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The Defendant
There's a place that is way too frightening to see
A place inside of a room where people been, people like me
You seen it all before, watching people face strike 3
You seen it all over the news, and all over your TV
You claim you're a citizen but watch 'em take your rights
Plant evidence at the scene, making you try to fight
Give you a lawyer who is really a dump truck
Thinking they'll fight for you? Ha! Don't press your luck
You got a strong argument, the DA say you got a weak defense
Charge you with a felony with absolutely no damn evidence
Don't know about the crime? Then don't be in the spotlight
You'll be mad at yourself, and you'll cry yourself to sleep at night
They got an all white jury convicting nothing but blacks
The DA and your lawyer is having lunch in the back
The judge in his chambers dripping alcohol all over his robe
Ordering psych evals, watching a psych to pick and probe
Got people in the courtroom that are laughing at your ass
Embarrassed 'cause you're in chains? Aw! Why do you look so sad?
Sheriff deputies around you with barrettas on their hip
Don't think 'bout grabbing that gun; you won't get a good grip
Justice is what we want, but justice you're not gonna get
In a little brown chair shackled up is where these people sit
It's inside of the courtroom, that chair! You'll be sitting in it
In front of a judge, no longer a citizen but a "defendant."
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