We were warned no later than 2001:

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

Following the rights movement, you clamped on with your iron fists

Drugs became conveniently available for all the kids

Following the rights movement, you clamped on with your iron fists

Drugs became conveniently available for all the kids

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch right here in Hollywood

(Nearly two million Americans are incarcerated in the prison system, prison system of the US)

(They’re trying to build a prison)

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

(For you and me to live in)

Another prison system

Another prison system

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

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons, you don’t even flinch

All our taxes paying for your wars against the new non-rich

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch right here in Hollywood

(The percentage of Americans in the prison system, prison system, has doubled since 1985)

(They’re trying to build a prison)

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

(For you and me to live in)

Another prison system

Another prison system

Another prison system (for you and me)

For you and I, you and I, you and I

You and I

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison for you and me

Oh, baby, you and me

Oh

Oh

All research and successful drug policy show that treatment should be increase (oh)

And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentence (oh)

All research and successful drug policy show that treatment should be increased (oh)

And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences

Utilising drugs to pay for secret wars around the world

Drugs are now your global policy, now you police the globe

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch right here in Hollywood

Drug money is used to rig elections and train brutal corporate sponsored dictators around the world

(They’re trying to build a prison)

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

(For you and me to live in)

Another prison system

Another prison system

Another prison system (for you and me)

For you and I, you and I, you and I

You and me

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison

They’re trying to build a prison for you and me

Oh, baby, you and me

Written by: Shavo Odadjian, Serj Tankian, John Dolmayan, Daron Malakian

Album: Toxicity

Released: 2001