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[Verse 1]
Why the kids locked up?
Take this silence and blow it up
Why do they go so young?
Falling sisters and burning sons
[Verse 2]
Yeah, yeah
They put our kids in the system
Findings, reports, and royal commissions
Numbers, statistics when they're making decisions
Assess the risks and build another prison
Got a license for a car, they understaffed
Positions need fillin' and they need another guard
Who's lightin' their path when they're frightened in the dark?
They got spit hoods, understood that it's for their own good
[Verse 3]
How you expect them to act
When they get told they're no good?
Stand 'em in line and you make 'em go last (They go last)
False starts, everyone runs past
And you tell 'em catch up
While they're chokin' on dust (Chokin' on dust)
[Verse 4]
Blow it up, throw it up
Carve their name on the frame so they know it's us
I tell 'em where I'm at and they can follow me
Remember that they're kids, not a campaign policy
Isolate the individual
Separate from their family, visits and intervals
That's maximum punishment, rehab is minimal
Treat 'em like that, you're just makin' better criminals
[Verse 5]
Why the kids locked up?
Take this silence and blow it up
Why do they go so young?
Falling sisters and burning sons
[Verse 6]
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why
Oh, why, oh, why, oh, why
She go so young?
Oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why
Oh, why, oh, why, oh, why
She get locked up at all?
[Verse 7]
Not gonna disappear (We still here)
Scream in your other ear (You will hear)
Not gonna disappear (We still here)
Just 'cause they've been locked up (Let's go)
This cut's a cut on us (You feel that?)
This shame is all of us (You feel that?)
This justice isn't just (No peace)
This count's not adding up (Let's go)
[Verse 8]
Locked up
Locked down
No justice
No peace
[Verse 9]
The vicious cycle remains the same
Indigenous people are more likely to come to the attention of the police
Indigenous people that come to the attention of the police
Are more likely to be arrested and charged
Indigenous people who are charged
Are more likely to go to court
Indigenous people who appear in court
Are more likely to go to jail
Indigenous youth now comprise over fifty percent of juveniles in detention
The statistics speak for themselves
A cold hard fact remains an indictment on all of us
[Verse 10]
No-no-no, no peace
Written by: Adam Lewis, Crypt The Rapper, Joey Nato
