They're trying to build a prison

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, my smack, my [bad word] 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
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...

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 [bad word] 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
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...
(For you and me, 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, my smack, my [bad word] 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
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...
(For you and me, 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