10 YAS
[Spoken Intro by Marquis Rogers]
[Verse 1]
They told me Tim got ten I couldn’t hide my tears!
Now that Marc is home, bruh after all these years?
Shit Negus, what we gon’ do know
Trying to figure out a plan on the phone for two hours
Tears like showers
I dun seen a Ganxta Negus cry my G
Told him to survive for his little child my G!
“That’s life” they say
For their fucking system we paying the price everyday!
But fuck them this song’s about you
Locked up in that cell but we gon make sure that the world knew
And that’s true!
That’s why I let em say the name
No a.k.a, Rogers - we proud to be the wildest!
N yea Negus i promise
That everywhere I go in every show I’ll play this song until you home!
But you know whats some weird shit?!
You might never get to hear this
[Chorus]
10 years a slave - tell me it ain’t you!
No chance, a couple grams, what’s a brother gon do?
10 years a slave - tell me it ain’t true!
Thinking “Amendment 13” if a brother only knew!
[Verse 2]
My brother is a Daddy now - ain’t that some shit?
Lil girl gon have to wait 5 grades to get a kiss
To get a “miss you”
Or to get to sit with you
And listen to the knowledge that you kicking fool
See the shit ain’t cool!
To say the least so i refuse: nah it ain’t cool
The Negus in the news, nah it ain’t you, they got no proof!
Cause while your boy is running free
You 1 in 3
And made a revolutionary out of me!
Now i write you letters hoping you might do better
Knowing damn well you probably can’t
Going through hell working all them fucking hours for cents
That ain’t the same Angola we was talking bout back in Magnolia!
So sometimes I be getting the thinking:
Why am I the one winning
Why ain’t I the one sitting?
Shit and listen
Until i find the answer
I’ll hold your flag up and wrote this little anthem, singing like:
[Bridge]
First strike, second strike, third strike
Cuzo in the pen for ten - the system works right!
First strike, second strike, third strike
My nephew, too, proof that the system works right!
[Spoken Outro by Marquis Rogers]
13th Amendment