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

THE VERDICT READ IN THE FIRST DEGREE 
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I HOLLERED LORDY LORDY HAVE MERCY ON ME 
 
THE JUDGE HE SMILED AS HE PICKED UP HIS PEN 
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NINETY NINE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL PEN 
 
NINETY NINE YEARS UNDERNEATH THAT GROUND 
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I CAN'T FORGET THE DAY I SHOT THAT BAD BITCH DOWN 
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COME ON COME ON AND LISTEN UNTO ME 
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STAY OFF THAT WHISKEY AND LET THAT COCAINE BE