making money off of criminality should be illegal its like making dollar signs out of people locked up padlocked men ride the line playin games and rule makers wins get locked up in the state pen penitentiary grab a pen behind bars again crimes with no victims hand over fist income a criminal based profit system break a law see who gains use slave labor force inmates in chains a workforce in reins felons bearing the mark of Cain sold to fast food chains labeled insane working for pennies earnings in vain tax credits redeemed and claimed checkmate check these schemes cell mate nothings as it seems made promises but it's too late sits in the dark and screams doing his time down time hurry up and wait for his next court date men love to slave for the state the gavel drops and the judge seals his fate. now hes chump change stumbling around in chains owned by the state corporation CEO only sees discount rates cheaper labor force is how the bottom line operates pretending he hired a person with high risk traits the prison industrial complex it's a cost effective concept lock up a con, no one objects use them for labor based projects save a dime in the process fiscally offsets programed progress approved by congress white wash your conscious send complaints to a PO box office labor laboratory faithful allegory filthy gory story locked up but not sorry guilt ridden never guilty repeat the cycle through the city built a new prison invest in pity while everyone was to busy its was voted on by top committees trauma won built the con no one caught on they love to shun tell a man who is based on what he's done the system made him mute, voiceless grinding away, points are pointless get out the joint cant get real employment your just a disappointment used, discarded, and avoided old habits creep back in like a prison poison that's how the cycle wins doing more time in the pen it's easier than living with them one more stint is better than daily being condemned judgment by family and friends death creeps in one more inch count the days like man counts your sin making jeans, burgers, odds and ends work at a call center for Verizon. doing hard time a frozen heart has harden institutionalised waiting on a pardon locked up padlocked men ride the line playin games and rule makers wins get locked up in the state pen penitentiary write a letter and grab pen you found yourself stuck behind bars again #mellowflo #truthtellers #truthmusicmovement #prisonindustrialcomplex #prisonforprofit #corruptsystem #corruption