Prison Systems

Slaves to our tables, no we don't know why
We're listening to the devil, no we don't know why
Another prison system, no we don't know why
For you and me to live in, no we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why

Sitting in the courtroom, tune on the stand
Hoping that his story get believed by a man
Took his life from him, he ain't even understand
Victim of the system, it was all in their plans
Police under oath, but be lying on the stand
Say he shot him down, seen a gun in his hand
Tell me how a cellphone look like a pistol
Swept under the rug as an unresolved issue
His mama want justice but she still gon' miss him
Wishing she could have him back just so she could kiss him
Federal conviction rate 98
Meaning they can take your life with none of the evidence
If the state give you life, boy you gotta do all that
Praying for appeal, now you hoping you crawl back
Lynching with no rope, nigga that's what you call that
Are prisons obsolete? I just wanna ask y'all that, yeah

Slaves to our tables, no we don't know why
We're listening to the devil, no we don't know why
Another prison system, no we don't know why
For you and me to live in, no we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why

Attorney wanna win like he trying to get a ring
Cut a nigga time but first they make him sing
Even paid lawyers playing on the same team
As the DA and the judge, nigga shit ain't what it seem
A public defender won't get you shit but a conviction
Ain't trying to discredit the ones handling they business
Cutting off your head ain't gon' change your complexion
I know you niggas lost, let me give you some direction
Seen your face tats, now they making the connection
Poke one for their crime, pat 'em down then arrest 'em
We hate our own skin but this melanin a blessing
Judge give you 50 years, call it teaching you a lesson
Doing all that labor, they paying you a dollar
But they making mills, read the message in the bottle
Educated scholar doing time in Angola
Tell 'em abolish the prisons and free all the soldiers, yeah

Slaves to our tables, no we don't know why
We're listening to the devil, no we don't know why
Another prison system, no we don't know why
For you and me to live in, no we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why
No we don't know why

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