Call The Law
MC Zappa
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Call the cops Call the cops Call the cops Call the cops There he is, officer! That's the one Apparently familiarity breeds contempt So I suppose none of us could ever be exempt We don't have to guess or approximate To see that many are festerin' toxic hate And they refuse to listen to facts So they keep on dissin' and dismissin' the blacks They gonna call the police until we all are deceased Huh; a white glare, could turn into a nightmare You feel irrational fear when blacks are near Thinkin' I'm out of place, and it gives you a sour taste For absolutely no good reason at all You feel the need for police and you call Just because Zap seems to be a black teen You assume that I'm a robber or a crack fiend Operatin' from a flawed assumption Hot damn, you got a lotta gall and gumption Henry Louis Gates in a gated community Called the cops on him, 'cuz they was assumin' he Couldn't possibly live in a place that nice Wouldn't have ever happened if his face was white Even if I'm wearin' a tuxedo suit You still see nothin' but a thug negro brute My black skin makes you think I'm shady actin (Got a problem?) Ya betta call the law Call the law Call the law Call the law Call the law But you're not black. Remember, we only kill black people Yeah, we only kill black people, right? All the videos you've seen black people get killed? You have Different clothes, but same mentality hate The combination increases our mortality rate That'll be great, 'cuz to them we're all ghetto thugs They wanna stomp us out like palmetto bugs And hold a gun to ya face just because of ya race Mad badge abuse; yo, they only too glad to shoot Hands up, they still respond with a full clip That ain't the way, so stop with the bullshit Servin' as the jury and judge of your fate The gun is a gavel; it ain't even up for debate Black blood, they love spillin' every drop When will it stop? Never wit' American cops Don't reach in your glove compartment 'cuz they Love to start shit wit' us, and hit us wit' slugs and rounds Black people dyin', they love the sound They figure the trigger will put us under the ground quicker Make a wrong move, and they'll shoot ya fatally If you lucky they lock you up, and throw away the key From everything that we saw and witnessed Law enforcement is a lawless business The attitude makes all the difference But what they think of us is mad asynchronous Just for the simple fact that my skin is black Better get the gat... and call the law Call the law Call the law Call the law Call the law They "accidentally" shoot mo' niggas out here than anyplace in the world Every time you pick up the paper "nigga accidentally shot in the ass" How do you "accidentally" shoot a nigga six times in the chest? Just anotha black brotha marginalized Yo, but what the hell; I'm hardly surprised "Post-racial America"? You outta ya damn head Every day, they kill another black man dead America has got a history of bigotry So they keep fuckin' us over like polygamy Some minds are blind to the prejudice But yo, you need evidence? Look at the president And then tell me that everything's okay I don't buy it, nope, nohow; no way As they all wonder what's under my waistband Don't tell me this shit ain't about race, man Face the facts that they hate the blacks 'Cuz mad cops'll shoot but nobody will prosecute To you, a black life's inconsequential But to us, we see it as lost potential A large percentage of males are in prison or jail What can you do when the system keeps fuckin' witchu? Kill a black and get suspended wit' pay That shows our value at the end of the day Yo, it still isn't okay to be black Silence; there ain't nothin' you can say to me back Post-racial America, I'm callin' ya damn bluff So get the handcuffs... and call the law
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