Prison Song Songtext

von System of a Down

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Der Songtext "Prison Song" von "System of a Down" thematisiert die Probleme des amerikanischen Gefängnissystems und krit...

They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,

Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids
Following the rights movements
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
Prison system of the U.S.

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 your taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All your taxes paying for your was
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 me to live in)
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 minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy show
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences

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,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 an 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