Oi Polloi 23 Houres Lyrics

23 Houres Lyrics

Arrested - beaten black and blue



Confession - beaten out of you



You didn't do it - but you still get the cell



In prison - institiutionalised hell







23 houres - banged up day and night



Beatings - given out left and right



By the screws who want to put you down



Degradation - they rub your face in the ground







How many are imprisoned for a crime they didn't do



Don't think for one minute that it couldn't be me or you



So if you feel you're tempted to just ignore this song



Put yourself in their place and write to right the wrong







How many thousands of people all around the globe are imprisoned for crimes
they never commited? How many more for their political beliefs? Or simply
because they have fallen foul of vicious, opressive legal systems that serve
only to protect the wealthy and powerful elite? What is perhaps the cruellest
blow of all to these people is when those of us on the outside simply sit back
and allow them to rot in the cells. Organisations like Amnesty International
and The Anarchist Black Cross have shown that, by using our collective
strength, we can get out many of these people. There is no excuse for inaction.
At the time of recording, Martin Foran is on hungerstrike and John Perotti is on
fast to death - How many more lives must be screwed up and wasted before we face
up to our responsibilities and work to support our sisters and brothers in
captivity?