Lyrics

A hungry man steals bread
Just to feed his child
The gavel slams down
With a furious sound

Ten years hard labor
Thrown in with the reviled
But a CEO steals millions
Hoards it for his suits
Gets a wink and a pardon
A golden parachute

Minorities and migrants
Are beaten down in the streets
While child molesters cut deals
In the halls of the elite

The scales of justice, no longer even
Weighted down by gold
The truth is buried
And the lies are sold
The verdict's written
Before the story's told

The scales are broken
They're tipped by cold greed
True justice a privilege
Only for those who plead
Not a right that's promised
But a want that's sold

The gavel falls only for the weak
The powerful just smirk
While the innocent bleed

A mother cries
Her son's locked away
A crime he didn't commit
The guilty walked away

The judge takes a bribe
The jury's been bought
The system's not broken
It's working as taught

Scales of justice
No longer even
Weighted down by gold
The truth is buried
And the lies are sold
The verdict's written
Before the story's told

The scales are broken
They're tipped by cold greed
True justice a privilege
Only for those who plead
Not a right that's promised
But a want that's sold

The gavel falls only for the weak
The powerful just smirk
While the innocent bleed

The laws not blind
She sees just fine
She winks at the wealthy
And spits on the kind

Don't blame me