Songs From The Hole ｜ Official Trailer ｜ Netflix

Transcript

00:00I've been thinking about freedom since the day I got locked up, when I was 15.

00:08In here, death always feels feminine.

00:12I lay on the floor, make beats on my chest.

00:16The way I manufacture hope is by writing music.

00:23Telling the story is like reliving the trauma.

00:27But, at some point, you have to choose your own healing.

00:47It's hard to acknowledge the worst thing you've ever done in your life.

00:52April 16th, the day I took a life.

00:57Three days later, my brother was burned.

01:03Wait a minute, look up here for him.

01:05Aww.

01:06More than anything in my life.

01:08I just wanted to be forgiven.

01:10Prison does not have space for forgiveness.

01:13It is seen as a weakness.

01:15They want to mount you on the wall.

01:17And I promise you I will make it to you.

01:19I know, son.

01:20Every time you see James, and you have to leave, it's like the casket is closing.

01:35Healing can never be found in someone else's punishment.

01:38I'm constantly thinking about the son that I lost.

01:40I'm constantly thinking about the son that I lost in the system.

01:43I am doing some good in this world.

01:55I can see clearly how my heart is impacting people.

01:58When I have clarity, I see it.

02:05Being in a box by yourself, that isolation can be crushing sometimes.

02:10But when God steps in, it becomes something different.

02:15That's what was happening in the hole.

02:17That's what was happening in the hole.