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32° 24' 24.7824" N, 87° 54' 49.9212" W

I TOLD MY GRANDMOTHER I'LL BE BACK

I TOLD HER TO REST DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME

I'M A LIAR, I DID'NT COME BACK

INSTEAD I SHOT DICE OVER ON 23RD STREET

MEET UP WITH RONNIE LET OUR WORDS PREACH

GOT COUGHT UP WITH SOME COCAIN THAT I FORGOT THAT WAS IN THESE RAGGDEY JEANS LAST WEEK

NOW IM SITING IN A CELL WONDERING

MY ANGER IS NOW THUNDERING WITH RAGE

AS IF THIS WAS THE TIME AND PLACE

MY EYES GETS HEAVY AS I DRIFT INTO SPACE

I DON'T WANNA WAKE

WHY WAS I BORN

THIS IS NOT MY LIFE

THIS CAN'T BE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER

WHY WAS I BORN 

I REPEAT THE QUESTION LIKE THE WALLS HAD THE ANSWER

DEPRESSION NOW

AS I SETTLE DOWN

YEARS LATER

BONDS SET 

NOW IM SET

FREE

I TOLD MY GRANDMOTHER I WOULD COME BACK

I DID

BUT SHE DIDNT WAIT FOR ME

NOW I SIT BY HER LAST WORDS.

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