BRICK BY BRICK By Dee Allen

BRICK BY BRICK

By Dee Allen

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Behind the razorwire
Concrete fences tall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Holding condemned men
One and all

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Spectre of death
Leaves a lingering pall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Sits one soul
Who don't belong here at all

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
While madness permeates
Every cage-filled hall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
While keeping him confined,
The system's servants have a ball

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
The voice of the voiceless
Won't be silenced or stalled

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Three decades too long
He don't belong here at all

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
He wasn't the cause of a
Racist cop's fatal fall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Straight into a
Concrete hell he was hauled

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Sentenced to death
Hanging judge had such gall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Innocent man needs release
He don't belong here at all

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Twenty-three hours in a cell
Time makes a slow crawl

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Awaiting fate
Next dead man to walk the hall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Getting louder & closer
A distant human squall

Brick by brick
Wall by wall
Tearing down the structure
At liberation's call:

“BRICK BY BRICK
WALL BY WALL
FREE
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!”