Bob, you can pan over a little bit. Look at this right here, this is a suburban Jeep with a sharp shooter peering outside of the sunroof with 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, a trap Why they tell us red and blue don't matter when you black? Matter of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost shot dead in the streets, now they eyes closed How you call the angels when it's getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office his feet up No way to dodge police Sellin' cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans the borders in the thousands Become cholos, one Pendletons, they stylin' Crips on the corner in Dodger blue they gold chains Bloods sportin' rows and Chucks with the red strings Sun goin' down so them 'bout to roll out Fiends scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the dope Niggas bandanas, 'bout to put the drum on Kids tryna make it home 'fore street come on
The way we is savage The way we is savage The way we is savage The way we live is
So grab that gun, load that Grab that torch, light that shit, that stick Grab brick, throw it. it's time to riot If you don't see owned in the window, it's on fire here, end up over there The smell of gun in the air And so we clear, this is pain and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and care Tell the guards to disappear We got guns too and we scared So fuck the man, fuck the Bush and his legislation Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', patience Cause the government corrupt, I can it Martin, Malcolm, P. Newton And that's why the city out here lootin' How can we stand here and not do All this smoke over the hood lookin' low clouds Cars with no on fire, they broke down White people wishin' they was at home Asians frontin' like they is black owned Far stupid, we comin' in the stores trippin' in swap meets for they Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' break glass They fucked Rodney up and now it's they ass So bottle rockets through the window that was never smokin' endo Fiends kickin' in doors, stealin' Niggas robbin' liquor stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" burnin' but it's fucked up fun National on the corner They don't know the hood, foreigners We was bustin' at the cops before Chris birds flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, cleanin' the out Niggas mobbin' down the streets pushin' big and baskets Starin' into the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, lootin' what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the they gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we to window shoppin' So we takin' to the tip of magazines Dip 'em in gasoline and set motherfucker on (fire)
The world watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
Standin' on the with a brick in my hand When my mother told me sit in the van, nah fuck Foot chained up, wire cutters cut that Niggas Crip walkin' where Reginald truck at Police cars, by niggas in slow mo If you white don't stop at the light, that's a no-no through the malls, give us everything polo The first time ain't have beef with the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To capture that forbidden truth cause never ate the fruit Fuck your blue suits, your badge, and them beams We out here sellin' chronic, we have no Jimmy Iovines Shit burnin', you need more than Visine We makin' a movie better than anyone that seen Should be on Showtime, HBO, Get a match, we gon' make sure y'all remember that (fire)
The world watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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