Tookie's Saga with apologies to Dr. Seuss
Can you do it by the book
Or would you rather be a crook?
Can your friends form a gang,
do drive-by shootings that go bang-bang?
Has the police got you down,
on the hard hard concrete ground?
Can your friends make your bail?
while you're rotting in the jail.
Are you willing to do the mile,
now it's time to go to trial?
After the jury says bye-bye,
Can you look them in the eye?
Can you see the light of day?
After the "man" puts you away?
In the pen do you send mail,
and ask for help when your appeal fails?
Do you think life went well,
when your soul rots in hell?
by me.