Pete Rock - Cops Won't Stop lyrics

Intro Seems like there's a lot of k**in goin on lately. The problem, as I see it, is, a lack of respect for the human life. For any life, for that matter. And, it's all sanctioned by the people at the top Hook: (But) These cops won't stop they just hit another city They left a trail of blood- crime scene ain't pretty It's sh**ty how they're acting but the problem is bigger It's bout the people way above the ones who's pullin the trigger x2 Verse 1: This latest Minnesota sh** has got me enraged The pigs who did the deed need to get put in a cage You see it on TV they're letting k**ers go loose Descendants of the Klan, man they used to use a noose Now it's 40 cal Glocks got that sh** on lock And loaded up for war they been k**in round the clock Use the heels of their boots and they strangle brothers too If you can't see this simple pattern you should go back to school But the blame ain't on the cops got to look at their environment Az clean up the air but they breathe in toxic climates I'm rhyming it but meaning it, feel voiceless no say When these justices be telling them this sh** is okay Country's coming to a turning point, don't know which way we're going Might destroy to rebuild if there's no hope of us growing Might get mad like malcolm x or might be peaceful like king I say we do the right thing and see the love that it brings Hook x2 Verse 2: For half a century Sam's been Waging a War He say it's on d** but I sense it's on more Taking freethinkers out k**ing non-conformists Be locking up hundreds using stings like hornets I be warning you informing you we're storming the capital Facing the future were jumping into the rabbit hole Peacefully protest and expect to get shot Because the cops are getting hard when their barrels getting hot I'm not blaming them we're training them to act without thinking Got em working long hours at the station then they're drinking Just as soon as they get off so they got no time to contemplate Their morals or the system that we're in and that we operate I hate the way our day-to-day is staying the same The blame is shared between us all complacently insane But I'm trying to change the game not for fame for love It starts with individuals then rises above Hook x2 Outro This jams for Philandro Castile, Bettie Jones, Kevin Matthews, Delrawn Small! Michael Lee Marshall, Eric Garner, Trayvon, James Greer, Tyree Crawford, the list goes on The idea that our nation is currently a place that provides “ liberty and justice for all” is the greatest illusion ever perpetrated upon the American people. You really wanna be free? Forget about yourself, and start caring about some more important sh**. Spend all your time on yourself, and you get lost in everybody else