Sept. 11, 2016

Caught Up

by LeVar E. Jones (author's profile)

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Caught Up

There's too many jails and there's too many prisons
Overcrowded with men who've made some bad decisions

Too many families crying, dead bodies at a crime scene
Suspects they pack in jails and prisons like a can of sardines

No room to move around like crabs in a basket
The punishment you'll receive is cruel and everlasting

They degrade your name, your reputation they ruin
Lock you in a cage and treat you like you're not human

It's a warehouse as they're making big bucks off of us
Move you far away from your family, shackled up on a bus

Too many devils in court, way too many laws being broke
But they knew that when the constitution was wrote

Look at the bigger picture: which race has the largest population?
The blacks do! Not too many get a chance to see probation

Determining sentencing laws, hitting you with the upper term
Double and triple your sentence, thinking it'll make you learn

Give you enhancements all because you're a criminal
About 10 years worth and their message is subliminal

Give you a lawyer who is supposed to defend
But the DA and the judge are really his best friends

We employ these people and really, for what?
For temporary satisfaction. In the end, you're caught up!

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