[Verse 1] Blue lights in my rearview, I ain't even speeding They run my plates, looking for a reason Badge and a gun but who you really serving? Not my block, that's for certain Cash bail system got my cousin stuck in holding Six months waiting for a trial, case got folded Public defender met him once for fifteen minutes While the DA's office stacked charges to the ceiling They took his car, called it asset forfeiture No conviction needed, legal murder Said they smelled something, planted evidence Now his kids asking why their daddy's missing Christmas Meanwhile uptown, white collar criminal Embezzled millions, got a fine that's minimal Two-tier justice, one for them, one for us They protect capital, we just capital loss [Pre-Chorus ] Protect and serve, that's the lie they sold But the badge just enforces what the rich control Gavel comes down on the poor man's son While the billionaire's lawyer gets the case undone [Chorus ] You don't protect us, you protect their wealth Serve the one percent, nobody else Lock us in cages, profit off our pain Private prisons need bodies to maintain You don't protect us, just the status quo Criminalize poverty, let the real killers go This ain't justice, this is organized crime And we're done staying silent this time [Verse 2] School-to-prison pipeline, they built the track Metal detectors in schools where my niece at Zero tolerance for kids who act out from trauma While their kids get therapy, ours get the slammer Qualified immunity, you can't be sued Kill a man on camera, paid leave, nothing new Choke him out, kneel on his neck eight minutes Say you feared for your life, system co-signs it They taught us the law protects everybody equal That's the biggest lie they ever told my people Justice is a commodity, sold to highest bidder We get public defenders, they get legal hitmen Mandatory minimums for possession But corporate manslaughter gets a settlement They poison our water, our air, our food Then send us to prison when we self-medicate the wounds [Pre-Chorus ] Protect and serve, propaganda machine We see through the illusion, we know what it means System designed to keep us in chains While they hoard the wealth and we carry the blame [Chorus ] You don't protect us, you protect their wealth Serve the one percent, nobody else Lock us in cages, profit off our pain Private prisons need bodies to maintain You don't protect us, just the status quo Criminalize poverty, let the real killers go This ain't justice, this is organized crime And we're done staying silent this time [Bridge ] Every ticket's a tax on being born broke Every stop-and-frisk is a message: know your role They don't want safety, they want control They don't want peace, they want our souls Sold to the state for seventy cents an hour Prison labor built this empire, that's power Thirteenth Amendment got an exception clause Slavery's legal if you're convicted by their laws So they flood the hood with drugs, then lock us up for using Create the crisis, then profit from the solution We're not paranoid, we're pattern-recognizing The system's working exactly how they designed it Class traitors with badges, enforcers of oppression You chose your side, now face the reckoning We see you for what you are, tools of the state Guard dogs for the rich, and we're done with the wait [Chorus ] You don't protect us, you protect their wealth Serve the one percent, nobody else Lock us in cages, profit off our pain Private prisons need bodies to maintain You don't protect us, just the status quo Criminalize poverty, let the real killers go This ain't justice, this is organized crime And we're done staying silent this time [Outro ] Protect and serve the rich, that's your only mission Protect and serve the rich, we see your true position Protect and serve the rich, while our communities bleed Protect and serve the rich, that's the only creed We remember every name, every face, every case We remember every lie, can't erase, can't replace This rage is generational, this pain runs deep And one day the guards will be the ones who can't sleep