Woop-woop!
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That's the sound of da police!
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Woop-woop!
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That's the sound of the beast!
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[Verse One:]
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Stand clear! Don man a-talk
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You can't stand where I stand, you can't walk where I walk Watch out! We run New York
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Police man come, we bust him out the park
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I know this for a fact, you don't like how I act You claim I'm sellin' crack
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But you be doin' that
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I'd rather say "see ya" Cause I would never be ya
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Be a officer? You WICKED overseer!
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Ya hotshot, wanna get props and be a saviour
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First show a little respect, change your behavior
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Change your attitude, change your plan
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There could never really be justice on stolen land
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Are you really for peace and equality?
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Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me
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Your laws are minimal
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Cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal
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This has got to cease
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Cause we be getting HYPED to the sound of da police!
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Two:]
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Now here's a likkle truth
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Open up your eye
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While you're checking out the boom-bap, check the exercise
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Take the word "overseer," like a sample
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Repeat it very quickly in a crew for example
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Overseer
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Overseer
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Overseer
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Overseer
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Officer, Officer, Officer, Officer!
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Yeah, officer from overseer
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You need a little clarity?
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Check the similarity!
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The overseer rode around the plantation
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The officer is off patroling all the nation
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The overseer could stop you what you're doing
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The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing
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The overseer had the right to get ill
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And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
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The officer has the right to arrest
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And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest!
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(Woop!) They both ride horses
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After 400 years, I've _got_ no choices!
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The police them have a little gun
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So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one
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(Woop-woop!) I hear it all day
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Just so they can run the light and be upon their way
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Three:]
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Check out the message in a rough stylee
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The real criminals are the C-O-P
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You check for undercover and the one PD
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But just a mere Black man, them want check me
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Them check out me car for it shine like the sun
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But them jealous or them vexed cause them can't afford one
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Black people still slaves up til today
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But the Black police officer nah see it that way
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Him want a salary
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Him want it
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So he put on a badge and kill people for it
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My grandfather had to deal with the cops
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My great-grandfather dealt with the cops
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My GREAT grandfather had to deal with the cops
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And then my great, great, great, great... when it's gonna stop?!
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[Chorus]
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Sound Of Da Police
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Rage Against The Machine |