I speak to you in jesus´s name As jesus speaks through me The evil we do can´t be blamed upon our destiny I have walked through the valley of death-row to
The shore I have stumbled through silvery water to my savior My salvador! It took me four years to learn I was in prison not in church And two more to begin the book of my soul´s search Time is an ocean of endless tears A wild boy from the streets of el barrio An orphan from the hills of mayaguez And when i wrote my story The words flew from the page And my soul in solitary Escaped its iron cage Time is an ocean of endless tears
Mama, i got your letter today
The next time that you write i´ll be transferred far away I´m leaving greenhaven´s towers of stone Where the latin population will soon be minus one Time is an ocean of endless tears I know how hard it´s been for you these many years You say the agulnaldo makes you dream of home Where once we strolled the beach at et malecon Go back don´t you worry, i am your grown-up son
The politics of prison are a mirror of the street The poor endure oppression The police control the state Correctional facility That´s what they call this place But look around and you will see
The politics of race A forest and a prison Where the snow and guards are white If you want to keep your sanity You´ll teach yourself to write You were a child of sixteen With a twelve-year-old mind You came here numb and battered By the streets i left behind I´ll take the evil in me And turn it into good Though all your institutions Never thought i could So now i´ll turn to say goodbye I´ll keep your image in my eye I turn around to say goodbye I´ll keep your image with me till the day i die Time is an ocean of endless tears
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