Dion Baker - Prison lyrics

The American prison system... incarceration nation Lock you up throw you in the federal or state pen But nowadays its, shifting into corporations With the movement from public prisons to privatization With their ticker symbols on the New York, Stock Exchanges 3 to 4 letters, it spells out a profit to investors Put your money in and double it the trend in America's to continue, to utilize the prisons For their so-called corrections… in the 80's The drug war spiked the prison population real crazy Congressional laws, 1986 crack versus powder kicks in You got crack? Get a longer sentence with conviction Prison rates nearly tripled since then If you're black 1 in 3 chance you'll be in prison And that's ridiculous, America is number one in the world For locking people up check the figures Cats selling d** get locked up... full rights taken away While you sit in a cage waiting the day For your release, step in the world that we live in They legally can treat you like a slave due to your conviction Look at the 13th amendment, you thought this nation Eradicated slavery with emancipation proclamations? Incarceration is the new word for slave system prison labors 23 cents minimum wages In federal prison it lower in the state pen You thought slavery was over? They repositioned it Into a billion dollar industry And politically they strip away your right to vote no full citizenry What are the options?... the job market? Fill out another job application just so it can be discarded? The streets watching and the cops watching Fill out the warrant documents kick in the door with no-knocking The prison rates skyrocket... throw away the key until its rusted And they sell it to the public with the word justice It's disgusting, when you see the numbers Broken down into social cla** and color