23 Houres lyrics

Artist  : Oi Polloi 
Song : 23 Houres



 Send "23 Houres" Ringtone to your Cell 

 
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?