A DEAD MAN WHO STILL LIVES
The following is not based on actual facts about anyone in these pictures. It is intended to tell a meaningful story which might help any young person who views it. Please stay out of trouble and don't ruin your lives like the people you are about to see. Click the Play button for background music.
Hey Bro! Why do you call yourself "Dead Man?'
My mom later went insane in prison from drug use.
When I was nine I was taught how to sell powder cocaine to make money to take care of myself.
I had a mansion and expensive cars like I was a rap star. I was livin' the good life.
They handcuffed my girl while she was nearly naked!
They found my sneaker collection!
They took all these things because they found my bricks!
The prosecutor said police found a gun linking me to a murder during their raid of my house.
The Judge held up a picture of a car shot full of bullet holes and told me the world needed to be protected from my kind.
My lawyers showed a look of defeat. I knew my goose was cooked!
Damn! I even found out my OG had undergone some dramatic changes after they purposely put him with all of his rival gang bangers.
i heard you are out of here next week! When you hit the streets tell all our homies you met a dead man who still lives.
Got a minute? I'll explain it to you.
I used to wonder why they could not come home when I visited them.
About six months later I was taught how to make and sell crack.
One morning I heard a noise outside and saw police all around my house.
They found $7 million dollars in my house.
They found my cars!
Next theyfound my bricks and took me to jail, but would not tell me anything.
My lawyer fought for me, but it was useless. I was denied bond.
I remembered lettin' my homeboy use the gun. I did not know he murdered someone. I refused to snitch because of my gang affiliation.
I was found guilty on all charges. I got four consecutive 25 year sentences plus life without parole.
Its ironic. Someone like this man now dictates everything that goes on in my life, eventhough I don't even know him.
For all the wrong I've done I walk amongst the dead but because God forgives in the next life I'll live again.
When I was born my dad was already doin' life.
In grade school my friends taught me a new philosophy on life. I thought it was cool, so I adopted it..
By the time I turned twenty I had made millions.
Next thing I knew they had the guns on me!
They found all of my expensive watches!
They found my guns!
My girl later hired two of the best lawyers money could buy to help me.
The judge seemed prejudiced as he told me murder was added to my charges.
My lawyers fought hard, but they were no match for the State's veteran prosecutor.
When I got here I learned that many of my homeboys will die here too.
Man, I've been singing to keep from crying!!!!
We should all pray that there will no longer be a need for prisons someday.
The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what it's politicians have to say, its ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say. - Chris Jami
JAIL 101
Today's Math Teaches Us That "Dumb = Jail". Unless You Just Arrived From Mars No Education Is Needed At All To Know You Don't Want To Enter Any Jail For An Extended Stay. Puff, Puff!! Its Hard To "Ball" When You're Chained Like A Slave!!!! Sniff, Sniff!!!! Its Where You Will Go For Living For Drugs, Guns And Crime!!!! Drink, Drink!!! Drive, Drive!!!! Punch, Punch!!!! Beat Up You Girlfriend!!!! The Greenvile County Detention Center Is Always Open With Vacancies 24/7. Free Tailor Made Suits Are Complmentary For Men And Women. Free Color Television is Available. Physical Training By The Trainer Of Your Choice Is Available Also. You Will Eat Some Of The Best Food You Ever Ate Here. Free Telephones Are Offered. (Each Cell Has One Fastened To The Wall Next To A Panic Button To Be Used If You Get Punched In The Grill For Taking Too Long). Each Room Features A Stunning View Of Steel Bars And Concrete. You Will Really Enjoy The Smell Of Unwashed Armpits, Mixed With The Aroma Of A Nearby Person's Foot Odor. You Will Also Enjoy The Jail Historians Telling You All About Tupac And Biggie Combined With Their Stories About Previous Terms They Already Served In Prison. You Will Also Meet Some Of The Best Clowns And Comedians Here. You Will Hear The Sounds Of People In Love From The Showers. You Will See Men In Tights. You Will See Women Who Are Harder Than Some Men. You Will Have So Much Fun That You'll Call Home Three Or Four Times A Day To Tell Your Family All About It. The Beds Are Designed Of Concrete Or The Finest Steel To Keep You From Sleeping So Much That You Miss All The Fun Things Here. Oh Yeah, In Order To Prevent Various Sicknesses From Spreading All Visitation Areas Have A Thick Glass Between You And The Sickos From Outside. You Will Thoroughly Enjoy All Your Belongings Being Gone When You Return From The Fabulous Recreational Facilities. All In All You Will Enjoy It So Much That After Sitting Here For A Year Or Two Waiting For Court, You'll Probably Plead Guilty Even If You're Innocent Just To Go To One Of The State's More Accommodating Facilities Down The Road. If You Want To Know More About This Wonderful Place, Keep Ridin' For Your Homies. Keep Thuggin'. Keep Being The Neighborhood Dope Boy And Its Almost Certain That You Will Learn About It Firsthand. By The Way, Its Located Near Beautiful Downtown Greenville. No Drugs, Guns Or Beligerence Allowed. Now Pay Attention!!!! This Ape Escaped From The Zoo. Now Watch And See If You're As Smart As He Is. It Seems He Understands That A Jail And A Zoo Are Pretty Much The Same Thing. Do You Think Darwin Got It Wrong? Maybe He Should Have Said Apes Evolved From Humans!!!! Watch The Ape And Then Watch Us. I'll Let You Be The Judge Of This Perplexing Matter.
Hey Man!!!! Lets Go Lynch Somebody, We Ai'nt Got Nothin' Better To Do. Your Dad Will Bond Us Out!!!
Law Enforcement Already Has Trained Dogs. We Better Hope They Never Use Apes Because They Learn From Us. For Example: "I'm An Officer Of The Law And This Is A Fully Loaded 45!!!! Now Ask Yourself If You Feel Lucky!!!! Well Do You Punk!!!! It Worked For Clint Eastwood!!!! Why Not Me?"
IN DEFENSE OF A CERTIFIED THUG
If You Get Caught With The Following Items, Tell A Judge Or Jury You Were Occupied As A Rock Or Brick Mason!!!! Tell Them This Is A Logo For Your Gym. Tell Them The Money Was Saved From Your Paychecks. Tell Them You Bought All The Guns Legally And Show Them The Papers. Tell Them Superfly Gave You The Cadilac. Tell Them You Had A Bad Childhood. Tell Them America Is A Racist Place. Tell Them You Don't Know How That Person Got Killed. Tell Them How Stupid You Feel. Tell Them None Of Your Homies Ratted You Out. Not Working? Now Look At The Scale On The Judge's Bench. Don't Get It Twisted, Its Not For Weighing Drugs. Notice That Its Already Tilted. Its Tilted Because The Odds Are So Much Against You That You've Already Been Convicted By The Very Nature Of Your Crimes. Before They Put You In Chains And Take You To Prison For The Rest Of Your Natural Life, Ask Them If They Can Give You Any Information About Prison Survival Amongst All The Enemies You Made On The Street Whom You Will Now Have To Live With. Now Ask Yourself, "Was It Worth It!!!!"
R.I.P. Tupac And Biggie, Both Of Your Legacies Will Live On In The Hearts And Minds Of Those Who Are Intelligent Enough To Understand The Value Of The Knowlwdge Your Lives Left Behind. Neither Of You Ever Told People To Be Ignorant.
I'm Sure These Two Great Men Intended To Place Importance On Getting An Education. If You Just Have To Ride For Your Homies, Ride A School Bus And Avoid The Next Three Forms Of Transportation. It is A Long Lonely Walk To School Being Escorted There By A Correctional Officer. Knowledge Is The Key To Freedom From A Life Of Incarceration, Dummy!!!!. In Closing, Beware Of Guns, They Are Really Designed To Be Like This In The Hand Of A Criminal!!!! So, The Next Time You Put On Your Sneakers "To Ride" Like You Owe Your Homies Your Freedom Or Life, Make Sure Your Last Ride Is Not In One Of These!!!!
Some Will Reminiscence Over You, Some Will Be Glad You're Gone!!!!
If Knowledge Can Create Problems, It Is Not Through Ignorance That We Can Solve Them. - Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) A Wise Man Can Play The Part Of A Clown, But A Clown Can't Play The Part Of A Wise Man. - Malcolm X (1925-1965) I'm Not Saying I'm Gonna Change The World, But I Will Spark The Brain That Will Change The World. - Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
Dear God, Please Let Us Overcome The Sickness That Keeps All People In Mental Bondage. Dear God, Lift Us All Up And Let Us Be Free Of Ignorance!!!!
What Happened To The Civil Rights Movement?
If I'm Lyin' I'm Flyin'
