Trapped inside a system that wants to lock you in a cage Born into crime and poverty Numbered are your days The system doesn't want you here saying you're the ones to blame Push the people into the dirt And you claim we're all the same A loaded crown (A loaded crown) Just to weigh us down Prison cell agenda keeps us bound (Keeps us bound) Culture for profit and deaf to the sound (Deaf to the sound) A loaded crown Just to weigh us down He tikanga ture I hangaia Kia taka mai ai tātou Tūkinotia mai te mahi kuinitanga Ka taea te whakaora mamae I tuku iho mai? Whakahokia te mana o ngā iwi o aotearoa A loaded crown (A loaded crown) Just to weigh us down Prison cell agenda keeps us bound (Keeps us bound) Culture for profit and deaf to the sound (Deaf to the sound) A loaded crown Just to weigh us down An institution built to fail Staying hidden beyond the veil Taikaha, tarukino Tāhae, whakaherehere Taikaha, tarukino Tāhae, whakaherehere I'll return to where I belong Restore my roots and undo the wrong Fight the tides of an imbalanced law Can't wash away the mana in us all A loaded crown (A loaded crown) Just to weigh us down Prison cell agenda keeps us bound (Keeps us bound) Culture for profit and deaf to the sound (Deaf to the sound) A loaded crown Just to weigh us down You can't weigh us down