Jake Story

Let me tell you this story about a boy name Jake 

I believe he was around the age of 15 I think

As he walk down the halls kids started laughing 

You know he wore baggy clothes so the phones started flashing 

All that pain locked up inside 

He’s about to explode 

They don’t understand how Jake feel 

They keep taking him as a joke 

Jake really wasn’t a people’s person 

He stayed to himself 

But this particular day was totally different 

He busted out cursing

And started fumbling with his belt 

As he put his head down he said God I need your help 

But God wasn’t answering so he took it upon himself

1 shot 2 shot everybody down but as he turn around 

Cops said hold up your hands and don’t make a sound

Jake is now on death row 

No more seeing his family and no more seeing his home 

Jake is now locked up in that cell 

Reminiscing to what he did to those kids

Thinking whether he should going to heaven or hell

Now Jake thinking when is he going to be set free 

These are Jake exact words instead of me killing them I should’ve killed me 

Man I apologize for killing all those kids 

I didn’t mean for it to happen like that but it did

And I know their family suffering because of me 

If I could bring them back I would see 

But the devil was on my side telling me to 

do wrong God was telling me something else but I just went along 

So me being in here I guess I deserve it 

I guess prison will teach me a lesson so these 65 years I’m going to have to serve it 

I’m here to tell you today think before you act because trust me once you kill a man you can not bring them back and if your getting bullied tell an adult 

Before you be in prison or somewhere else 

Just a little Jake story 

 

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