Murs - To A Black Boy lyrics

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Dear Marcus

I know it's been hard times

Since they made you the victim of this so called crime

Kinda snatched you out the game of life, in your prime

They already took one

We won't let them take nine

Since birth it seems like the deck was stacked against you to fail

With your father not there

Mom's in and out of jail

But you saw through it all and you chose to excel

I can't see why they chose to lock you in a cell

Well I'm prayin' that you're free by the time you get this

Never known a convict with a 3.96

GPA, but in rural GA

Black boys havin' sex with white girls, no way

In any other state? It would have been okay

For two high school teens to have sexual relations

But at age 15, pssssssst, that's molestation

In the great state of Georgia and I really feel for ya

She was only three months away from being sixteen

You a few months away from achievin' your dreams

All American

Played on the football team

Accepted into Vanderbilt, a scholar in the making

And the jury saw fit to acquit you of the raping

After only fifteen minutes of deliberation

What's the state of our nation when the laws ain't in check?

Got you servin' ten years for consentual sex?!

I'm perplexed and ashamed at the games that playin'

Tryin' to keep a young man from his life and education

Not to mention family, you've been with since age ten

Regardless of your race, they loved you and took you in

So let your struggle make you great, don't let it make you hate

Know we won't stop workin' till we free from them gates

Much love and respect, hold your head God bless

From the bottom of my heart

M-U-R-S