System Of A Down - Prison Song lyrics

They're trying to build a prison [x2]

Following the rights movement
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids
[x2]

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch
Right here in Hollywood
(Nearly two million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system of the US)

They're trying to build a prison [x4]
For you and me to live in
Another prison system [x3]
For you and me

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich
[x2]

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch
Right here in Hollywood
(The percentage of Americans in the prison system
Prison system has doubled since 1985)

They're trying to build a prison [x4]
For you and me to live in
Another prison system [x3]
For you and me

You and I [x4]

They're trying to build a prison [x3]
For you and me
Oh baby you and me

Why

All research and successful drug policy show
That treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences
[x2]

Utilizing drugs to pay
For secret wars around the world
Drugs are now your global policy
Now you police the globe

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch
Right here in Hollywood
Drug money's used to rig elections
And train brutal corporate sponsored dictators
Around the world

They're trying to build a prison [x4]
For you and me to live in
Another prison system [x3]
For you and me

You and I [x4]

They're trying to build a prison [x3]
For you and me
Oh baby you and me