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garch the great - the war on drugs lyrics

it’s a war for control!

they said it was a war to save our streets
but the battle started in the government’s seats
lsd in the hands of the free
the cia played god in the sixties
dropping acid to bend the mind
twisting peace to chaos, one trip at a time
the flower children, the burning haze?
all by design, they set that stage!

the war on drugs, it’s a war for control
breaking communities, taking their soul
they built the pipeline, they laid the tracks
then sold us fear and turned their backs
the war on drugs, such a wicked game
the dealer and the jailer, one and the same

fast forward to the crack cocaine
pumping poison through the city veins
the ghettos burned, press demonized
while pockets were filled, to no one’s surprise
forfeited homes, confiscated gold
while we believed the lies nancy told
it’s a business plan, a pipeline scheme
they got rich and we got reamed
the war on drugs, it’s a war for control
breaking communities, taking their soul
they built the pipeline, they laid the tracks
then sold us fear and turned their backs
the war on drugs, such a wicked game
the dealer and the jailer, one and the same

black budgets filled with shadow cash
from poppy fields to the kingpin’s stash
they turn the people into p+wns
keep us fighting while they move on
every bust, every tear gas plume
funds the machine that seals our doom
who’s the enemy? who’s the crook?
the justice system doesn’t want you to look!

cities run a racket putting folks in jail
keeping ’em poor through fines and bail
courts feed the cycle, the scales don’t weigh
freedom’s for sale if you can pay!
a.a.’s a crutch they force on the weak
while the real fix hides from those who seek
the poor stay punished, the rich walk free
that’s the justice of this economy!

the war on drugs, it’s a war for control
breaking communities, taking their soul
they flood the streets, then lock the doors
profiting from the lives they tore
they built the prisons, they wrote the laws
turned healing plants into criminal flaws
the war on drugs is a wicked game
the system profits, and we’re to blame
so open your eyes, see the design
the war on drugs is a profit line
it’s not about saving, it’s not about care
it’s about power and keeping it there!

- garch the great lyrics

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