Abuse at home, ran away, there's abuse alone
The doctor said I got fetal alcohol syndrome
and I don't know what that means, really
But when you compare it to the rest of my life, it only seems silly
I was young when introduced to this line of work
He used to drug me and beat me and make me sell the skirt
Sixteen with a gun in my purse
Rape is a daily occurrence
I guess I'm lucky that they don't do me worse
One night I get a job with Johnny the john
He picked me up near the Sonic
We get back to his apartment
And I notice he got a gun laying in his closet
Tell him I don't wanna do this no more, I'm not an object
He reaches under the bed
What if he grabbing a gun?
What if I'm about to be dead?
I'm filled with panic
I grab my purse
Pull out my weapon, let off a round
Grab his wallet and now I'm doing life
I'm Cyntoia Brown

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Is it justice or is it just us? (x3)
We got a system that's broken, we need a new one

Can someone please explain to me why there's an IQ cap
On people training in academy to wear that badge?
I don't know what to think anymore. I'ms ick of the news
All it does is remind me I'm lucky I wasn't you
Tired of feeling there ain't shit I can do
I thought that azurite would help somebody out when I wrote it
By shedding light on certain situations
Tell me what happened, tell me it made a difference
The system still failing people, so yeah, I know it didn't
There's still unarmed black people that's getting slain
Even if you not black, you still might get the same
Family in Puerto Rico suffered from the hurricane
Trump saying they should be helping themselves, pointing blame
Mr. President, there's slavery in Libya
You more focused on playing golf. Are you serious?
Sometimes I hate this world
I'd make a difference if I was famous but right now I'm nameless
and I'm ashamed of being human
I guess the Truman show had it right
Venture out in the world and hit a wall, they call it life
What is the price that our leader would need
To get in touch with reality and abandon actions rooted in greed?
And ain't it funny that all the countries you consider a shithole
Are full of citizens with dark skin
Are we lost in an alternate dimension where reading, comprehension, and science have been abandoned and replaced with defiance you define with, either the bible or the dollar?
We're passengers in an airplane with a sleeping pilot
I'm sick of violence but I wake up and I wanna riot
You say you pray to Jesus
You act like you unaware who Jesus Christ is
And my friends are making announcements that they gonna start a family
Have a little boy or girl
I'm happy for them but personally, I couldn't see myself bringing another innocent life into this world that's fucked up

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