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Decarcerate the Garden State

DECARCERATE!
THE GARDEN STATE!
DECARCERATE!
NORTHERN STATE!
DECARCERATE!
SOUTHWOODS STATE!
DECARCERATE!
TRENTON STATE!
DECARCERATE!
NEW JERSEY STATE!

Justice is late
In the Garden State
Racialized everything
Sealing our fate

But if it’s landlord abuse
Then its just a fine
Or Foreclosure Fraud
They break out the wine

Poisoned Water
Toxified air
Who we supposed to call
The system don’t care

But the cop pulls you over
Says I SMELL POT
And even if you’re clean
They can plant it on the spot

They falsify testimony
From the state crime lab
Racial profiling
So mostly Blacks get nabbed

25 K
Arrested every year
For cannabis allegations
Spreading the fear

And being Black in NJ
You have 3 times the chance
Getting popped for pot
The prohibition dance

Careers are made
On putting people in chains
Lobbyists paying
To have it all arranged

The cop and guard unions
Offering bags of cash
To the bought politicians
For their campaign stash

Prosecutors Judges
Lawyers and Bail Bonds
Buying the third house
As they slap the cuffs on

The time is now
The time is late
Decarcerate
The Garden State
Decarcerate Edna Mahan State
DECARCERATE!
BAYSIDE STATE
DECARCERATE!
EAST JERSEY STATE!
DECARCERATE!
THE YOUTH CORR STATE
DECARCERATE!
SOUTHERN STATE!
DECARCERATE!
NEW JERSEY STATE!

DECARCERATE
THE UNITED STATES
DECARCERATE
THE POLICE STATE

The cop he filed a phony report
Now his family is feeling a little bit short
NJ COM tearing up for the cop in the cell
But what about the 1000s locked away in hell
Because of the phony reports from a 1000 cops
A thousand forced pleas . . . It's got to stop!

Why not offer him a deal and let him walk
Let him serve up a meal . . . Make him talk
About the other dirty cops doing dirty things
But it's always the community that is taking the sting!