Crime and Punishment
[Verse]
Fighting a war on drugs starting with Nixon and Reagan
It’s public enemy number one
Unfair imprisonment of people who aren’t thugs
Instead we should be giving them therapy
’Cause they really need hugs

[Verse]
Opioids and crack lead to mass incarceration
Poor black kids on the street have only one destination
A bias so blatant it’s the new Jim Crow
Over 2 million blacks imprisoned and there’s room to grow

[Pre-Chorus]
African Americans are incarcerated 5 times the rate of whites

[Chorus]
Yeah they’re comin’ to stop you don’t turn around, don’t turn around
You can’t run away, jump into the fray
This is how it all begins don’t lеt it die, don’t let it die
Fighting a war for freedom, this ain’t goodbyе
[Verse]
Mass incarceration rules the land
Even when there is no blood on your hands
Just say no, you won’t have to go
Anti drug abuse act, targeting blacks
Cause nothing’s worse than crack

[Verse]
The more people go to private prisons
More money lines the owners’ wallets
An obvious incentive to imprison more people
But all of our politicians are afraid to call it

[Pre-Chorus]
The percentage of Americans in prisons has more than tripled since 1985

[Chorus]
Yeah they’re comin’ to stop you don’t turn around, don’t turn around
You can’t run away, jump into the fray
This is how it all begins don’t let it die, don’t let it die
Fighting a war for freedom, this ain’t goodbye

[Chorus]
Yeah they’re comin’ to stop you don’t turn around, don’t turn around
You can’t run away, jump into the fray
This is how it all begins don’t let it die, don’t let it die
Fighting a war for freedom, this ain’t goodbye