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A Man In The Moment”

Please please save me
From this nightmare

Pain and suffering has darkened my eyes
Blood is falling down my face why
We steal we rob we cry
We smile we celebrate

With a toast of champion
Know damn well we need a champion
But I say you were made for this
Time will always be behind me
So try me

I am built for this moment
All eyes on me
I guess we live to forget
We love to pass time

But in the end all we have
Are the moments we shared
With our loved ones and true ones
That really deep down care

Where the love at
No love lost
So how much does it cost
Just a moment a man in
The moment

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Every piece comes from someone serving a sentence. Every piece reminds you they are so much more than that.

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