letra de why a jailbird screams - jc
one be lo kept it real
when the broke down
why the caged bird sings
i’ma pick up the pieces
that he left behind
and explain why this jailbird screams
i scream because…
it took only one bad, ill advised decision
to be deemed a menace to society
by public officials
i scream because…
no one wanted to listen
to this hurt child
that was begging for attention
all of a sudden
after one bad ill advised decision
the whole wants to pay attention
i scream because…
society’s answer to the problem
was a cage, a lock and a key
i scream because…
at 17 they were saying
that “i couldn’t be redeemed”
i scream because…
no matter how loud
i plead my case
the judge still wouldn’t listen
i scream because…
i started to believe what
the district attorney was saying about me
that i was some kind of animal
and that i shouldn’t be set free
fast forward one year later
i turned 18
and my screams got 10 times louder
because my name had been replaced with a number
10-46-1-86
were the 7 digits
that got wrapped around my wrist
at this point in my life
nothing at all made any sense
i crunched the numbers
like a mathematician
thinking to myself
maybe then it will all make sense
no matter how i added, subtracted, multiplied and divided
i was still left serving 25 to life
for one bad ill advised decision
note:
today after 16+ years of incarceration, the screaming has stopped because i know: i am not my worst decision. i am fully aware of the far reaching impact that the crime i committed has caused. for that i am truly sorry and remorseful. nevertheless, i could no longer allow 12 minutes of one day to define who i am. i had to stop screaming in order to start living
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