Hardly worth the paper on which it's written
Ashcroft from the Religious Right
was covering artwork out of sight
Due Process dead, he's cooked it's goose
Using terrorism as an excuse
Republicans made their contribution
And socked it to the Constitution
They read your mail and tap your phone
Seize every little thing you own
The people need to start a few fights
If they hope to get back their Civil Rights
Based on informants and nothing more
The feds will come, kick down your door
And if that day, they're kind of pressed
They'll end up at the wrong address
often when they're feeling hot
Innocent people end up shot
In order to seize a spoonful of drugs
They'll invade your home like Nazi thugs
They're likely to come at any odd hour
Where did Civil Servants get this power?
They'll throw you down, cart you off to jail
The judge will make sure that you can't make bail
They'll give you a lawyer, it's all for free
But his only purpose is to cop a plea
To prove your innocence, on him is the onus
But if you plead guilty, he'll get a bonus
If you've hired a lawyer, you know what's funny?
Won't be different, he'll steal your money
They'll drag you to court, all chained in a knot
Keep you all day in a cage to rot
If you go to trial, better shed some tears
because you'll never see a "Jury of Peers"
A speedy trial?...do me a favor
They'll find some way to get a waiver
They'll put you away, twenty years or more
While killers are walking out the door
Prosecutors lie, distort the facts
They're never punished for their criminal acts
Don't need evidence, under the law
Someone talking, nothing more
You'll get convicted on anyone's word
Want a reduction?...Sing like a bird
Tell them about some others that buy
They won't care if it's all a lie
They'll drag them in, just wait and see
And convict them of conspiracy
They make a mockery of Common Law
The Salem witch trials are with us once more
The prisons are full about all the time
As the feds keep up this production line
Two million in jail, that's just so far
More than there were in the USSR
The Russian people are finally free
Now America has the KGB
Just mark my words, this can be your fate
As America heads towards a police state