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Jello Biafra lyrics : "Three strikes"

When they came for the Jews
I didn't protest, I wasn't a Jew
When they came for the crack dealers

I applauded that too
Tired of tripping over homeless beggars
At the latte stand

Drug war sweeps
Made the neighbourhood feel clean


Then they found some pot seeds
In my rented car
Seized everything I owned

Without trial

Oh-oh

Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh


In the hot hot Sun
Of an abandoned Army base

Rot the throngs of excess humans
Uncle Sam's "Detained"
Immigrants and patriotically incorrect

Or buying a ticket at the airport in cash
While back


This is ethnic cleansing
American style
More people in jail

Than any country's ever tried

Oh-oh

Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh


Welcome to the gulag
Of the Red, White, and Blue

Gotta keep up with the Chinese slaves
So hard labour for you


Pushups on command
Long marches, shaved heads
Guards cost money

So we use an electric fence



When it's 100 outside
Chain gangs mow the lawn
Freeze your $$# off and shovel snow

When it's 15 below

Three Strikes

Three Strikes
Three Strikes
You're out


Life in prison for stealing a can of beer
Or sitting in a stolen truck

Or swipe your cousin's TV
Life for shoplifting one jar of vitamins
Supreme Court said that ain't

Cruel and unusual punishment

The more our prisons

Are privately owned
Prison-industrial complex grows
They need more bodies

To cram in more cells
So they finance campaigns
For more 3 strike laws


Oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh

Oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh

Oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh

Oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh Oh-oh

Three Strikes
Three Strikes

Three Strikes
You're out

Let me out!

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