One of half a million locked us in a corporate-owned prison for a non-violent drug offense,
With plenty of time for refection while making shirts at 20 cents an hour
For the rest of his sentence

How did his supplier know when the police raids would come?
Ricky Ross began to question Questions that were answered when a journalist uncovered
Blandon's CIA connections

Harassment and death threats grew common as this journalist's career came to an end, until
That day in December when he was found dead in his home, two bullet holes in his head

But the hoax we exposed They hoped we'd all just forget
CIA imported the coke that sparked the crack epidemic

A US government scheme that needed funding to overthrow a Soviet-backed regime
Contra weapons were paid for be importing cocaine into the United States

And yet they continue to fill our prisons with citizens caught with their narcotics
The answer to the question of why this war continues can be found in who benefits;
Alcohol, tobacco, big pharma and the prison-industrial complex

So you and I will continue to be illegally searched
All of our freedoms stripped away, with nothing else left to say but
No, I do not consent to being searched
I don't use your boss' products So go fuck yourself

We the people will not be pushed around and bullied any longer

How did we allow the land of the free to become the home of the slaves?
How can the biggest prison population be found here in the United States?
Our own willfull ignorance contributed to the mess we are in today,
But now

We the people will not be pushed around and bullied any longer
As more truth emerges our numbers are only growing stronger