Unintentional Vignettes (feat. Adam O’Farrill & Patricia Brennan)
Keith LaMar and Albert Marquès
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Even after all we've just seen George Floyd, Breonna Taylor And everything in between People still don't want to believe it when I tell them I was sentenced to death for something I didn't do WHen I tell them I've been in solitary confinement for 28 years They find that hard to believe, too I can show them proof of my innocence and ten minutes later they'll ask me "Keith, what did you do?" In a country where black men can be killed for simply running down the street Or standing on the sidewalk No one wants to believe the truth After a prison riot I was falsely accused and charged with nine counts of aggravated murder Almost immediately after I was offered a deal Plead guilty and the nine counts will be drastically reduced Problem was, I didn't kill anybody So when people ask what did I do I tell them I did what any innocent person would do I pled, "Not guilty." I demanded a trial. I told the truth Since I didn't do anything, I assumed I would be found not guilty But an all-white jury was assembled and evidence of my innocence was suppressed That's how the criminal justice system works in America when you are poor and black If you don't have the capital, you get the punishment, and that's just a simple fact It took over two decades for me to find and realign the pieces of my case On the way, I nearly lost my mind Twenty-three hours a day in a cell is hell, believe me John Coltrane saved my life When all my hope was gone and I felt most alone in my struggle It was A Love Supreme that meant to everything to me It gave me the strength and motivation to continue my fight It was my grandmother who told me that what was in the dark would come to light But that in the meantime, between time, it was important to keep my heart right To not allow the darkness I was moving through to conquer me "The truth will come out," she said, and she was right The system is broken, and deep down inside a lot of us know it And it's broken because the people who run it are broken So the goal, if you want to be free, is to not let it break you I've seen a lot of people give up along the way Give in to what other people had to say But it's important when you're traveling this road of life to believe in yourself No matter what Keep fighting Keep moving forward Never, never, never give up That's what's up Never give up
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