American justice

Is a contrary phrase

When a criminal is sentenced

But the innocent pays

The guilty are pampered

Their rights protected

While the victim gets life

And is left neglected

Who makes the laws?

Who fills the jails?

Who breaks the laws?

And who holds the scales?

An innocent man

Convicted of a crime

He was black and poor

At the wrong time

It's not a mistake

It's not judicial error

It's simply a system that don't care

As long as justice and mercy

Are held in the hands of mere men

In this twisted land

Guilty or innocent

Is what it 's not about

Just who has the money

Or who has the clout