simple misdemeanors

i been in the can plenty times,
can't so i enjoyed it,
but i had to pay for my crimes,
simple misdemeanors, nothing big,
i was young and stupid, just a kid,
waking up more drunk than hung over,
on a slab of steel, lights on full tilt,
officers glaring at you behind plexiglass,
coulda been worse, woulda been worse,
in Detroit at night its lights out,
got you in a cell with 20 other mugs,
they ignore the yells and screams,
figure you get what you deserve,
lucky for me i was a college kid,
in a college town, full o knuckleheads,
knew real soon, knew real quick,
didn't wanna do it again any time soon,
kept saying it was gonna be the last time,
last time turned into third time,
finally drew the line, found my voice,
cut my ties, made my choice,
walked away from all that came before,
just wanted to live, to make it to 24,
changed my life, never looked back,
one foot on the wagon, now that's a fact,
need to go clean, need to decide,
playing with alcohol, gonna rot my insides
living a life of delusion, foggy minded,
thought I was the shiite, so blinded,
not what i wanted at all, not at the start,
gonna start fresh, live from my heart,
too many lost friends, many wasted days,
need to get myself straight, lift the haze,
living life like walking on the razor's edge,
no more screwups, that I do pledge,
gonna get clean for me and the kids,
don't want them doing the things that I did.