A breakdown of what a typical day is to work at a Maximum Security State Prison
Story behind the song
This song was created in hopes to allow the listener to really understand just how quickly Texas Prison can become a day to day battle for the brave few who work in Corrections in Maximum State Prisons. How quickly things go down is unbelievable. This song contains prison slang so not all will understand the first time.
Lyrics
Once in a place from here not far,
In the yard,
Where they bars,
I was a guard,
Look as laws,
and they pause,
When we Coming across,
Underpaid boss,
But i'm still down for the cause,
Now, on a regular term,
Just doing my thing,
Counting procedure so we know no one has escaped,
I just sit back,
Look at the traffic and laugh,
At these boys and their pants,
how far they will sag.
Job change,
One lane,
Got us thinking the same,
Institutional bars carved into my brain,
Don't know if I'm sane,
Hear them calling my name,
Look back at the trap,
Snicker back and laugh,
I could of wound up like that,
Some offenders attack,
Brutal force, but of course,
Caught me off track,
And I attack back,
No, Just leave at that,
And I try not to snap as I was taught by my dad,
There's a time and place for everything,
and if it is or not necessary,
Them i'm going to get them back like it's hereditary,
Worse then cemetery,
Because in here there's demons,
Trying to get at you, for no reason,
Hit you, bleeding, He lays it down on the cement,
No defense, he wins, without a beating,
See him, give him a greeting for me,
A slam, no cam, in a flash like damn,
Who was that,
Boy we are going to get you back,
Call it rehab,
We bust cans of gas, and whoop ass tell him relax,
If you boy's want to see how we act,
when we bust, We pop cans and beat up,
Not saying that we tough,
Down for the team,
Down for the cause,
Turn out applause,
We are semi famous among TDC brave,
we guards, of the law,
You'd be in awe,
If you knew what goes on here at all,
you'd fall, down to your knees,
Beg GOD please,
To wipe clean,
The feces off your face,
When they chunk and you spray,
Having a bad day, good day,
Could say all the same, underpaid but it's okay.
-J.M.