Sound of Da Police-KRS-One

[00:00.00]Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police! x3 [00:07.64]Woop-woop! That's the sound of the beast! (Yes, indeed!) [00:10.10]Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police! x3 [00:17.72]Woop-woop! That's the sound of the beast! (Yes, indeed) [00:30.12]Stand clear! Don man a-talk [00:32.53]You can't stand where I stand, you can't walk where I walk [00:34.99]Watch out! We run New York [00:37.65]Police man come, we bust him out the park [00:40.48]I know this for a fact, you don't like how I act [00:42.93]You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that [00:45.24]I'd rather say \"see ya\"! Cause I would never be ya [00:47.84]Be a officer? You WICKED overseer! [00:50.32]Ya hotshot, wanna get props and be a saviour [00:52.82]First show a little respect, change your behavior [00:55.41]Change your attitude, change your plan [00:57.60]There could never really be justice on stolen land [01:00.67]Are you really for peace and equality? [01:03.16]Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me [01:05.91]Your laws are minimal [01:07.74]Cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal [01:11.27]This has got to cease [01:13.42]Cause we be getting HYPED to the sound of da police! [01:16.00]Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police!x4 [01:25.93]Now here's a likkle truth, open up your eye [01:28.36]While you're checking out the boom-bap, check the exercise [01:31.02]Take the word \"overseer\" like a sample [01:33.17]Repeat it very quickly in a crew for example [01:36.20]Overseer x4 [01:39.69]Officer x4 [01:41.45]Yeah, officer from overseer [01:43.37]You need a little clarity? [01:44.80]Check the similarity! [01:46.25]The overseer rode around the plantation [01:48.66]The officer is off patroling all the nation [01:50.92]The overseer could stop you what you're doing [01:53.58]The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing [01:56.51]The overseer had the right to get ill [01:58.54]And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill [02:01.68]The officer has the right to arrest [02:03.27]And if you fight back to put a hole in your chest! [02:06.28](Woop!) [02:06.98]They both ride horses [02:08.55]After 400 years, I've got no choices! [02:11.30]The police them have a little gun [02:13.70]So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one [02:16.66](Woop-woop!) [02:17.98]I hear it all day [02:19.24]Just so they can run the light and be upon their way [02:21.98](Yes, indeed!)x4 [02:31.70]Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police! x4 [02:41.70]Check out the message in a rough stylee [02:43.98]The real criminals are the C-O-P [02:46.66]You check for undercover and the one PD [02:49.00]But just a mere Black man, them want check me [02:51.58]Them check out me car for it shine like the sun [02:54.16]But them jealous or them vexed cause them can't afford one [02:56.72]Black peopl still slaves up 'til today [02:59.11]But the Black police officer nah see it that way [03:01.60]Him want a salary, him want it [03:04.42]So he put on a badge and kill people for it [03:06.94]My grandfather had to deal with the cops [03:09.70]My great-grandfather dealt with the cops [03:12.00]My GREAT grandfather had to deal with the cops [03:14.12]And then my great, great, great, great... when it's gonna stop?! [03:17.18]Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police! x8 [03:38.44](Yes, indeed!) x4 [03:56.74]Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police! x4