“Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build
Over money and religion theres more blood that spills
Like the wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal
Whats the deal?”

— Talib Kweli

Thieves in the Night (track 12)
Albums, Blackstar (1998)

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