It seems to be a song about a man who committed murder then went to prison before his 21th birthday. The song writer never says what the crime was, but I think it is understood that a person only gets life in prison without parole for killing someone, but the crime is not described so it is still up for interpretation. Doing this, means that the song can have imputed meaning from the listener and therefore have an appeal to many low-class Whites with a criminal background (which is the target audience).
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