Black Cop Lyrics

[Intro]
Buck buck buck-buck-buck, buck-buck buck buck!
All rude bwoy lissen up!

[Verse 1]
Black cop!! Black cop, black cop, black cop
Stop shootin black people, we all gonna drop
You don't even get, paid a whole lot
So take your M-60 and put it 'pon lock!
Take your four-five and you put it 'pon lock!
Lookin for your people when you walk down a block
Here in America you have drug spot
They get the black cop, to watch the drug spot
The black drug dealer just avoid black cop
They're killin each other on a East Coast block
Killin each other on a West Coast block

White police, don't give a care about dat
Dem want us killin each other over crack
Anyway you put it, it's a black on BLACK
Black cop, black cop, black cop
Black cop, black cop, black cop

Thirty years ago, there were no black cops
You couldn't even run, drive 'round the block
Recently police trained black cop
To stand on the corner, and take gunshot
This type of warfare isn't new or a shock

It's black on black crime again nonstop
Black cop!! Black cop black cop
Black cop black cop black cop
[Bridge]
"Don't be the sucker..
Don't be the sucker comin into my face..
Don't be the sucker.."


[Verse 2]
Here's what the West and the East have in common
Both have black cops in cars profilin

Hardcore kids in the West got stress
In the East we are chased by the same black beast
The black cop is the only real obstacle
Black slave turned black cop is not logical

But very psychological, haven't you heard?
It's the BLACK COP killin black kids in Johannesburg
Whassup black cop, yo, whassup?!
Your authorization says shoot your nation
You wanna uphold the law, what could you do to me?
The same law dissed the whole black community
You can't play both sides of the fence
1993 mad kids are gettin tense

Black cop!! Black cop black cop black cop
Stop shootin black people we all gonna drop
You don't even get, paid a whole lot
Take your four-five and you put it 'pon lock!
Take your M-60 and put it 'pon lock!
Take your uzi, put it 'pon lock!
Black cop black cop black cop
Black cop black cop black cop
[Outro]
"Don't be the sucker..
Don't be the sucker..
Don't be the sucker..
Don't be the sucker comin into my face
Don't.. don't be the sucker comin into my face
Don't-don't-don't be the sucker comin into my face
Don't-don't-don't-don't
Don't be the sucker comin into my face
Don't-don't, don't-don't
Don't be the sucker comin into my face
Don't-don't-don't!
Don't be the sucker comin into my face with that yang-yang!"

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Genius Annotation

The version of “Black Cop” that appeared on the Return of the Boom Bap album was in fact a remix produced by Kenny Parker and KRS-One. However, the original version, which was scrapped at the last minute, was produced by Pal Joey. According to Kenny Parker, the new version was submitted so late that the credits were inadvertently not corrected. In fact, its first release on the CB4 soundtrack lists Pal Joey as the producer and its rerelease on the Return of the Boom Bap lists KRS-One, clearly revealing that a mix up had occurred.

Here is an interview with Kenny Parker where he explains the confusion concerning the credits. He talks about the song starting around 27:30 minutes.

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