Jacob, 62
Incarcerated: 32ย years
Housed: California Health Care Facility, Stockton
DON’T BECOME WHAT YOU DESPISE
Most people say, they don’t like this, or that, and some alsoย
Promise that they never do this, or do that, While others avoidย
All of that, so don’t become what you despise, and take lifeย
On one step at a time.ย
Before you end up like a ho-bo living on the streetsย
Without a dime, trying to survive, and stay alive, so don’tย
Become what you despise, cause all the peoples who failย
Will tell you that they triesย
So don’t become what you despise, like some people whoย
Steal, cheat, and lie, some even commit homicide, fromย
Their evil, and pride, while others drink, gamble, and get high, soย
Once again, don’t become what you despiseย
Either you pass it up, or you take the ride, but don’tย
Lock them up inside, cuz they will eat you alive, leastย
You tried, last, and final thought, don’t become what youย
Now despise, keep your head up, and the dream will come aliveย
PIECES OF A DREAMย
Reality ain’t nothing but a dream, either you getย
Your hands dirty, or you keep them clean, but it all
Comes back to pieces of a dream, now half of the things weย
Learn, now become a faded silver screen of the dream
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Like all of the courses we study, math, history, and scienceย
And some of us find it harder to define, just what is goingย
Through our minds, while it keeps coming back to pieces ofย
A dream, looking at the sceneย
Now the whole world will join in on, pieces of her dreamย
And now the silver screens are now visible, and seenย
All from pieces of a dream, so keep your hands neat cleanย
Of pieces of a dream, pieces of a dream
