Album: Straight Outta Compton (1988)

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• Right about now NWA court is in full effect.
  Judge Dre presiding in the case of NWA versus the police department.
  Prosecuting attourneys are MC Ren Ice Cube and Eazy muthafuckin E.
  Order order order. Ice Cube take the muthafuckin stand.
  Do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth
  and nothin but the truth so help your black ass?
  
  Why don't you tell everybody what the fuck you gotta say?
  
  Fuck tha police
  Comin straight from the underground
  Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown
  And not the other color so police think
  They have the authority to kill a minority
  
  Fuck that shit, cuz I ain't tha one
  For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun
  To be beatin on, and throwin in jail
  We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell
  
  Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager
  With a little bit of gold and a pager
  Searchin my car, lookin for the product
  Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics
  
  You'd rather see me in the pen
  Then me and Lorenzo rollin in the Benzo
  Beat tha police outta shape
  And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape
  To tape off the scene of the slaughter
  Still can't swallow bread and water
  
  I don't know if they fags or what
  Search a nigga down and grabbin his nuts
  And on the other hand, without a gun they can't get none
  But don't let it be a black and a white one
  Cuz they slam ya down to the street top
  Black police showin out for the white cop
  
  Ice Cube will swarm
  On any muthafucka in a blue uniform
  Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me
  A young nigga on a warpath
  And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath
  Of cops, dyin in LA
  Yo Dre, I got somethin to say
  
  Fuck the police (4X)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  M. C. Ren, will you please give your testimony to the jury about this fucked up incident.
  
  Fuck tha police and Ren said it with authority
  because the niggaz on the street is a majority.
  A gang, is with whoever I'm stepping
  and the motherfuckin' weapon
  is kept in a stash box, for the so-called law
  wishin' Ren was a nigga that they never saw
  
  Lights start flashin behind me
  But they're scared of a nigga so they mace me to blind me
  But that shit don't work, I just laugh
  Because it gives em a hint not to step in my path
  
  To the police I'm sayin fuck you punk
  Readin my rights and shit, it's all junk
  Pullin out a silly club, so you stand
  With a fake assed badge and a gun in your hand
  
  But take off the gun so you can see what's up
  And we'll go at it punk, I'ma fuck you up
  
  Make ya think I'm a kick your ass
  But drop your gat, and Ren's gonna blast
  I'm sneaky as fuck when it comes to crime
  But I'm a smoke em now, and not next time
  
  Smoke any muthafucka that sweats me
  Or any assho that threatens me
  I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope
  Takin out a cop or two, they can't cope with me
  
  The muthafuckin villian that's mad
  With potential to get bad as fuck
  So I'm a turn it around
  Put in my clip, yo, and this is the sound
  Ya, somethin like that, but it all depends on the size of the gat
  
  Takin out a police would make my day
  But a nigga like Ren don't give a fuck to say
  
  Fuck the police (4X)
  
  Police, open now. We have a warrant for Eazy-E's arrest.
  Get down and put your hands up where I can see em.
  Just shut the fuck up and get your muthafuckin ass on the floor.
  [huh?]
  
  and tell the jury how you feel abou this bullshit.
  
  I'm tired of the muthafuckin jackin
  Sweatin my gang while I'm chillin in the shackin
  Shining tha light in my face, and for what
  Maybe it's because I kick so much butt
  
  I kick ass, or maybe cuz I blast
  On a stupid assed nigga when I'm playin with the trigga
  Of any Uzi or an AK
  Cuz the police always got somethin stupid to say
  
  They put up my picture with silence
  Cuz my identity by itself causes violence
  The E with the criminal behavior
  Yeah, I'm a gansta, but still I got flavor
  
  Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
  A sucka in a uniform waitin to get shot,
  By me, or another nigga.
  and with a gat it don't matter if he's smarter or bigger
  [MC Ren: Sidle him, kid, he's from the old school, fool]
  
  And as you all know, E's here to rule
  Whenever I'm rollin, keep lookin in the mirror
  And there's no cue, yo, so I can hear a
  Dumb muthafucka with a gun
  
  And if I'm rollin off the 8, he'll be tha one
  That I take out, and then get away
  And while I'm drivin off laughin
  This is what I'll say
  
  Fuck the police (4X)
  
  The jury has found you guilty of bein a redneck,
  whitebread, chickenshit muthafucka.
  Wait, that's a lie. That's a goddamn lie.
  I want justice! I want justice!
  Fuck you, you black muthafucka!
  
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Comments: 20

• Ant from From Mott Hall Vi disagree with @Brandon from Peoria, Il because it isn't racist its reasonable the police have no right to detain any blacks for no reason its a violation of their rights. And yes these cops are racist, racist enough to gun down innocent blacks.
• Cuevas from O BlockN.W.A are really my brothers. I relate to what they are talking bout from experience! Ice cube really know how to get down wit them lyrics and talk from the mind. "You'd rather see me in the pen, than me and Lorenzo rollin' in the Benzo." This really came from the heart and really shows how police go against people of color.
• Sassy N***a from River Park TowerzThe problem is that there are lines in the song ITSELF that say they are criminals e.g "I'm sneaky as f*** when it comes to crime" or "The E with the criminal behavior Yeah, I'm a gangsta, but still I got flavor"
• Anti-liberal from Earth"N.W.A doesn't just take aim at white cops in this song. In fact, they reserve most of their anger for black cops who, according to the group, are purposefully brutal to black suspects so they can earn the respect of white cops." Lol! So black cops are bad because of white cops. How dumb can you get?
• Fujiko from Lexington, KyThis is a difficult song to take out of its historical context. Remember that homes in South Central were quite literally being rammed with tanks by the police around the time this song was recorded. Police officers were frisking young men just because they happened to be standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. It pointed out that the police really, truthfully, had no idea how to handle what was going on, and so they spent their energy accusing people of committing crimes that they didn't necessarily commit. It was a culture of "guilty until proven innocent," and this song--rather graphically--depicts this.
• Anastasia from Charlotte, NcThis is the Remix version,why won't you play the 1988 version??
• Adam from Brooklyn, NyComing from a white man, I understand this song. I can't stand how white cops never beat whites, but Hispanics they can beat on.
• Marc from Washington D.c., Dc"I Hate N*****s" is not a David Allan Coe song, it's by Johnny Rebel. Coe isn't racist.
• Calvin from Sioux City , IaN.W.A is possibly the best rap gruop EVER!!!!
• Josh from Charleston, IraqFirst of all my dog jack got it down. Yall over their in those foreign countries can not talk. Don't mind where i'm from thats not correct. I am from Charleston, South Carolina and its nothing but a racist state. Police will lock a black male up just for looking at him wrong. And yall talkin bout this is racist f**k that. YAll don't even know what my dog Jack and i are comin from.
• Bill from Glasgow, KyCalling this a song is a stretch,it is just another expresssion of racism for profit.Racism is possible and visible in every race,it is not just a White Thing.
• Jack from Los Angeles, CaRidiculous,first of all why are there people who don't agree with the lyrics posting stupid crap. If you are so "MORAL" then why bother with the song. It frustrates me that stupid Australians comment on this because they don't know what it's like to live in a MULTI-cultural country that is dominated that white people who discriminate minorities. To refute what Brandon said, police are police(even some black people hate black people as seen in boyz in tha hood). I am a conservative, I hate police however partly because their corruption. I believe that uninformed people should take note of what is going on in "the hood". The best government is one that governs least (unlike you socialist aussies)
• Kyle from George Town, Cayman IslandsIsn't this song about some cops beating on blacks for doing nothing or framing them for stuff they didn't do in the first place?
• Sheeberson from Wrightsville Beach, Ncanybody heard the rage against the machine cover?
  its pretttyyy damn good.
• Jason from State Of Fitz, NjBecause four cops beat up Rodney King all cops are racist? Good reasoning. I think both sides are missing a basic point here, The police aren't a race!Not to mention the police have are made up of people from every race.
• Joel from Marsten HeathYeah the coppers can be racist. Look what the LAPD did during the most recent immigrant rally
  Not saying every single copper in America is like that but makes you wonder. Cheers
• Matty from Adelaide, AustraliaHey Jerry, we dont need to move to your country to know what were talking about, alright mate?
  
  This is a very racist song and life is too short to bitch and complain Mr. Canadian, stick to playing ice hockey.
  
  Good on ya Pete and Brandon, you guys know what your'e talking about.
• Brandon from Miramichi, CanadaTo the 2 of you above, 1st, who cares what you think, 2nd, that isnt even close to being the most racist "song", obviously you never heard "I hate n*****s" by David Allan Coe
• Pete from Nowra, Australianot the kind of song you want your kids singing at home is it, lifes to short to bitch and complain ,
• Brandon from Peoria, IlThis is possibly the most racist "song" I have ever seen. Everyone who reads this, stop for a minute and think why the police do what they do. Are they racist? Or are they just doing their job? What do you think?

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