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The Brothers
- There was four men who sat at a table.
- Full of regret, they told their fables.
- One after another they looked to the sky.
- With only one question. They asked it why.
- The first to speak and to tell his tale.
- Spoke of adventure on the path to hell.
- He choked as he spoke. He could barely relive it.
- The very first crime that he had ever committed.
- "I know I've done wrong by my best friend.
- Because of my actions I'll never see him again.
- The first day of school on a new campus.
- It was me and my brother. we was rolling the fattest.
- Known as the baddest from our old school.
- At this new school we were never that cool.
- We needed a crew to ensure our reputation.
- The last thing on our minds was our own graduation.
- We was lacking the patience to study and pass.
- And to our new friends to be good was bad.
- And smoking the grass wasn't enough.
- They suggested crack to prove we were tough.
- We were all out of luck we decided to do it.
- But our spot was wrong and the school cop knew it.
- I looked to my brother one thought on my mind.
- I put the shit in his bag for the cop to find."
- There was four men who sat at a table.
- Full of regret, they told their fables.
- One after another they looked to the sky.
- With only one question. They asked it why.
- The second looked to his left to the first who had spoke.
- Took the pipe in his hands and then he gave it a toke.
- He said "That aint shit. I've done worse"
- He looked to the ground and then he spoke of his curse.
- "Everyday I'm in hell her memory keeps me there.
- Upon my necklace her ring I wear.
- Everything I could want I saw in her eyes.
- And everyday I pray to her why.
- I never had much just enough to get by.
- And just to survive I stole and I lied.
- Theft became life to the point it was fine.
- I stopped feeling guilty and I'll tell you why.
- I took my first life when I was eighteen.
- On every finger he wore eight rings.
- He was richer than me and it made me mad.
- I drove to his crib with intent to do bad.
- I never knew that his dad had seen the whole thing.
- He saw only one option revenge it seemed.
- He drove to the scene he was creeping my lover
- She was walking the streets, now shes six feet under."
- There was four men who sat at a table.
- Full of regret, they told their fables.
- One after another they looked to the sky.
- With only one question. They asked it why.
- The third was in tears and he didn't know why.
- Maybe because of his soul that had died.
- He was just out of prison rebuilding his life.
- He told of cell and how he survived.
- "If you think you are broken your heart made tough.
- I lived a life of all of this stuff.
- I thought it was bad until I was caught
- And I started my life on the cell block.
- You may think it raw to smoke on the rock.
- The least of my troubles was the high that I sought.
- And you may shed tears for the woman you lost.
- But you hold no fears like my heart made of frost.
- When I went to prison I learned the rules to the game.
- It became clear that I had to join a gang.
- Because of my skin I only had one choice.
- The rawest motherfuckers up in the joint.
- It wasn't as easy as to say that I'm white.
- They made up a challenge to prove I was right.
- I snuck up on a man and pull his scrubs to his ankles.
- I got the right angle and I proceeded to rape him."
- There was four men who sat at a table.
- Full of regret, they told their fables.
- One after another they looked to the sky.
- With only one question. They asked it why.
- The table was silent the air hung morbid.
- The first three looked up someone cleared their throat.
- The fourth stood up and then he pulled out a gun.
- Pointed it at the others. His story begun.
- "I would never cry because my eyes have run dry.
- I've been through more than all three of your lives.
- I used to have a son and I used to get high.
- And I used to have dignity until it was taken one night."
- The first man at the table was the first to notice.
- His best friend from school. The one he framed for holding.
- "After years in juvie. I knew I could do it.
- To turn around my life and make it through it.
- When I was set free I started saving.
- Every dollar just to say that I made it.
- I worked hard for my son just to keep him fed.
- But my son was shot dead in his own bed.
- And I took revenge on his killer.
- I killed his women just to see if I'd feel it.
- Ill never forget prison and my life set on fire.
- And what the cell mates did to me for killing a minor."
- There was four men who sat at a table.
- Full of regret, they told their fables.
- One after another they looked to the sky.
- With only one question. They asked it why.
- The first three men shook in their boots.
- Wondering what the forth man would do.
- His gun in his hand he wondered if he should do it.
- He turned the gun to himself and proceeded to shoot it.
- There was four men who sat at a table.
- Full of regret, they told their fables.
- One after another they looked to the sky.
- With only one question. They asked it why.
- They looked at him there his blood was stinking.
- And they shook in their boots over what they had seen.
- They looked at each other. They all wanted one thing.
- The third grabbed the bottle and they began to drink.
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