Bob, you can pan over a little bit. Look at this right here, this is a suburban type Jeep with a sharp shooter 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, it's a Why ain't tell us red and blue don't matter when you black? of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost souls Kids shot dead in the streets, now eyes closed How you call the angels when it's getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office with his up No way to police brutality Sellin' cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the in the thousands cholos, one button Pendletons, they stylin' Crips on the corner in Dodger blue they gold chains Bloods sportin' corn rows and with the red strings Sun goin' down so Chevys 'bout to roll out Fiends scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the dope tyin' bandanas, 'bout to put the drum on Kids tryna make it home 'fore lights come on
The way we is savage The way we is savage The way we is savage The way we is savage
So that gun, load that clip Grab that torch, light shit, grab that stick that brick, throw it. it's time to riot If you don't see black owned in the window, on fire Start here, end up over The of gun powder in the air And just so we clear, is pain and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and care the national guards to disappear We got too and we ain't scared So fuck the man, the President Bush and his legislation Shit gotta change, we waitin', fuck patience Cause the corrupt, I can prove it Martin, Malcolm, Huey P. And that's why the city out here lootin' How can we stand and not do shit? All this smoke over the hood lookin' like low Cars with no miles on fire, broke down White wishin' that they was at home frontin' like they business is black owned Far from stupid, we in the stores trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for they and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, that break glass They fucked Rodney up and now it's they ass So it's rockets through the window Kids was never smokin' endo Fiends kickin' in doors, stealin' Niggas robbin' liquor stores with up "Duck Hunt" guns burnin' but it's fucked up fun National guards on the They don't know the hood, they We was bustin' at the cops before Chris Ghetto birds flyin' the hood, they see us the fuck out, cleanin' the trucks out Niggas mobbin' the streets pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' straight the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas lootin' they homies in Runnin' around with guns like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we to window shoppin' So we takin' lighters to the tip of Dip 'em in gasoline and set this 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 chained up, wire cutters cut Niggas Crip walkin' where Reginald Denny's at cars, drivin' by niggas in slow mo If you white don't stop at the light, 'cause a no-no through the malls, give us everything polo The first time niggas ain't have beef the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To capture that forbidden truth cause Adam ate the fruit Fuck your suits, your badge, and them high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't have no Jimmy Shit burnin', you gon' need more Visine We makin' a movie better than anyone that I've Should be on Showtime, HBO, Get a match, we gon' sure 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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