[Verse 1] Blue lights flash but they don't see me Badge on the chest, wallet in the back seat Quotas to fill, pockets to line Justice for sale, read the bottom line They patrol the block where my people starve While mansions on the hill get the armed guard Tell me who you serve when you break down doors It ain't my family, that's for damn sure [Pre-Chorus ] Protect and serve, that's what the car says But the system's rigged for the upper class Gavel comes down on the poor man's head While the rich walk free, not a word is said [Chorus ] You don't protect shit but your pension plan Serve the one percent, blood on your hands Lock us up, throw away the key While the real criminals walk free You don't protect shit but the status quo Serve the rich, let the people go This ain't justice, this is war And we know what you're fighting for [Verse 2] Courtroom packed with public defenders Fifteen cases, can't remember the names Meanwhile corporate lawyers in thousand-dollar suits Buy their way out, rewrite the rules You planted evidence, call it procedure Choke hold a man, call it a misdemeanor Qualified immunity, that's the shield While we bury our dead in potter's field [Pre-Chorus ] Protect and serve, propaganda lies We see the truth behind your disguise System built to keep us down below While you cash checks from the status quo [Chorus ] You don't protect shit but your pension plan Serve the one percent, blood on your hands Lock us up, throw away the key While the real criminals walk free You don't protect shit but the status quo Serve the rich, let the people go This ain't justice, this is war And we know what you're fighting for [Bridge ] Every ticket's a tax on being poor Every cell's a profit center, nothing more Private prisons need bodies to fill beds So you hunt us down, paint targets on our heads They don't want peace, they want compliance They don't want justice, they want silence But we're done bowing to the badge This rage been building, now we're mad [Chorus ] You don't protect shit but your pension plan Serve the one percent, blood on your hands Lock us up, throw away the key While the real criminals walk free You don't protect shit but the status quo Serve the rich, let the people go This ain't justice, this is war And we know what you're fighting for [Outro ] Protect and serve the rich That's all you ever did We see you for what you are Class traitors behind bars Protect and serve the rich Protect and serve the rich