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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  
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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  
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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 COURT  
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INTO THE COURT ROoM 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  
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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  
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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