Innocent Man - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Mark Morrison]

Did my time (In a) county jail (Just when)

Just when things (Started) going well (And I)

Paid the price (For the) crimes I did (Wanna)

Change my life (Wanna) raise my kids

(I'm an innocent man) Misunderstood

(I'm an innocent man) Just from the hood

(I'm an innocent man) Misunderstood

(I'm an innocent man) A man is good

Promised her (That I) that I'll change (Gonna)

Live my life (In a) better way (Have a)

Little you (And a) little me (So we)

Can settle down (And live) happily

(I'm an innocent man) Misunderstood

(I'm an innocent man) Just from the hood

(I'm an innocent man) Misunderstood

(I'm an innocent man) A man is good, understood

If everyone else had my eyes

Then who I am wouldn't be a surprise

Just 'cause I'm locked up don't mean I'm fucked up in the game

Just a victim of the dirt they tryna throw on my name

Get arrested, but getting arrested don't make me guilty

But by the time I make it to court, the media done killed me

Got a good heart, but we all do wrong

I really mean well, but I'm going too strong

You say I'm rehabilitated, but I still can't vote

You say I paid my debt, but I still can't vote

Gotta pay taxes, but I still can't vote?

Come on, dawg, y'all stay trying to keep a nigga broke

You just as crooked as us, fuck you tryna say?

'Cause once I pay that dough, the charges go away

Forget about it, it's okay

'Cause I'ma walk over here and let the Lord pave my way, aight

Change the life (That I) that I live (Got me)

Living fine (Living) negative (Need to)

Leave the game, game (that is) destroying me (So I)

Pray to God (That He) has mercy

On an innocent man