Officer Down-
Agents of the state paid to reinforce the status quo
Armed with a gun and a badge we know the real foe
Murder goes unquestioned at the hands of the pigs
Protected by our own blind obedience and the comfort that it brings

Fuck your authority and the power you misuse
May you forever be haunted by those you've abused
The father you shot the protesters you maced
The kids you abused the women you’ve raped

Too much power given leads to countless stories of abuse
It wasn’t long ago American police tactics included a noose
Try to run and end up with a state issued bullet in the back
Try to resist in the streets and batons give your head a crack

Fucking mob mentality from the flock's of pig sheep
That continue to bring violence to once peaceful streets
It will take more then your batons to keep us in line
We will make it rain bricks on the two-legged swine

Don’t we pay their fucking salary don’t we deserve more respect
Something we will never get because it’s the rich they protect
Privilege above the rest will always lead their hearts to corruption
Your day will come you will feel the full fucking wrath of our liberation

No more will you beat and unjustly arrest
Profile and discriminate those you've sworn to protect
Your very existence feeds my unrest
You might just end up with two holes in your chest

Warehousing Prisoners-
Squash youth rebellion by declaration of war on decent
A war on drugs really means the militarization of the police state
Fueled by racialized moral panic at the pleasure of the conservative right
Mass incarceration for profit, dehumanization for control over the fight

Police harassment becomes basic procedure
The puppets of powerful ideologues with a clear-cut agenda
Profit margins blossom with the construction of every prison tower
Nonviolent offenders, prisoners of war, strip searched and showered

Stop and frisk searches and street interrogations
Operating on some higher moral authority that welcomes racism
But they call it police discretion, a hunch or plain intuition
A refusal to look at structural inequality keeping us on our knees

“Warehousing prisoners an adapted form of slavery. Equal rights framed as a threat to white men’s job security.
Contrived by that good old boy southern strategy, “law and order” code for legal murder of community.
Mandatory minimums with sentencing disparity in federal prisons, while hot shit stockbroker’s blow lines in beachfront condominiums”

Divide the underclass and pit them against each other
Ongoing strangulation of community organization
In an era of desperation and mass unemployment
The prison population stagers at the lobbyist’s enjoyment

Corporate news media crafts visual scare tactics to be sure people fall in line
The perfect centerpiece for any power grabbing politicians campaign prime time
The United States is home to the largest prison population in the world
Entire neighborhoods under siege as the prison industrial complex feeds