Prison Song -- system Of A Down

"They're trying to build a prison,  They're trying to build a prison,
Following the rights movements You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently  Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements  You clamped down with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently  Available for all the kids,
I buy my crack, my 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,

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, my smack, my bitch,  Right here in Hollywood,
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985

(**)  

All research and successful drug policy shows  That treatment should be increased,  And law enforcement decreased,  While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,  All research and successful drug policy shows
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, my smack, my bitch,  Right here in Hollywood,
Drug money is used to rig elections,  And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world. 

(**) 

This is about how America has too many people in prison and it throws out some facts (the percentage of Americans in the prison system has doubled since 1985; nearly 2,000,000 Americans are incarcerated). The chorus describes America's need to build more prisons, yet it none-too-discretely blames the government for the problem.                   (songfacts)      

         

   Alcatraz prison of San Francisco , the hardest to break