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KRS-One – Sound of da Police – 1993

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    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !

    Stand clear ! Don man a-talk
    You can’t stand where I stand, you can’t walk where I walk
    Watch out ! We run New York
    Police man come, we bust him out the park
    I know this for a fact, you don’t like how I act
    You claim I’m sellin’ crack

    But you be doin’ that
    I’d rather say « see ya »
    Cause I would never be ya
    Be a officer ? You WICKED overseer !
    Ya hotshot, wanna get props and be a saviour
    First show a little respect, change your behavior
    Change your attitude, change your plan
    There could never really be justice on stolen land
    Are you really for peace and equality ?
    Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me
    Your laws are minimal
    Cause you won’t even think about lookin’ at the real criminal
    This has got to cease
    Cause we be getting HYPED to the sound of da police !

    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !

    Now here’s a likkle truth
    Open up your eye
    While you’re checking out the boom-bap, check the exercise
    Take the word « overseer,  » like a sample
    Repeat it very quickly in a crew for example
    Overseer
    Overseer

    Overseer
    Overseer
    Officer, Officer, Officer, Officer !
    Yeah, officer from overseer
    You need a little clarity ?
    Check the similarity !
    The overseer rode around the plantation
    The officer is off patroling all the nation
    The overseer could stop you what you’re doing
    The officer will pull you over just when he’s pursuing
    The overseer had the right to get ill
    And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
    The officer has the right to arrest
    And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest !
    (Woop ! ) They both ride horses

    After 400 years, I’ve got no choices !
    The police them have a little gun
    So when I’m on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one
    (Woop-woop ! ) I hear it all day
    Just so they can run the light and be upon their way

    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !

    Check out the message in a rough stylee

    The real criminals are the C-O-P
    You check for undercover and the one PD
    But just a mere Black man, them want check me
    Them check out me car for it shine like the sun
    But them jealous or them vexed cause them can’t afford one
    Black people still slaves up til today
    But the Black police officer nah see it that way
    Him want a salary
    Him want it
    So he put on a badge and kill people for it
    My grandfather had to deal with the cops
    My great-grandfather dealt with the cops
    My GREAT grandfather had to deal with the cops
    And then my great, great, great, great… when it’s gonna stop ? !

    Woop-woop !

    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of da police !
    Woop-woop !
    That’s the sound of the beast !

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