Lil Wayne - Gone Til November

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Still Trying to Believe That Its Real!

For some crazy reason, I keep thinking that Im going to wake up tomorrow and the judge is gonna say that I dont have to go to jail. I actually showed up to go to jail twice (how crazy is that?) and was told to wait til next week. Once just because somebody threatened to burn the courthouse down. So this time, Im like, Shit, hopefully tomorrow theyll tell me that the court has a bomb in that bitch and I have to come back next week or even better: Dont worry about it, Mr. Carter, you dont have to report at all. But it didnt happen and I have to go in. Damn!

The reality of Naw, nigga, yo ass is going to jail is starting to really kick in, so now the primary focus is preparation. Being that I never experienced jail for myself before, Im just trying to remember all I ever heard from whoever on how to conduct myself up in that bitch. My mind is racing with all of the dont do this, the dont say this, but do say this the do be like this, and the dont let a nigga do this type of shit that Ive ever heard before.

I finally got a grasp on the reality of me going to jail by telling myself to just stay calm, maintain myself, and dont let it get to me too much because I only have to do eight months AND to remember to make sure that this would be the only eight months of my life that Id ever spend in someones prison.

Im hoping like hell to get out of this hell early for good behavior or by my lawyers being able to pull something off.

Isnt it bugged out how only time will tell?

Day up in This Bitch!

Ive never been one who doesnt take full responsibility for their actions, but damn, I really dont deserve this. If I hadnt traded my blue Marc Jacobs jeans, white polo and gray Vans for a green onesie, I wouldnt have believed this shit myself.

In hours, I went from the plush life of having fans ask to take my picture, to the harsh reality of having to take my prisoner ID picture. And just when I thought the moment couldnt get any worse, they snapped the picture while I was talking damn!

Im not sure why, but I had to talk to the prison psychiatrist when I got here. I told her that I shouldnt be talking to her because Im not crazy but I ended up really enjoying her conversation. Is that crazy? We talked about traveling the world, where weve been and where we would like to go, BUT both of us were in jail crazy!

Up until this point, everybody that I met was being very helpful. Nobody was being rude. Nobody was being like, Oh nigga, you think you Lil Wayne?! And nobody gave me any extra credit or extra attention either. They all just treated me with respect.

I thought about how COs must see mothafuckas come in this bitch every day and the norm is not to affiliate with them whatsoever. Their mind-set has to be Im in here to get a paycheck and YOURE in here because youre an inmate, period! We have nothing in common we cant talk about nothing, nigga!