Weaving together hip-hop, theater, spoken word, and song, Byronn Bain's Lyrics from Lockdown, The Ugly Side of Beauty takes a no hold barred journey that reveals how race and prisons, poverty and privilege, reflect underlying inequities in our "progressive" America. As this country looks to swear in its first Black President, Bain's one man show takes no prisoners as it confronts the unresolved contradictions we will continue to face in the next century.