Bob, you can pan over a little bit. Look at this right here, this is a suburban type Jeep with a sharp shooter peering outside of the sunroof an automatic rifle. It appears to be a scene you might see in Operation Desert Storm and we've been seeing this all night
It's a trap, it's a Why they ain't tell us red and don't matter when you black? Matter of fact we in blindfolds, of lost souls Kids shot dead in the streets, now they closed How you call the angels when it's kings beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office his feet up No way to police brutality Sellin' crack cocaine, a teacher's salary hoppin' the borders in the thousands Become cholos, one Pendletons, they stylin' Crips on the corner in Dodger blue with they gold Bloods corn rows and Chucks with the red strings Sun down so them Chevys 'bout to roll out scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the dope house Niggas tyin' bandanas, to put the drum on Kids tryna make it 'fore street lights come on
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So that gun, load that clip Grab that torch, that shit, grab that stick that brick, throw it. it's time to riot If you don't see black owned in the window, it's on Start here, end up there The smell of gun in the air And just so we clear, this is and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and don't Tell the national guards to We got guns too and we ain't So the man, fuck the President Bush and his legislation Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', fuck Cause the corrupt, I can prove it Martin, Malcolm, P. Newton And that's why the whole city out here How can we here and not do shit? All this over the hood lookin' like low clouds Cars no miles on fire, they broke down White people wishin' they was at home Asians frontin' like business is black owned Far from stupid, we comin' in the stores Runnin' in swap meets for they Jordans and they Crowbars, bats, that break glass They Rodney King up and now it's they ass So it's bottle rockets through the that was never smokin' endo Fiends in doors, stealin' Nintendos Niggas robbin' liquor stores taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but fucked up fun National guards on the They don't the hood, they foreigners We was bustin' at the before Chris Dorner Ghetto birds over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, the trucks out Niggas mobbin' the streets pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' straight the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas lootin' what they in Runnin' around with guns like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck they stop us? When the last 50 years we to window shoppin' So we lighters to the tip of magazines Dip 'em in gasoline and set motherfucker on (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
Standin' on the corner with a in my hand my mother told me sit in the van, nah fuck that Foot Locker up, wire cutters cut that Niggas Crip where Reginald Denny's truck at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you white stop at the light, 'cause that's a no-no Runnin' through the malls, give us everything The first time niggas ain't have beef with the '92, fire lit the skyline, and why we To capture forbidden truth cause Adam never ate the fruit Fuck your blue suits, your badge, and them high We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't have no Iovines Shit burnin', you gon' need more than We makin' a movie better than anyone that I've be on Showtime, HBO, Cinemax Get a match, we gon' make that y'all remember that (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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