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Incarcerated Song

by Carnell Wingfield Jr. January 25, 2022February 1, 2022

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Incarcerated Song

by Carnell Wingfield Jr., Prison Journalism Project
January 25, 2022

<h1>Incarcerated Song</h1>
<p class="byline">by Carnell Wingfield Jr., Prison Journalism Project <br />January 25, 2022</p>
 
<p>Jail bird,<br />Please quit,<br />Nobody cares,<br />Jail shit.</p>
<p>I can care less about who’s doing what in this situation,<br />If every thought that you have about someone else lands you a buck,<br />you would be rich.</p>
<p>Jail bird,<br />Please quit,<br />Nobody cares,<br />Jail shit.</p>
<p>My focus is on building my own Nation,<br />Seeing the world from a bird’s eyes,<br />from the high rise of my corporation,<br />Plucking ashes indo as I see the world from this window.</p>
<p>Jail bird,<br />Please quit,<br />Nobody cares,<br />Jail shit.</p>
<p>You want to ruin another life so you could be rich in punishment?<br />What is the worth in the end?<br />A bunch of stories with paperwork,<br />another failure to please other men?</p>
<p>Jail bird,<br />Please quit,<br />Nobody cares,<br />Jail shit.</p>
<p>Your homies mean more than your family?<br />Your homies are your family?<br />Another Actor,<br />Same script.</p>
<p>Jail bird,<br />Please quit,<br />Nobody cares,<br />Jail shit.</p>
<p>May you be the best where you are,<br />Your way of thinking is made for this place,<br />It’s your way of thinking that keeps you locked in this place,<br />With a mind like yours, you won’t get very far.</p>
<p>Jail bird,<br />Please quit,<br />Nobody cares,<br />Jail shit.</p>


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