March 19, 2013

On My Own

by LeVar E. Jones (author's profile)

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1-25-13 On My Own

Trying to rehabilitate myself, because they won't do it,
I won't be another statistic, NO! I won't do it!
My thinking may have been bad, back in 2002,
But now I realize in 2013 that I was a damn fool.
It took a painful situation to make me change my ways,
As of date it's only been 3,888 days.
How could I be so blind, oh I know, really didn't have time,
Didn't want to reexamine myself, or even change this life of mine.
I've lost everything I had, now I have nothing to my name,
So God put me here to slow me down, it's now time for change.
I wish I would of done this before I did what I did,
Then I would of been there, for my one & only kid.
I still look the same, but my life has been transformed,
I ignored the signs before, I could say I wasn't warned.
I did it anyway, so I can't get mad at the consequence,
How can I get mad at the judge because he inflicted punishment?
Take it for what it's worth, I bet I'll think twice to burn,
So the years I been down, I take it as a lesson learned.
Rehabilitate myself even though they got it in their name,
If I'm out they can't make money, they want to see me in chains.
They want people to go out, and commit violent crimes,
The more criminals who do it, the more guards get vacation time.
The door revolves slowly, but they won't catch me again,
I rehabilitated myself, I didn't get no help in the pen.

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