Plies - 2nd Chance lyrics

I went to see my nigga, he doin seventeen
One of the realest niggas, I done ever seen
Got caught with a bird
But his record was clean
Comin back from Dade, on the Gator with speed
He a real soldier, but his partner was green
Get out when he 40, went in at 23
How seventeen years worth one key (kilo)
Some shit cost twenty grand can
Get you over ten piece
He ain't wanna hurt nobody
He was just tryin to eat he had a real job
Went to work fo' days a week
Said this his last trip
And he was gettin out the streets
He a good nigga, second chance all he need

Some niggas make mistakes
Off fucked up circumstance
Now they life gone
Probably gon' die in the pen
They done gave up on life
Done put it in God's hands
I thought this was America
What happened to a second chance?

Some niggas make mistakes
Off fucked up circumstance
Now they life gone
Probably gon' die in the pen
They done gave up on life
Done put it in God's hands
I thought this was America
What happened to a second chance?

Wish I had one chance
To sentence the Judge kids
And watch 'em beg fo' they
Life like my niggas did
Give them a life sentence
Fo' some shit that wasn't big
'Fore they get granted they appeal
They gotta do ten
Shoe got to be on the other
Foot for you to understand
The scariest shit in the world
To be a black man
What my future holds, wish I knew in advance
I 'proach life everyday just hopin I win
A lot us already lost, we sittin in the pen
This shit crazy cause God, he forgive sin
But when it come to the
System that shit don't bend i guess it do
Dependin on the color of yo' skin

Some niggas make mistakes
Off fucked up circumstance
Now they life gone
Probably gon' die in the pen
They done gave up on life
Done put it in God's hands
I thought this was America
What happened to a second chance?

I thought it was understood
Nobody was perfect so how can one mistake
Make yo' life worthless? God made us all
Put us here to serve a purpose
Yo' life in twelve strangers hands to
Come back with a verdict
But is that really fair? What
If they all was dirty? You mess up one time
And they come back with thirty
But, if you ain't got money
Yo' whole family hurtin
Then you ain't got a choice
You gotta cop out early
But, if you was rich
You wouldn'ta got them thirty
What if the Judge racist?
Nobody to overturn it this system fucked up
Because it ain't sturdy
Welcome to America, home of the controversy

Some niggas make mistakes
Off fucked up circumstance
Now they life gone
Probably gon' die in the pen
They done gave up on life
Done put it in God's hands
I thought this was America
What happened to a second chance?