[Pharoahe Monch]
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Officer Frank Pagliarule, heh
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Shit I hate spics and moolies
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On the trains they be actin insane and unruly
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It's the "Planet of the Apes"
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These gorillas be blastin they tapes
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out of they cars like a cinematic movie
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Respondin, to a domestic dispute, the culprit
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a younger monkey who went ape-shit and decided to shoot
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his older brother in the brain
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His baby's mother couldn't refrain
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keepin sex out the family name
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And that keeps me smilin like racial profilin
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Forever nigga pilin inside Riker's Island
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New York's most violent, black wall of silence
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react with black talons when wolfpacks are wylin
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For a white cat, gotta admit I can rap-ta-tat-tat
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my nightstick, on the top of your cap
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My blackjack you'll be swallowin for protestin and hollerin
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The policy is quality of life and zero tolerance
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[Chorus]
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What is the law? Know you heard this before
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We find contraband in your car, we breakin your jaw
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What is the law? Nigga, mathematics for sure
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If they walkin in packs of four, they tryin to score
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For any - drug bust or cocaine that's raw
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better believe we takin our twenty percent at the door
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What is the law? Wolfpacks, movin on all fours
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I'm flawless with weaponry, mentally ready for war
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(What is the law?.. What is the..)
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[Pharoahe Monch]
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Any formalities in the case of police brutality
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I've escaped on finer details and minor technicalities
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Here's a verbal medley of deadly force used
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Readily abused in that old Ku Kluk pedigree
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You better be heavily armed, forever we ready your song
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Steadily ready to move and bomb
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I'm like - Hercules, when I work my knees
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It's a - search and seize that'll hurt indeed
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God bless when the bullets hit the chest you'll backflip
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SWAT - Special Weapons And Tactics; theatrics hot
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on your block we lock down all shenanigans
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When we roll you stand stiff like mannequins
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Take the position for broomstick penetration (uh)
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Legal under the Mayor's new administration
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YOU - better forever have your identification
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I broke the mold for holds that cause asphyxiation
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[Chorus]
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What Is The Law
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| Pharoahe Monch |
