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Innocent

Today is the day That he was sentenced They're giving him five years To be non-existent For a crime that he did not commit But only because he was Accused of doing the hit He would never take another human life Unless it was for protecting his kids or his wife The judge and the jury did not Give him a fair chance to plea his case Because they assumed that he was guilty Because of his race It's wrong for people to judge him Because he is black That doesn’t mean that he is guilty Of doing something like that So now he's sitting in a cell Praying to god to get him out of hell He desperately misses his family And also his he misses his wife Why won't the judge Spare this poor man's life? He’s a good person That stayed out of trouble And now he's locked up Because of his double See that's where the story gets twisted And that's why he acting ballistic Because he shouldn't be sitting in a cell Feeling like he's going to hell For a crime that he did not commit He keeps trying to tell them That he is innocent

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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