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Your support makes all the difference.James Brown has been charged with drug and gun offences. He has previously served three years in prison on weapons charges. Other jailhouse rockers have included: Frank Zappa, Steve Earle, Tupac Shakur, Hugh Cornwell, Chuck Berry and briefly, Sir Paul McCartney.
THE LONG STAY STARPARK
Possession. Dope or firearms?
Non-payment of your tax?
You're in the long stay Starpark
You may as well relax
A soft job in the library
Might suit a quieter chap
In company with rappers
On a different sort of rap
For a popster and a slopster
in Pentonville or Norwich
The rider in your contract
Allows you only porridge
You may do time in Tokyo
Eight days to be precise
A busted former Beatle
With a bamboo mat and rice
Your royalties are mounting up
Your woman swears she'll wait
You're not the only pop messiah
Whose had ma cell-by-date
The die-hard fans may ring their hands
As critics howl with glee:
"He seems to know the number
But he still can't find the key"
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