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Jack in a box

Jack was a boy who struggled in schoolĀ 

Getting suspended ...for breaking the rulesĀ 

He would wonder the streets and rob out the shopsĀ 

Take milk from the doorsteps and lead from roof topsĀ 

His mum was an addict his dad wasn't thereĀ 

Troubled young Jack got put in to careĀ 

Stuck in the system..Ā Jack's just a number

From pillar to post now split from his brotherĀ 

He's mixing...

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Who are the real Monsters?

Isn't imprisonment enough?
Without the guards being too rough
And forever being cuffed
PrisonersĀ  are abused and raped
Every damn single day
As if they haven't already paid
By being held captive and afraid.

Ā 

Isn't imprisonment enough?
Without being forced to confess
To somebody else's mess
Being stripped and undressed
Every damn single day
As if they haven't already paid
By bein...

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Free

Free

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My name is juvenile delinquent

Iā€™m losing my mind now,

it happens again and I canā€™t do anything about it.

Anxiety, anger, confusion, depression and loneliness

fight to get a foothold in my beleaguered mind.

Just about to go mad, insanity beckons,

donā€™t let my neurosis lead to psychosis.

I donā€™t want to be a Section 20, locked up forever

with only bars as my com...

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