Shut Your Trap *a Song For Jake*

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I KNOW IT扴 HARD TO BELIEVE BUT PART OF ME WAS SCARED TO LEAVE 
THEY WERE SO CONCERNED WITH WHAT I DESERVED 
THEY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I扗 NEED 
AND I KNOW MY FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL 
ARE DROPPING MY NAME BECAUSE THEY THINK IT扴 SO COOL 
THAT IM CAUGHT IN A CAGE MATCH RUN BY THE STATE 
WITH MIDDLE-AGED MEN WHISPERING SOFTLY ABOUT RAPE 
WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE ME, WHERE SHOULD I GO 
TRAPPED WITH WORSE EVILS THAN I扸E EVER KNOWN 
THINK OF WHAT YOU HAD SEEN WHEN YOU WERE 16 
THAN THINK OF ME 
NOW I扢 JUST A GUY WHO扴 GOT HALF HIS TIME TO GO 
IF GOOD BEHAVIOR MEANS A TWO-YEAR SHOW 
OTHER CONS ARE TALKING ABOUT ME NOW THEY CALL ME THE KID 
AND THE JUDGE WHO SENT ME UP MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION 
FOR THE NEXT ELECTION 
BUT WHAT THE MEDIA WON扵 SAY IS EVEN WITH MY FREEDOM 
I STILL WOULDN扵 BE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE AGAINST HIM 
SOME NIGHTS ALL I COULD DO WAS SIT AND CRY 
IS THIS WHAT THEY WANT OR DO THEY WANT ME TO DIE? 
IF THAT扴 THE CASE, SPARK UP THE CHAIR, TAPE UP MY FACE 
KILL ME RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE I CAN扵 TAKE THIS LIVING IN FEAR 
AND WHAT I扢 GETTING OUT OF THIS HAS NEVER MAD IT SELF CLEAR 
AS A FREE MAN I HAD TO FIGHT WHAT THEY TAUGHT ME 
PARANOIA AND CONSTANT BIGOTRY 
A MIND-SET DESIGNED AND PROVIDED JUST TO HOLD ME DOWN 
WHERE RESPECT CAME ONLY THROUGH INTIMIDATION 
SO I扢 ALWAYS EXPECTING A CONFRONTATION 
APPARENTLY THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL REHABILITATION.
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