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I grew up on the right side Of the wrong side of the tracks I hit the ground running With no thought of looking back First I ran from town to town Then from pen to pen Caught up in an endless game There is no way to win Then on day while I was banging My head against the wall I realized the only way to win Don’t play the game at all Today that seems so long Though it was just the other day That my beloved lab and I Had to go our separate ways Some days when I’m alone I can hear it call As every vein in my body Suddenly starts to crawl My demons have been many As I walk with my ghost Friends that I knew and loved Gave their lives to the host As I look into the mirror At my tattoo brands Reminders of the other day When I was a different man On the right side of my chest Is my gangster patch In the world of prison gangs B.C.G. is hard to match A break off from the brotherhood It’s an assassin’s brand And every time I look at it I wonder, “Am I forever damned” I guess it’s neither hear nor there It simply is my past And I beat it down everyday To make my future last It’s all about “just one more day” One second at a time As the battle rages on Up in this heart of mine “Just one more day” has worked for me As I lace up my shoes It’s been one thousand one hundred seventy one Since I last wore prison blues The trials have been many It’s hard to conquer fate When you do know it’s true Inside you do feel great And about my crawling veins Just one thing to say Once again I used my pen To write them away I think now I’ll go inside Give my wife a kiss Answer the question she ask of me Nothing of that life that I miss
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