Prison Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C][B5][C][B5]
[C][B5][C][G]
They're trying to [C]build a prison
[B5][C][B][C]
[B][C][G]
They're trying to build a [C]prison

[Interlude 1]
[B][C][B][C]
[B]
[C][G][B][C]
[B][G][B][C]
[B]
[G][C]
[B][C][B][C]
[G][B]

[Verse 2]
[G]Following
[B]the rights movements you clamped
on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently available
for all the kids
Following the rights movements you clamped
on with your iron fists
[C]Dru[B]gs became conveniently available
[C]for all the kid[B]s

[Verse 3]
I buy [C]my crack, I smack
[D]my [C]bitch
[B]Right her[C]e in Hollywood

[Verse 4]
[D]Nea[C]rly[B] two million
Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system,
prison system of the U.S.
They're [C]trying to build a prison
They're trying to [B]build a prison

[Verse 5]
They're trying to build a [C]prison
They're trying to build a [B]prison
For you and [G]me to live in
[B]Another prison system
Another [C]prison system
[B]Another prison system
For you [G]and me
[B]Minor drug offenders fill your prisons,
you don't even [Bm]flinch

[Verse 6]
All our taxes [B]paying for your
wars against the [Bm]new non-rich
Minor [B]Minor drug offenders fill your
prisons, [C]you don't [B]even flinch
All our taxes paying for your
wars against the new non-rich
[Bm]I I [B]buy

[Verse 7]
[C]my cra[B]ck,
[C]I s[D]mack m[C]y bitch
[B]Right her[C]e in Hollywood
[Bm][C]

[Verse 8]
[D]The[C] per[B]centage of Americans
in the prison system
Prison system has
doubled [C]since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
[B]They're trying to

[Verse 9]
build a [C]prison
They're trying to build a prison
[B]For you and me [G]to live in
[C]Another prison [B]system
Another [Bm]prison [B]system
[C]Another prison system
[B]For[G] yo[C]u and me[G]
They're [B]trying to [C]build a [B]prison

[Verse 10]
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build [Bm]a prison
For [G]you and me
Oh baby, [F#]you[B][Bm][B][Bm]
[B][Bm]
[B]and[Bm] me[B][G][Bm]
All research and successful
[B]drug policies show
that treatment should be increased
[G]

[Verse 11]
[Bm]And law [B]enforcement
decreased while abolishing
mandatory minimum sentences
[G]All[Bm] rese[B]arch and successful
drug policies show
That treatment should be increased
[G]And[Bm] law enforcement
decreased [B]while abolishing
Mandatory [Bm]minimum [B]sentences
[G]

[Verse 12]
Utilizing [F#]drugs to pay for
[Bm]Secret wars [F#]around the world
[Bm]Drugs are now your [F#]global policy
[Bm]Now you [F#]police the globe
[B]I buy my cra[Bm]ck, I smack my bitch
[B]Right here

[Verse 13]
in Hollywood
[C]Dru[B]g money is used to rig elections
[Bm]And [B]train

[Verse 14]
brutal
corporate sponsored
[Bm]Dictators around the world
They're trying to build a [C]prison
[Bm]They're trying to

[Verse 15]
[C]build a prison
[B]They're try[C]ing to build a prison
[B]They're try[C]ing to build a prison
For you and [G]me to live in
[Bm]Another prison system
[C]Another prison [Bm]system
[B]Another prison [Bm]system
[G]For[Bm][C][Bm]
[C]you and me[G]
[Bm]They're trying to

[Verse 16]
build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to [C]build a prison
[Bm]For you [F#]and me[G]
Oh baby, you [F#]and me[Bm]