[00:00.618]I went to see my nigga, he doin' seventeen
[00:21.107]One of the realist niggas, I done ever seen
[00:25.187]Got caught wit' a bird, but his record was clean
[00:29.138]Comin' back from Dade, on da Gator wit' speed
[00:33.138]He a real soldier, but his partner was greed
[00:37.133]Get out when he fourty, went in at twenty-three
[00:41.154]How seventeen years worth one key
[00:45.102]Some shit cost twenty-grand can get you over ten piece
[00:49.146]He ain't wanna hurt nobody, he was just tryna eat
[00:53.082]He had a real job, went to work four days a week
[00:56.986]Said this his last trip, and he was gettin' out the streets
[01:01.042]He a good nigga, second chance all he need
[01:04.954]Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance
[01:09.250]Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen
[01:12.897]They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands
[01:16.945]I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance
[01:20.922]Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance
[01:24.938]Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen
[01:29.005]They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands
[01:32.905]I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance
[01:36.730]Wish I had one chance, to sentence the Judge kids
[01:41.082]And watch 'em beg for they life like my niggas did
[01:45.010]Give them a life sentence fo' some shit that wasn't big
[01:48.914]'Fore they get granted they appeal they gotta do ten
[01:52.938]Shoe gotta be on the otha foot for you to understand
[01:56.860]The scariest shit in the world to be a black man
[02:00.801]What my future holds, wish I knew in advance
[02:04.873]I approach life everyday just hopin' I win
[02:08.985]A lot us already lost, we sittin' in the pen
[02:12.977]This shit crazy 'cause God, he forgive sin
[02:16.961]But when it come to the system that shit don't bend
[02:20.953]I guess it do, dependin' on the color of yo' skin
[02:24.921]Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance
[02:29.041]Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen
[02:32.993]They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands
[02:36.969]I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance
[02:40.897]Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance
[02:44.873]Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen
[02:48.833]They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands
[02:52.899]I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance
[02:56.896]I thought it was understood, nobody was perfect
[03:00.993]So, how can one mistake make yo' life worthless
[03:05.153]God made us all, put us here to serve a purpose
[03:08.985]Yo life in twelve strangers hands to come back with a verdict
[03:13.001]But is that really fair, what if they all was dirty
[03:16.884]You mess up one time, and they come back with thirty
[03:20.928]But if you ain't got money, yo whole family hurtin'
[03:25.080]Then you ain't got a choice, you gotta cop out early
[03:28.960]But if you was rich, you wouldn'ta got them thirty
[03:32.936]What if the Judge racist, nobody'd overturn it
[03:36.973]The system fucked up, because it ain't sturdy
[03:40.817]Welcome to America, home of the controversy
[03:45.056]Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance
[03:48.936]Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen
[03:52.872]They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands
[03:57.080]I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance
[04:00.856]Some niggas make mistakes, off fucked up circumstance
[04:04.855]Now they life gone, probably gon' die in the pen
[04:08.736]They done gave up on life and put it in God's hands
[04:12.863]I thought this was America, what happened to a second chance