Once there lives in times of crime 
A young man full of ignorance 
Formed the crips gang, spreading madness 
Addiction, drugs, guns, violence 
Like sleepwalking 
On brutal ways 
In southern central 
L.A., CA 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
Death row, hell behind the bars 
Got 25 to life 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
No governor-clemency Blue Rage, Black Redemption 
thoughts 
Wrote to your peace protocols 
That circumstance is no excuse 
Warnings of a vicious lifestyle 
Helping streets gangs build a truce 
A nominee 
For Nobel prize 
Injection lethal 
And so, piece died 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
Death row, hell behind the bars 
Got 25 to life 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
No governor-clemency Blue Rage, Black Redemption 
thoughts 
Like sleepwalking 
On brutal ways 
In southern central 
L.A., CA 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
Death row, hell behind the bars 
Got 25 to life 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
No governor-clemency Blue Rage, Black Redemption 
thoughts 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
Death row, hell behind the bars 
Got 25 to life 
Prison shaped the mind of tookie 
No governor-clemency Blue Rage, Black Redemption 
thoughts