Suburbs tremble again
Fearing the have nots at the window
Collecting their fair share
Guns and alarms aren't enoughThey demand justice
And every criminal locked away
As well as any kid
Who might do something wrongThere's a jail out of town
With fences so high
We won't think about who's insideNeighbors are disappearing
Behind the bars
Kids are doing time for petty crimes
It don't matter who they are
It don't matter that they're aliveA warehouse for victims
Of circumstance
Cops are rounding up slaves
Workers that can't complain
Or come lateA workforce behind bars
They'll make gadgets
Circuit boards or fix cars
It don't matter who they are
It don't matter that they're aliveCrime pays
Ask the bankers floating bonds
To build cages
For the inner city's 'idle hands'
Instead of schoolsFactories with fences
Meet the prisons without walls
We shall have your skulls
They'll kick you to the groundYou'll find yourself employed again
On the inside