No Justice, No Peace

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Freedom for all political prisoners in the United States Be aware of COINTELPRO and the falsehoods it creates We must stop the racist atrocities committed by police Demand that every last freedom fighter be released These people lost their freedom because of their knowledge of the facts And their commitment to expose it warrants FBI attacks If they survive, they're hauled away, the system now aborts Their rights and any justice in political puppet courts [Chorus] Another imprisoned year goes by Another parole will be denied Another prisoner is victimized Another parole will be denied The government and the FBI Make sure parole will be denied Our judicial system's a fucking lie They'll keep them there until they die [Verse 2] They're victims of the corrupt legal system we ignore Like Leonard Peltier, Geronimo Pratt, The Move 9 and Richard Moore The only crime committed is their mere existence Or their noble sacrifice of uncompromising resistance Persistence of resistance stems from independent thought So these "dangerous" revolutionaries are left in jail to rot This country reeks of prejudice from sea to shining sea They fucking lock the people up and throw away the key [Chorus] Another imprisoned year goes by Another parole will be denied Another prisoner is victimized Another parole will be denied The government and the FBI Make sure parole will be denied Our judicial system's a fucking lie They'll keep them there until they die [Bridge] Our freedom of speech in this country is limited to having the safe, obedient views the government wants us to have Those with dissenting views are harassed, beaten, imprisoned or killed Your freedom of assembly is also a lie If you protest against the government, the chances are you've already been filmed by the police and are now on file There are hundreds of political prisoners being held all over the United States They have to endure some of the harshest conditions of the American prison system As long as our government continues to subject us to their cowardly oppression, we're no longer obligated to them as peaceful citizens The time's extremely overdue to take back what's rightfully ours We're no longer here for their selfish exploitaion It's our lives, our minds, our beliefs Fuck their threats and intimidation They have nothing left to hold over our heads [Interlude] Until they die! [Verse 3] Freedom and equality some people will never know Like Mumia Abu-Jamal who is waiting on death row His rights were stripped away by cops under Rizzo's reign Then he was dragged into court where judge Sabo did the same He exposed their fascist tactics and their feeble racist fears So he was framed and put in prison where he's now spent fourteen years He fights for the rights of people who fall victim to government violence They want him dead because the voice of the voiceless won't be silent [Chorus] Another imprisoned year goes by Another parole will be denied Another prisoner is victimized Another parole will be denied The government and the FBI Make sure parole will be denied Our judicial system's a fucking lie They'll keep them there until they die