Ice Cube - U Ain't Gonna Take My Life lyrics

* originally appeared as a b-side to cube's "wicked" single Mr. dirty harry, you look really scary With your .357, officer kevin Spent 11 years on the force trying to get mine Head got the flat top, boots got the spit shine Don't give a f** about my neighborhood Just wanna do your eight hours, then hit the showers Shoot a brother down adn you don't send flowers Goddamn sherrif, can't wait to tarriff A chunk of a n***a a**, but watch a n***a blast And get away n***a fast You ain't gonna have me face down no more You ain't gonna have a chance to clown no more To the boys in blue, i got kids too Ain't going out like a jigaboo, no no no On my way to the store You see me in a range rover, now you gotta pull me over But where oh where is the ticket? You got your hand on your gun cause you're wicked You don't like the face of the original man But you gotta treat me like an individual man Talk right and i'll talk right back Show some goddamn respect to the black Cause i gotta get back to my wife But i'm sorry, you ain't gonna take my life Just because you got a badge Did you think ice cube was gonna wave the white flag? Cracker please, you can yell freeze I'd rather die standing up than die on my knees You think you can do anything you want to do To my crew when you come through, man f** you Shooting up south central Catch your a** slipping at a rent show Could have popped you off, one dead cop But i know you got a wife and a dog named spot I show a little mercy cause i'm civilized Looking through a n***a's eyes at a much bigger prize But when i saw rodney it got me so hot Made me wanna go out and pop me a cop Cause every time you see me sagging Here comes the grand dragon, in the motherf**ing patty wagon Try to play me like a trick Sometimes you act like a dick, mr. nightstick Back then, i used to throw my mack-10 But nowadays you got the black skin Back then you don't like the voice of a n***a named ice But you ain't gonna take my life You man let's get an understanding I know that your job is demanding But i only got me one life to live You only got about six shots to give And i got a big ak with a 50-round clip So why should we trip? You ain't gonna punk me, so what you trying for? Ain't no job worth dying for, is it? Might pay a visit to petey wheatstraw When you stop me on the shore, officer of the law And if i did something wrong, you can lock me up Never never never gonna sock me up So next time you have the urge, all of the sudden To f** with a n***a for nothing Think about me, a brother that's 23 I got a son and a j-o-b So before you pull your gun, you'd better think twice Pig, cause you ain't gonna take my life