What a waste of human power
What a waste of human lives
Shoot the prisoners in the towers
Forty-three poor widowed wives

Attica state, attica state,
We're all mates with attica state


Media blames it on the prisoners
But the prisoners did not kill
"rockefeller pulled the trigger"
That is what the people feel


Attica state, attica state,
We're all mates with attica state


Free the prisoners, jail the judges
Free all prisoners everywhere
All they want is truth and justice
All they need is love and care


Attica state, attica state,
We're all mates with attica state


They all live in suffocation
Let's not watch them die in sorrow
Now's the time for revolution
Give them all a chance to grow


Attica state, attica state,
We're all mates with attica state


Come together join the movement
Take a stand for human rights
Fear and hatred clouds our judgement
Free us all from endless night


Attica state, attica state,
We're all mates with attica state


Attica state, attica state,
We all live in attica state


Attica state, attica state,
Attica, attica, attica state