Fuse - Go to Jail lyrics

Another classic tale – from a
Story known too well
Young man pleads to the sheet –
Locked up in a cell
We fail to see the real consequence
Stigmatized lives swept into the system
Honor MLK – pretend all is okay
400 years of servitude –
Somehow just washed away
We avert our minds from inescapable truth
Wave our freedom – red, white & blue

Mass incarceration, underclass
Undercaste – permanent exile pOOR IN PRISON
Self-fulfilling prophеcy marginalized
POOR IN PRISON
Promise and peril – unshakеable parallels
New jim crow era
BADGE – of inferiority Felony record
Gives the poor – MORE PRISON
Perpetuating myth – it’s a reinforcing lie
It’s the hollowest of hopes
Laid by cruel and heavy hands
This flawed notion – in the US of A
Color-blind justice and equality
You tell them just open the doors – but
There’s no fucking doors
Just a goddamn cell – and a forgotten name
With a felony record
You’ve got to check the box
The more things change
The more they stay the same

Mass incarceration, underclass
Undercaste – permanent exile pOOR IN PRISON
Self-fulfilling prophecy marginalized
POOR IN PRISON
Promise and peril – unshakeable parallels
New jim crow era
BADGE – of inferiority Felony record
Gives the poor – MORE PRISON