wish I knew in advance |
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I approach life everyday just hopin' I win |
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A lot us already lost, we sittin' in the pen |
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This shit crazy 'cause God, he forgive sin |
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But when it come to the system that shit don't bend |
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I guess it do, dependin' on the color of yo' skin |
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Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance |
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Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen |
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They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands |
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I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance |
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Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance |
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Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen |
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They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands |
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I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance |
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I thought it was understood, nobody was perfect |
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So, how can one mistake make yo' life worthless |
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God made us all, put us here to serve a purpose |
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Yo life in twelve strangers hands to come back with a verdict |
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But is that really fair, what if they all was dirty |
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You mess up one time, and they come back with thirty |
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But if you ain't got money, yo whole family hurtin' |
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Then you ain't got a choice, you gotta cop out early |
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But if you was rich, you wouldn'ta got them thirty |
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What if the Judge racist, nobody'd overturn it |
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The system fucked up, because it ain't sturdy |
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Welcome to America, home of the controversy |
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Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance |
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Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen |
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They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands |
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I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance |
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Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance |
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Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen |
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They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands |
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I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance |