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