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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sometime
ago two people I know
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They were sittin' in a prison cell
Just talkin' of life of its joys of its strifes
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Of the the good times that life held
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The kid he told of the jewels and gold
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To be had while he played
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the game
I'm worried not about the
sentence I've got
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You see my future it's
strictly fame
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Verse 3
Well I used to lay tricks to baffle the dicks
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I would leave them a clue to find
Then I'd beat my retreat
on back to easy street
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All my thoughts of this jail behind
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Verse 4
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Only the Characters
know what I'm sayin'
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Only the Characters
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know what I mean
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Only the Characters
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have any idea
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Only the Characters have
seen what I've seen
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Verse 5
Well the old man listened till
his dim eyes glistened
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He said when the kid got through
Son you're young and
you've only begun
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But old men have a story too
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Verse 6
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It was late one day on a get- away
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I had to shoot a young man down
It was a jewelry store and
I was at the door
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When the police came around
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Verse 7
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Well I made a draw
and so did the law
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Both our rods spit lead
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When the smoke had cleared
and the scene reappeared
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One poor young dude lay
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dead
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Verse 8
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Well I was thrown in jail
held without bail
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Chalked up with first degree
I wasn't so game when
my trial day came
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Electric chair in front of me
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Verse 9
So I tried to grin but it was
useless then
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My nerves were like the edge of a knife
I held my breath for that verdict of death
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But they sentenced
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me here for my life
Verse 10
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Only the Characters know
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what I'm sayin'
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Only the Characters know
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what I mean
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Only the Characters have
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any idea
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Only the Characters have
seen what I've seen
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Verse 11
So here I sit son I got my life near done
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All my hopes and joys have fled
And it won't be long before
I join the throng
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That's numbered with
the dead
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Verse 12
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That's numbered with the dead
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