FREE ALL THE THUGZ
THiS iS FOR ALL THE THUGZ THAT ARE LOCKED UPSTAE
BECAUSE OF DRUGS AND GUNS, THE UNiFORM
THiS iS FOR ALL OF YOU WHO TOOK THE BAiT
AND SiT iN A CELL TiLL THE DAY YOU CONFORM
WHO CANT SEE THE STARS THROUGH THE GiVEN SLOT
FOR ALL THE PAiN YOU GAiNED THiS iS WHAT iT BOUGHT:
A ONE WAY TO TiCKET TO THE PRiSON
WHiLE THE OPRESSOR REMAiNS TO LiVE ON
THiS iS FOR ALL THE NiGHTS AWAKE, THE TEARS i CRiED
FOR YOU, FOR ME FOR MY LOVE i DiDNT GET TO TELL GOODBYE BECAUSE THE POLiCE AND POLiTiCiANS ARE CORRUPT
LiKE THE WELFARE PEOPLE THAT TAKE KiDS AWAY FROM PARENTS LOVE
WHO DONT KNOW THAT GANGSTA iS A WAY OF LiFE
AND ROBBERY MAKES UP FOR WHAT THERE WAS NO MONEY TO BUY
BECAUSE BURGER KiNG WONT HiRE YOU: " ALL THOSE TATOOS."
OR YOU HAVE A RECORD AND YOU CANT GO BACK TO SCHOOL
FOR THOSE WITH DEDiCATiON WHO STOOD OUT AT THE BUST STOP
COME SNOW OR RAiN WITH AN OUNCE OF CRACK COCAiNE
AND CAME UP OFF THOSE ROCKS
BECAUSE iN SOME PROJECTS
BALLA iS AS GOOD AS iT GETS
OR ALL THE iMMiGRANTS WHO COME TO THiS COUNTRY TO BE FREE
WORK EVERY DAY ALL DAY AND FOR EVERY HOUR PUT iN GET PAiD 2.50
AND ONE DAY REALIZE THEY'LL NEVER BE MORE THAN A REFUGEE
THiS iS FOR ALL THOSE GiRLS WHO GAZE THROUGH MAGAZiNES
AND CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WiLL NEVER HAVE THOSE THiNGS
WHiLE POPS DRiNKS WHiSKEY AND MOM SMOKES CRACK
AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET A NEW DRESS iS TO LiE ON YOUR BACK
AND TAKE A FEW DOLLARS AND SELL YOUR DiGNiTY
AND NEVER GET A CHANCE TO KNOW THAT LOVE SHOULD BE FREE
AND FOR THOSE WHO DONT TURN TRiCKS FOR A NEW COAT
OR DO iT BECAUSE SOMEONE LEFT THEM WiTH NOWHERE TO GO
THiS iS FOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO WALK UP AND DOWN THE BOULEVARD AND DEEP DOWN REALiZE THERES NO REWARD
OR BY NOW THEY KNOW NO OTHER WAY TO LiVE
iN THiS LiFE THAT TAKES LUST BUT ONLY HAS THiNGS LiKE AiDS TO GiVE
THiS iS FOR THE LiTTLE BOY WHO SiTS ALONE AT RECESS
THE OTHER KiDS CALL HiM HOBO BECAUSE THE WAY HE HAS TO DRESS
WHOS SO SMART BUT NEVER RAiSES HiS HAND iN CLASS
AND HE TAKES THE LONG WAY HOME SO HE WON'T GET THERE SO FAST
BECAUSE ALL HE HAS TO EAT THERE iS CARDBOARD AND KETCHUP
THE SUN iS OUT BUT iT SEEMS TO HiM LiKE THE RAiN WiLL NEVER LET UP
OTHER KiDS HAVE HAPPiNESS AROUND EVERY BEND
BUT FOR THiS LiTTLE BOY THE ALLEY CAT iS HiS ONLY FRiEND
AS THE DAYS GO BY HE GROWS OLDER
AND WiTH EACH RiDiCULE HE GETS COLDER
UNTiLL ONE DAY AN OPTiON COME iNTO SiGHT
AND WHEN EVERYONE iS SLEEPiNG HE SLiPS OUT iNTO THE NiGHT
WiTH HiS BiG BROTHERS GUN TO THE STORE ACROSS THE NEXT STREET
HE BREAKS iN THE FRONT WiNDOW AND GRABS ALL THE FOOD HE CAN EAT THE ALARM GOES OFF' THE OWNER COMES RUSHiNG iN
AND THE BOY WiTHOUT THiNKiNG PULLS THE TRiGGER OF THE GUN
AS HE HiDES, THE POLiCE COME AND ARE SEARCHiNG WHERE HE WENT
HE GET'S UP TO RUN, BULLETS FiND HiM, AND HE DROPS THE LOAF OF BREAD
THiS IS FOR ANYONE WHOS BEEN THROUGH STRUGGLE
WHO COULD'NT LiVE SQUARE AND RAN iNTO TROUBLE
AND WETHER iT WAS POLiCE AND A CAGE
OR BULLETS FROM A GUN THAT BROUGHT iT ALL TO AN END
OR MAYBE, YOU'RE STiLL ALiVE, OUT AND FREE
iF THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL LiFE ON THE STREETS
i KNOW HOW THEY JUDGE AND HATE
SO i NEED TO SAY THiS NOW BEFORE iTS TOO LATE
EVEN iF NO ONE ELSE CARES
KNOW THAT THiS iS TRUE
i'LL GiVE YOU MY HEART BECAUSE
i LOVE YOU!
