They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
Following the rights movement
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids
Following the rights movement
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids
I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in hollywood
(nearly 2 million americans are
incarcerated in the prison system
prison system of the US)
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(for you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(for you and me to live in)
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
you don't even flinch
all our taxes paying for your wars
against the new non rich
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
you don't even flinch
all our taxes paying for your wars
against the new non rich
I buy my crack, I 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
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(for you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
For you and I, For you and I, For you and I.
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
For you and me
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy show
that treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing mandatory minimun sentences
All research and successful drug policy show
that treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing mandatory minimun sentences
Utilising drugs to pay for secret wars around the world
drugs are now your global policy now you police the globe
I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
right here in hollywood
Drug money is used to rig elections
and train brutal corporate sponsored dictators
around the world
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(for you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(for you and me to live in)
For you and I, for you and I, for you and I
For you and I
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
for you and me
oh baby, you and me
The lyrics PRISON SONG of SYSTEM OF A DOWN is also present in the album Toxicity (2001)
System of a Down è un gruppo musicale alternativo metal di origine armena-americana formatosi a Glendale, California, nel 1994. Il gruppo è composto da Serj Tankian (voce), Daron Malakian (chitarra, voce), Shavo Odadjian (basso) e John Dolmayan (batteria). La loro musica è caratterizzata da un mix di heavy metal aggressivo, influenze folk armene e testi politici e sociali spesso satirici. System of a Down ha raggiunto il successo internazionale con album come "Toxicity" (2001), certificato 6 volte platino negli Stati Uniti, e "Mezmerize" (2005). Tra i loro brani più famosi figurano "Chop Suey!", "Aerials", "B.Y.O.B." e "Toxicity". Il gruppo è noto per le sue performance energiche e coinvolgenti, spesso caratterizzate da un forte messaggio politico.
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