I went to see my nigga, he seventeen One of the niggas, I done ever seen Got caught wit' a bird, but his was clean Comin' back from on a Gator wit' speed
He a soldier but his partner was greed Get out he forty, went in at twenty three How years worth one key shit cost twenty grand, he get you over ten piece
He ain't wanna nobody, he was just tryna eat He had a real job, went to work four days a Said this his last trip and he was out the streets He a good nigga, second chance all he
Some niggas make mistakes, all fucked up Now they life gone, probably die in the pen They done up on life and put it in God's hands I thought was America, what happened to a 2nd chance?
niggas make mistakes, all fucked up circumstance Now they life gone, gon' die in the pen They gave up on life and put it in hands I thought this was America, what to a 2nd chance?
Wish I had one chance, to sentence the kids And watch 'em beg for life like my niggas did Give them a life sentence fo' some shit wasn't big 'Fore they get granted they appeal, gotta do ten
Shoe be on the other foot for you to understand The scariest in the world to be a black man What my future holds, wish I in advance I life everyday just hopin' I win
A lot us already lost, we in the pen shit crazy 'cause God, he forgive sin But when it come to the system that don't bend I it do, dependin' on the color of yo' skin
Some niggas mistakes, all fucked up circumstance Now they life gone, probably die in the pen They gave up on life and put it in God's hands I thought this was America, what to a 2nd chance?
Some niggas make mistakes, all up circumstance Now they life gone, probably die in the pen They up on life and put it in God's hands I this was America, what happened to a 2nd chance?
I thought it was understood, nobody was So, how can one mistake make yo' worthless? God made us all, put us to serve a purpose Your life in stranger's hands to come back with a verdict
But is that really fair, what if they all was You mess up one time, and they back with thirty But if you ain't got money, your whole hurtin' Then you ain't got a choice, you gotta cop out
But if you was rich, you got them thirty if the judge racist, nobody'd overturn it The system fucked up, because it ain't Welcome to America, home of the
niggas make mistakes, all fucked up circumstance Now they life gone, gon' die in the pen done gave up on life and put it in God's hands I thought was America, what happened to a 2nd chance?
Some make mistakes, all fucked up circumstance Now they gone, probably gon' die in the pen They gave up on and put it in God's hands I thought was America, what happened to a 2nd chance?