So Ya Wanna Be a Cop?

[Intro: Gandhi Samples]
[British Official] "I don't care if we fill the jails
Arrest anyone, anyone you can!"

[Gandhi] "We will make them see their injustice
And it will hurt, as all fighting hurts
But we cannot lose, we cannot
They may torture my body
Break my bones, even kill me
Then they will have my dead body
Not my obedience"
("I don't care if we fill the jails, fill the jails")
"Let us take a solemn oath that
Come what may, we will not submit to this law
We, we, we will not submit to this law"

One, two!

[Verse 1: Stza]
So, you wanna be a cop?
So, you wanna be on the top
Harassin' and shootin' all the kids on the block
Incarcerate the youth of the next generation
And you'll get the high-fives at the police station

[Ezra]
So, you wanna wear blue and prey on the people
Go above the Constitution where all men are so equal
Beat down the poor and the working-class core
You're a class-trading, motherfucking rich man's whore

[Stza]
'Cause it's a thin blue line
Between the love and the hate
And if you so choose to cross it
You're a Nazi for the state
Your injustice will crush us
The precious, the few
So, you wanna be a killer
For the red, white, and blue?

[Pre-Chorus 1: Ezra]
You're a bitch to the crown
Keep your own people down
You've got nothing to protect
But you're keeping the sect
For your own damn brothers
You've got no respect
And the killing won't stop
When you become a cop

The world's getting madder, and it ain't gonna stop
It's an uphill battle all the way until we reach the top
You got an answer in your holster, and no question to kill
You got a vision for society, and it's your will

[Chorus: Stza / Ezra]
Even the summer sun can't make this situation light
You've got the upper hand in a war
When you take away our arms and our means to fight

[Verse 2: Stza]
So, you wanna be a cop?
You never stop, your wicked guns going pop (Pop, pop, pop)
After forty-one shots, you're grinnin' in the donut shop
Your sickening behavior regulates this society
And musters all the sickness and hatred inside of me

[Ezra]
So, you wanna wear blue? Well, you're just the type
Got a chip on your shoulder and an itch for a gripe
Standing on a raft in an ocean of blood
But you're doin' the killing and you're causing the flood

[Stza]
How can we tolerate this mad abuse of power?
You think a cop is never psycho till he stabs you in the shower
Choking V., Morning G., LÖC, we never stop
And your death'll be sweet if ya wanna be a cop

[Pre-Chorus 2: Ezra]
They say the sea is green and the sky is blue
And that's about right because we're below you
You cop an extra attitude when you come down my block
So, you wanna be a cop?

The world's getting madder, and it ain't gonna stop
It's an uphill battle all the way until we reach the top
You got an answer in your holster, and no question to kill
You got a vision for society, and it's your will

[Chorus: Stza / Ezra]
Even the summer sun can't make this situation light
You've got the upper hand in a war
When you take away our arms and our means to fight