[ WP ] Around your head is a noose , you are about to be lynched . Explain the events that led up to this moment .

I'm a black man. Proud of it. I ai n't one to go round blamin' folks for my lot in life. I know what it is, and by God's eye I accept it. But this time, they *wrong. * It's just plain *wrong* this time. 
 
 You can write about meaning, and sing about love and joy till your heart gives out. But to me, to a poor old nigga like me, life ai n't shit, and that's the truth. People.. people die everyday, people die everyday... People get run over, shot in war, die of overdoses on the street, a stroke in their sleep. Life do n't give a damn, she'll take you silent as the night without giving you a second thought. 
 
 Me? 
 
 I was comin' home from work, just mindin' my bidness. I'm not a curious man by nature, but I know wrong when I see it. And I saw it. 
 
 Old Tony Lappelton from up George's way was beatin' and havin' his way with one of the Alison girls. It was close to dark and I do take a peculiar route home, but I have no doubt it was an Alison girl. They all pretty like, with blonde hair and blue eyes. 
 
 Anyways I got him... I got him right by the back of the collar and started givin' him a righteous whoopin', like any god-fearing man would if he came across this test. 
 
 The Alison girl, well, she got up and made a dash for it. I do n't blame her. She's just a child, you see. She was all bloodied and cryin', it only made me more angry. 
 
 Anyways, I'm givin' ol' Tony a working, I was a boxer in my younger days, and this filthy man had it comin'. 
 
 Right when I was finishing my punishment, these white folks, mean white folks, I know who they are. They're the ones here now tying this rope round my neck. They come running up, half of'em in the back of Danny Johnson's pick up, hollerin' and cussin me like I'm some animal. 
 
 I *know* they know I did n't do it. Everyone in this town knows Tony `` Lady fingers'' Lappelton was prone to gettin' handsy after a few handshakes of whiskey. 
 
 But ai n't surprised. Ai n't scared neither. I knew this shit was happening'... could happen. To me. And now it is. 
 
 That's life, folks. She ai n't loyal to no one. She'll cut you down the moment you stop being ruthless and selfish for your own back. And she'll move on and cut another poor nigga' down without *ever* givin' you a second thought. 
 
 I'm lookin' at ol' Tony now, big dirty smile on his guilty face. But I ai n't gon na give him the satisfaction of a dirty look. 
 
 A poor old miner like me, I ai n't ever takin' a step down with these folk. 
 
 Ai n't that the truth.
