he just wanted you to listen
free the guilty from prison
he wanted someone to hear to his story
before you sentenced him to the to hole that was not so glory
silenced him of his chance to speak
shackles chained to make him weak
locked up for a crime he did not commit
guards treat him like an animal they hit and spit
free him from the cages
take his false mugshots off the front pages
judge gave him life
for a crime where no one died
while rapists walk free
inside lives a man with a degree
not even a proper interrogation
when even was the investigation?
never got the chance to give an explanation
you blame being influenced by his generation
never got the opportunity for his life to advance
where was his second chance?
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k slam poetry
I write about what people do not want to talk about
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