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whiskey set me free
policemen let me be
i'm just waiting here for someone i believe
whiskey set me free
policemen let me be
i'm just waiting here for someone i believe
you'll find yourself in jail 'fore long
you're screaming at policemen
but they're only doing a gig
you'll find yourself in jail 'fore long
you're screaming at policemen
but they're only doing a gig
layed out in dress clothes
shot by policemen
you know how the rest goes
layed out in dress clothes
shot by policemen
you know how the rest goes
mindin' my own affairs
when two policemen come up from behind
and grab me unawares
mindin' my own affairs
when two policemen come up from behind
and grab me unawares
fishing for reds
policemen armed with uzis
stand guard but they don't speak
fishing for reds
policemen armed with uzis
stand guard but they don't speak
if you're on the bum
and the policemen come
if you lose your grip
if you're on the bum
and the policemen come
if you lose your grip
you want to be free
then don't speak like a slave to me. policemen who break the laws
politicians rise and fall
you want to be free
then don't speak like a slave to me. policemen who break the laws
politicians rise and fall
but when you die and go to heaven
you won't find no policemen there
i know your clothes are torn and ragged
but when you die and go to heaven
you won't find no policemen there
i know your clothes are torn and ragged
but when you die and go to heaven
you won't find no policemen there
i know your clothes are torn and ragged
but when you die and go to heaven
you won't find no policemen there
i know your clothes are torn and ragged
negroes in one mob
policemen
politicians
negroes in one mob
policemen
politicians
tell me who is who
policemen are my friends so why do they always stare
raid our clubs bust out parties condemned for short hair
tell me who is who
policemen are my friends so why do they always stare
raid our clubs bust out parties condemned for short hair
inner london violence
policemen coming there's no relief
even your best friend is a thief
inner london violence
policemen coming there's no relief
even your best friend is a thief
talk about tsunamis and the crazies with their guns
crazy-ass policemen shooting everything that runs
cafe society - a sip of community
talk about tsunamis and the crazies with their guns
crazy-ass policemen shooting everything that runs
cafe society - a sip of community
and i bet nero and pilate could easily explain
how policemen and pirates get stoned in glass houses
just finding their way
and i bet nero and pilate could easily explain
how policemen and pirates get stoned in glass houses
just finding their way
booga-nam brooklyn bed-stuy eastern
where youth and policemen
they nah reach agreement
booga-nam brooklyn bed-stuy eastern
where youth and policemen
they nah reach agreement
i got peace
i got friends and policemen
you don't need to feel this way
i got peace
i got friends and policemen
you don't need to feel this way
though i'll never see them anymore. i stood and watched the man as he fell
and then i heard the policemen's whistle blow
and when i thought about that prison cell
though i'll never see them anymore. i stood and watched the man as he fell
and then i heard the policemen's whistle blow
and when i thought about that prison cell
firemen
policemen
and people came from all around
firemen
policemen
and people came from all around
does the government bring up recession
then policemen in a tone of depression
half of people them are living in depression
does the government bring up recession
then policemen in a tone of depression
half of people them are living in depression
i want my freedom
to hang on the corners running from the policemen
if i knew then what i know right now
i want my freedom
to hang on the corners running from the policemen
if i knew then what i know right now