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Innocent


I never knew having fun would end my life MY FRIENDS SAID HAVE FUN LETS PARTY TONIGHT LATE NIGHT DATE NIGHTS FOR ME IT WAS MY LAST NIGHT I SEEN THIS GIRL SO I BEGAN TO FLIRT SHE GRAB MY HAND ASKED ME TO DANCE ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER HER PANTS MY PANTS I HEARD A VOICE OF A MAN SHE SAID OH NO THATS MY FATHER U HAVE TO GO I PANICKED AND SO DID SHE I GRAB MY CLOTHES AND RAN TO HER CLOSET I HEARD BIG FOOT STEPS I HEARD THE DOOR CREEK HER FATHER MUST'VE HEARD MY HEART BEAT THUMP THUMP THUMP I HEARD HE FATHER SAY IF ITS A BOY IN HERE IM GOING TO KILL U IN EVERYWAY HE SMELLED OF BOOZE I HAD ALOT TO LOSE SHE SAUI DADDY I WAS RAPED THERE IS A BOY IN MY CLOSET WHO WONT GO AWAY I BEGAN TO CRY IS I STEPPED OUT I STARTED TO SCREAM THATS A LIE NOW IM ON TRIAL MY MOTHER PRAYED MY FATHER CRAVED TO HAVE HIS ON THE GIRL THAT PUT ME IN JAIL FOR LIFE TODAY ITS BEEN TWENTY YEARS SINCE I SEEN NIGHT OR DAY EVEN THOUGH I SCREAMED INNOCENT IT SEEM LIKE NO ONE HEARD ME UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 65 ON MY WAY TO THE GRAVE INNOCENT
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