The “war on drugs” shifted the focus from education and social programs to mass incarceration. The US does not give a single solitary fuck about housing the homeless, unless it’s in a prison.

Don’t forget closing the mental asylums so they can use the ill as slaves in prison.

They’re trying to build a prison

Following the rights movements you clamped on with your iron fists Drugs became conveniently available for all the kids

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Nearly two million Americans are incarcerated In the prison system, prison system of the U.S.

They’re trying to build a prison For you and me to live in Another prison system For you and me

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons, you don’t even flinch All our taxes paying for your wars against the new non-rich

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The percentage of Americans in the prison system Prison system has doubled since 1985

They’re trying to build a prison For you and me to live in Another prison system For you and me

All research and successful drug policies show that treatment should be increased And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences

Utilizing drugs to pay for Secret wars around the world Drugs are now your global policy Now you police the globe

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Drug money is used to rig elections And train brutal corporate sponsored Dictators around the world