Chumbawamba

Just Us Mix
Justice, injusticeJustice, injusticeDrip feed democracy, and collective amnesiaA cocktail of beatings, imprisonment, and povertyBitter medicine, no longer disguised with a spoonful of sugarThe state, its Tory psycopaths and labour apologists are coming cleanThe bullies and the cowards are ganging up on us(There ain't no justice, just us)The carrots been ditched, the stick works bestDisagree and discover that there's always someone on hand to beat some sense into youThis is justiceSome would say that justice stings without regard to right or wrongSome like the Guilford four and the Birmingham six spent years locked up discovering a justice which was racist, blind, and unable to admit its mistakes(Open your eyes)Some, like thousands of homeless people begging outside Britains tran stations and sleeping rough on the street find their justice in a society which criminalizes its poorSome, like Joy Gardner, died from justice administered by cops, trying to deport her using the force of law and the force of violenceSome, who grow up loving people of their own sex, find that what they thought was natural is punishable in the courstA bigoted conservatinve hateful justiceSome, like the police, are servants of bullies and cowards who pay their salaries find that justice never falls on the shoulders of those wearing the uniformJustice, injusticeJustice, injusticeJustice is getting greedy, inventing new crimes to punish(There ain't no justice, just us)And now justice openly wants to break up the party, wants to smash the homes of squatters, smash the bones of strikersJustice is issuing the cops with bigger batons, tougher lawsTaking away your right to silence, and replacing it with a need to screamJustice is no longer pretending to be justJustice, injusticeJustice, criminal injusticeThere is no justice, just us Aus Songtexte Mania