EARLY ONE MORNIN' WHILE MAKIN' THE ROUNDS I TOOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND SHOT MY WOMAN DOWN I WENT RIGHT HOME AND I WENT TO BED I STUCK THAT LOVIN' 44 BENEATH MY HEAD GOT UP NEXT MORNIN' AND I GRABBED THAT GUN TOOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND AWAY I RUN MADE A GOOD RUN BUT I RUN TOO SLOW THEY OVERTOOK ME DOWN IN JUAREZ MEXICO LAID IN THE HOT JOINT TAKIN' THE PILLS IN WALKED A SHERIFF FROM JERACO HILLS HE SAID WILLY LEE YOUR NAME IS NOT JACK BROWN YOU'RE THE DIRTY HACK THAT SHOT YOUR WOMAN DOWN OH YES OH YES MY NAME IS WILLIE LEE IF YOU'VE GOT A WARRANT JUST A READ IT TO ME I SHOT HER DOWN CAUSE SHE MADE ME SLOW I THOUGHT I WAS HER DADDY BUT SHE HAD FIVE MORE WHEN I WAS ARRESTED I WAS DRESSED IN BLACK THEY PUT ME ON A TRAIN AND THEY TOOK ME BACK I HAD NO FRIEND FOR TO GO MY BAIL THEY SLAPPED A DIME OF CARCUS IN THE COUNTY JAIL EARLEY NEXT MORNING ABOUT A HALF PAST NINE I SPOTTED A SHERIFF WALKIN' DOWN THE LINE MY DADDY COUGHED AS HE CLEARED HIS THROAT HE SAID COME ON YOU DIRTY HACK INTO THE DISTRICT COURT INTO THE COURT ROoM MY TRIAL BEGAN WHERE I WAS HELD BY TWELVE HONEST MEN BEFORE THE JURY STARTED OUT I SAW THAT LITTLE JUDGE COMMENCE TO LOOK ABOUT IN A BOUT FIVE MINUTES IN WALKED A MAN HOLDING THE VERDICT IN HIS RIGHT HAND THE VERDICT READ IN THE FIRST DEGREE I HOLLERED LORDY LORDY HAVE MERCY ON ME THE JUDGE HE SMILED AS HE PICKED UP HIS PEN NINETY NINE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL PEN NINETY NINE YEARS UNDERNEATH THAT GROUND I CAN'T FORGET THE DAY I SHOT THAT BAD BITCH DOWN COME ON COME ON AND LISTEN UNTO ME STAY OFF THAT WHISKEY AND LET THAT COCAINE BE

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