it s crazy to hear it, to see the words come to life. make you want to continue to do it. it s like art imitates life. oh, man, it looked good, i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. so it was, you know, like the greatest day of his life. but white s elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. and then an hour later he got into a fight in the yard and got busted and sent back to the shu. so it shows how fast things can fall apart, even when things are going good, prison can take it all away from you. it s the law, for every action there s a reaction. so i can relate to macbeth, you know, by the choices he made, you know, he predicted his punishment. some of us made mistakes, our choices was mistakes.
summation in the final verdict, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash. all my life i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistakes that i made, and i see the young people that are here at this prison, and i hear all the stories because i listen, and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you re going out there with another chance. whether it s five years, ten years or what. you re getting another chance. i ll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm, for that chance. i m never going get it. i m going to die right here. clean the front, all that grass out in front. it s fun to break the law and dance with the devil, but, see, when you got to pay the fiddler, it ain t nothing nice. trust me. i m living it. i m living it. when it comes to serving hard time, white trash baker is hardly alone. myself, i got 35 to life, on
i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. you know, it was like the greatest day of his life. but white s elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. and then an hour later, he got in a fight in the yard and got busted and got sent back to the shu. so it just shows how fast things can fall apart even when things are going good. prison can take it all away from you. it s the old law, you know? for every action, there s a reaction. so i can relate to macbeth, you know, by the choices he made predicted his punishment. some of us made mistakes. our choices was mistakes, now we re paying for them. next three dangerous individuals.
and i see the young people that s here at this prison and i hear all the stories because i listen and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you re going out there with another chance, whether it s five years, ten years or what. you re getting another chance. i ll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm, for that chance. i m never going to get it. i m going to die right here. it s fun to break the law and dance with the devil. but see, when you got to pay the fiddler, it ain t nothing nice. trust me, i m living it. i m living it. when it comes to serving hard time, white trash baker is hardly alone. me, myself, i got 35 to life. i m here on a three strikes case. in the mid- 80s i had a burglary and attempted burglary. i did four years for it. those are strike one and strike two. in 1996, i caught a drug charge,
oh, man, that looked good. i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. you know, it was like the greatest day of his life. but white s elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. and then an hour later, he got in a fight in the yard and got busted and got sent back to the shu. so it just shows how fast things can fall apart even when things are going good. prison can take it all away from you. it s the old law, you know? for every action, there s a reaction. so i can relate to macbeth, you know, by the choices he made predicted his punishment. some of us made mistakes. our choices was mistakes, now we re paying for them. next