I was sitting on the couch reading yellow paper
A letter in reply, 7 days later after I wrote 'em
"Stay strong, keep your faith in God, " what I told him

Hoping that he's listening
Said that they tried to give him like a hundred years
What a coincidence, I was bumping some Plies

I can taste the salt from my tears
As the water had start to flood on my eyes


I know it gotta be hard being 21
Doing time in the pen of your Gram's old [?]
Your brother's getting older,

And the streets is getting colder,
And your hoping that he's focused to stay on the right road
Sleeping in a cell, it's been 30 weeks

Ain't recieved any mail
It's cold and the hole stinks
And you can't even blink without ^!$$%s testing your life

As I read every word that you write, I can only imagine
Jason Keaton, I can only imagine


[Chorus:]
Life's about decisions man
It's in your hand and you got it

Just take control if you can
It's in your hand and you got it


Sitting on the couch, that was my Uncle Bobby
After He just got out, 15 years to count
Haven't seen the world in so long

Haven't seen a girl in so long
And before the sun came up, he was gone
Like a fiend off the best rock

Trying to get his life together, or what not
Typed his name in the system and they couldn't find his identity
Got it straight, got a place, found some serenity

Found a job, found his Mother's grave site, found a 40 ounce
Then he found God, then he bounced, then he found a new chick
Two kids, wide hips, found something in her we didn't see

Found this spot in Pasadena and shot with her hand investment [?]
Found guilty, somebody had yelled domestic
Violence on my Uncle, was working with two strikes

Only out a year, now facing life
I can only imagine
That's $#&@ed up

I can only imagine, Uncle Bob

[Chorus:]

Life's about decisions man
It's in your hand and you got it
Just take control if you can

It's in your hand and you got it

Sitting on the couch, thinking about the ratio

Of blacks in prison as compact in prison
When blacks pack with minorities
System grab more of these 18 year olds

18 year sentence with no parole
The state won't oversee
They make the term severe, a conspiracy

That's what I call it, it's full of %#@!
A toilet can help quick, the government help?
No, just put us on death row

Just give us some more guns, then give us some more !@%!e
Then give us another chair, then give us some more rope
Then hang it like right there, yeah

It's just as far on, but 90 percent unfair
Care? No.
Alcatraz was purchased by a white man

For 5 grand, with intentions to expand
More prison
So these correctionals ain't for rehibiltation

They for grossing a bigger bussines

We've been used

Imagine
The truth shall be told

[Chorus:]
Life's about decisions man

It's in your hand and you got it
Just take control if you can
It's in your hand and you got it