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Born No Good

from This Side Of Life by Musical Juice

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This Side Of Life is a country rock band formed by four inmates currently serving long sentences in a maximum security prison. They have been given special permission to record their music and distribute it via the internet. Musical Juice are heabily involved in this unique music therapy program to help rehabilitate prisoners who up to now have been segregated from other inmates and kept in continual solitary confinement.

Maximum security prisons are extremely controversial and there are claims that the living conditions in such facilities violate international law with their 'cruel and unusual punishments' and 'inhuman and degrading' conditions. Prison officials have been accused of chronic abuse and the neglect of prisoners, many of whom have serious mental health problems.

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I was born no good
Knew it as a baby child
Left out in the cold
Alone and hungry
I just ended up running wild

I grew up angry and I grew up mean
And I grew up feeling mad
Seemed my life was always empty
Trouble was all I had

When you don’t know how to love
And you don’t know how to feel
You don’t give in to no one
And you take what you can steal

So finally they tried to teach me
Told me not to break the rules
Said, "You gotta work hard if you wanna be something"
But I told them, "You’re a bunch of fools"

Cos I was born no good
And maybe I’m going nowhere
And maybe my life’s not worth the trouble
And maybe I just don’t care

Cos I was born no good
And nobody’s who I am
And maybe I’ll never amount to nothing
And maybe I don’t give a damn

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from This Side Of Life, released September 2, 2018

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Musical Juice England, UK

We are an indie rock band who compose original songs that have a story to tell. Our music is heavy with strong melody lines and close vocal harmonies. Stories of circumstances and events that may have also touched your life and we hope will have a special meaning for you. ... more

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