Tech N9ne - Shoot Back (Dear Officer) lyrics

[Intro: KXNG CROOKED] {New-born citizens. You have violated the anti-protest coordinates. We are authorized to use deadly force. We are authorized to use deadly force. You have violated the anti-protest coordinates. We are authorized to use deadly force.} Once upon a time in the slums a group of people stood up to a corrupt system. And they were all slaughtered. So what did the next generation do? Shoot back [Hook: KXNG CROOKED] To the police, what kind of beast do you have to become To k** a child so young? He was just having some fun Dear officer, would you shoot if that was your son? You pull us over, now we contemplating capital one You shoot me in my back and plant a weapon after it's done How much time you get for k**ing me? The answer is none You ain't from around here So why don't you just go back where you're from? [Interlude] Two little boys came and knocked on my door and said, "the police just shot your son twice in his stomach". So my.. [Verse 1: KXNG CROOKED] Hey, yo, them robocops just tear-ga**ed a protest And you don't wanna fight back Congratulations, my n***a, you pa**ed the hoe test Just another male in need of some Kotex You'll be fitted for the rope next They gon' hang you up just like coat checks They k**ed your people in front of you, what you wanna do? You already know what I'm gonna do, pick up a gun or two You picking up your sneakers like runners do, but where you running to? Ain't nowhere to hide when your own cowardice is hunting you Take a look at yourself, man, your mirror got the W You got the L, you motherf**er you We was sitting in church praying the Lord may forgive us But an agent of the puppet master was there praying with us Little did we know this disloyal snake was coiled on our own gra**, plotting on different ways he could k** us Then he walked to his vehicle, came back and sprayed major pillars of the community The act was a lunacy He knew just what he was doing, true indeed He was carrying out a mission to k** you or me Mission accomplished to a tee Unity and all the hope it brings Just became a nightmare in the reflection of our broken dreams See, we welcomed you with open arms then you opened fire So it seems we can't trust a soul by no means, nah The enemies out here training to hold his chopper right Meanwhile shooting at each other, that taught us how to fight Damn shame we put each other under the doctor's knife In surgery fighting for this punk-a** sh** we call our life We supposed to be smoking them robocops That'll make the big picture look better like photoshop I know you hope it stop, I know it's not, I'm loading shots In a .357 three minutes before 4 O'clock I know, to keep a gun in my waist, never fearing snakes Tears dried up on my face, my spirit aches Sitting here in wakes for people who irreplacable We get bad luck whether the mirrors breaks or not Imagine coming fresh out the womb And the system already got your name written across your tomb You a flower, you just wanna bloom Una**uming that the government's mad villains, them MF'ers want your doom So you're disproportionally incarcerated After all these years, still the most hated [Hook: KXNG CROOKED] To the police, what kind of beast do you have to become To k** a child so young? He was just having some fun Dear officer, would you shoot if that was your son? You pull us over, now we contemplating capital one You shoot me in the back and plant a weapon after it's done How much time you get for k**ing me? The answer is none You ain't from around here So why don't you back where you're from? [Outro: Tech N9ne] If you ain't a rebel you ain't sh**. If you ain't fight the love of your family, what the f** are you here for? If you ain't gripping and grinding and building for your loved ones to protect them from the evil people who run this motherf**er, get the f** out of the way. Real n***as take it [?]. Listen to CROOK. The cigar-smoking boss. Man up