Law Library Part 4
Papoose Lyrics

If your fam locked up and you sick of the law.
If your family is in jail and you are tired of dealing with legal issues.

Take these bars to the visiting flaw.
Take this advice when you visit your family member in jail.

Hurry up before they imprison us all.
Act quickly before we all end up in prison.

Welcome to Law Library. Part 4.
This is the fourth part of Papoose's Law Library series.

Homicide. Put down your gun for a while.
Stop killing people.

If it's a full moon listen to sun for a while.
Take a break and relax.

The definition of homicide is the conduct that causes the death of another person or a unborn child.
Homicide is the term used when someone causes the death of another person or unborn child.

I send these words to a mother if her sons on trial.
These words are directed toward a mother whose son is facing a trial.

Food for thought. No more chow.
Something to think about, no more food.

If you intend to cause physical injury to a person and you kill em.
If you meant to hurt someone, but they end up dying.

Thats not a murder thats a lesson charged sub-division.
This would not be considered murder, it's a different type of charge.

1 Paragraph A. We should all learn this.
We all should know Paragraph A.

If you catch a body under emotional disturbance.
If you hurt someone because you were not in control of your emotions.

That does not constitute murder. So you gotta chance.
This would not be considered murder and you have a chance for a different charge.

Cause it constitutes a medicating circumstance.
The act could be considered a mitigating circumstance.

Temporary insanity if your lawyer is in order.
If your lawyer is skilled in this area, you may be able to use temporary insanity as a defense.

You could have a murder charge reduced to a man-slaughter.
You could have a murder charge lessened to a lower charge of manslaughter.

Cop out to a dime 15 years shorter.
Make a plea deal to get 15 years less in prison time.

Or you could end up with a quarter. To life.
Or you could end up with a conviction for a 25 (years) to life sentence.

Life Liiiife. Life Liiiiiife. Liiife Liiiiiiife. Liiife Liiiiiiife.x2
Refrain for the song.

You just a pawn. I ain't talking about where you sell your jewelery.
You are being used like a pawn in a game, not in the sense of pawning items for money.

Or a small lake where water be flowing fluidly.
Just making a comparison, unrelated to the message of the song.

Life is like a game of chess.
Life has similarities to a game of chess.

My next move'll be? Law Library Part 4.
His next move is to share more legal knowledge in Law Library Part 4.

Cause truthfully, a person getting murdered or killed.
To be honest, someone dying is not uncommon.

Nothing new to me. Kids reaching for guns before they reach puberty.
Sadly, children obtaining guns is not new to him and it happens often.

But whether its me shooting you....or you shooting me.
Regardless of who is doing the shooting, it's still violence.

Its still black on black crime. Where is the unity?
This is still violence within the black community, where is the sense of togetherness?

Homicide police swarming through the community.
Police investigating murders in the community.

They locking up you and me.
People are getting arrested.

Cause they only gotta prove 3 things to get a conviction
Prosecutors only need to prove three things to secure a conviction.

Follow through with me. Thats the motive the intent and the opportunity.
Stick with me and I'll tell you: the motive, the intent, and the opportunity are what need to be proven during a trial.

Motive: That mean you had a reason to kill.
Motive means you had a reason to cause someone's death.

Intent: You intended to kill em did it at will.
Intent means you planned to kill someone and did it on purpose.

Opportunity: This the most important and why? They place you at the scene if you don't give em a alibi.
Opportunity is essential, as it places you at the scene of the crime if you don't have an alibi.

A murder charge doesn't mean defeat.
Being charged with murder is not a guarantee of a conviction.

Some say through the technicalities its the easiest thing to beat.
Some people say that murder charges very technical and can be beaten, if you know how.

Follow me through the court system I'm leading you out.
He is going to lead you through the court system to help you understand.

They gotta prove you guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The prosecution must prove you are guilty without any reasonable doubt.

Its an affirmative defense out blatant.
It's an affirmative defense.

So if you start explaining. Give a reasonable explanation.
If you start explaining your actions, give a reasonable explanation.

Reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in a defending situation.
The reasonableness of your explanation will be determined from the viewpoint of someone who was defending themselves from perceived harm.

Suspended license. Crash you'll make your life shorter.
If you get into an accident with a suspended license, you could face a shorter life sentence.

They could charge you with vehicular man-slaughter.
You could be charged with vehicular manslaughter.

Criminal negligence they both go aside.
If it was criminal negligence, both the criminal and victim acted irresponsibly.

They call it criminally negligent homicide.
The legal term for this is criminally negligent homicide.

I'm streetwise. Thats why I give you advice.
He knows how to navigate the streets and the legal system, that's why he is giving advice.

So you don't stay incarcerated for your natural life.
So you don't end up in prison for the rest of your life.

My next chapter is to the politicians.
His next chapter will address politicians.

Article 490. Terrorism.
Refers to Article 490 of some sort of legal code regarding terrorism.

Law Library.
Refers to Papoose's series of Law Library songs.