they wear the jump suits
color coded to identify
and classify
and they're shackled
together like animals
when they ride
the most day light
they'll get
is a field trip to
another
court house
and the outlook is grim
just ask the public defenders
just another day's work to them
ain't nobody postin that kinda bail
leave that nickaz *** in jail
I can only imagine the
ride, especially for
the first-time offenders
I know they think they
gonna die
so relieved to see a stretch
of landscape
rolling by
thinking about that
25 to life bid...
and being forgotten
in that hole
when they close
the lid
yeah, I smelled the
rubber burning
as the bus passed by
and I hurt
for all their mothers
and began to cry
Alyce (c) 2002
color coded to identify
and classify
and they're shackled
together like animals
when they ride
the most day light
they'll get
is a field trip to
another
court house
and the outlook is grim
just ask the public defenders
just another day's work to them
ain't nobody postin that kinda bail
leave that nickaz *** in jail
I can only imagine the
ride, especially for
the first-time offenders
I know they think they
gonna die
so relieved to see a stretch
of landscape
rolling by
thinking about that
25 to life bid...
and being forgotten
in that hole
when they close
the lid
yeah, I smelled the
rubber burning
as the bus passed by
and I hurt
for all their mothers
and began to cry
Alyce (c) 2002