Jeremy and his mother now live in San Jose with her mother.  Jeremy’s father was given three strikes and sentenced to life behind bars.  Fourteen year old Jeremy wrote this poem himself.
 
 

you have 2 children wanna give them everything you can't afford it 2 jobs is not enough you sell some weed damn  2 hours you make a g kids got nice clothes hot running water selling weed is illegal caught strike one house arrest now who pays the bills you sell some weed damn  2 hours you make a g kids got nice clothes hot running water selling weed is illegal caught violation of parole strike two 2 years jail time grandma gets the kids

freedom nobody hires ex cons you sell some weed damn 2 hours you make a g kids got nice clothes hot running water selling weed is illegal caught strike 3 dad could have tried harder to find a job stop selling drugs he had to sell weed 2 hours make a g so we could have nice clothes hot running water and no dad