Guilty

Lyrics

[Intro] The US has the fastest-growing prison population in the world It's like the real estate boom, haha Except, of course, the problem with real estate Eventually, you run out of land; You never run out of people to put in prison [Hook: Rodstarz, G1] (Guilty Guilty) The capitalist system of America, (Guilty) The US Military ¡Asesinos! (Guilty) The FBI, CIA, ATF, ICE Homeland Security, and your neighborhood police (Let's Go!) [Verse 1: Rodstarz] They stole three-fourths of Mexico in 1848 Abducted Africans and then sold them as slaves Genocided and enslaved us, and for that, we give thanks? Wrote they history books and made themselves great There's two types of crime, power and survival Crimes that deal with power are the ones you might not find, though Looks at the trillions that was stolen from the Wall Street bailouts And Mumia still stuck in the jailhouse They sick, they killed little Aiyana Jones She was seven years old Man the story gets old Look at the wars, look at colonialism Look at the trade agreements, and the profits from they prisons We know the aggressor, they train them in Georgia At the School of the Americas, where they teach torture My father is a survivor, he talks about it often Thousands disappeared, no funeral, no coffin And I can't harm them without the charge of terrorism But they the terrorists, I charge they whole system From the filthy politicians to the lying professor Guilty as charged, we convict the oppressors [Hook] We plead our case, they (Guilty) To the crooks, throw them the book, they (Guilty) In the Court of the People, we deem them (Guilty) Pay they debts to society, return what they been robbin' To the racists hating ethnic studies, (Guilty) To the rich cutting school funding, (Guilty) To the bosses denying us the right to unionize, (Guilty) We say they are [Verse 2: G1] Guilty as charged No immunity clause, no impunity, naw Put 'em behind bars Get 'em all The killer cops The gentrifiers on the block CIA, Black Ops Undercover, overseas, and on your corner At the border, Big Brother tryna control us Hold up, what is we facin', guilty by association That's how they profile racially Slavery been abolished, that's common knowledge 'Cept they put a clause in; see, it's legal if you locked in To keep making profits, they keep wages low By keepin' a sector of society out of work Unemployed roam the streets Precincts deployed, more police Capture and contain, ain't much change Racist capitalists aim to keep us in chains [Outro] I rest my case, they (Guilty) To the crooks, throw them the book, they (Guilty) In the Court of the People, we deem them (Guilty) Pay they debts to society, return what they been robbin'