No justice, no peace It’s us against police Every time I turn around they shoot another brother down in these cold, cold streets
Shit, I can’t even go where I wanna go Cause I might not even make it to the corner store Maybe we all gone get shot, I don’t even know no mo’ They kill our kids, it seems like they don’t get to grow no mo’ And every time I see them cruising in the hood ’bout to murder somebody That’s what they doing in the hood Then they wonder why I’m strapped when I’m in there The people protesting has proved the crooked done been there Then they wonder why we like “fuck the law” We ain’t calling ya’ll for shit cause we don’t fuck with ya’ll Mr. Officer, crooked officer It ain’t enough for ya’ll to keep all of us off of ya’ll
No justice, no peace It’s us against police Every time I turn around they shoot another brother down in these cold, cold streets No justice, no peace It’s us against police
I’d be damn if I don’t ride, I promise I don’t want to die If I do R.I.P To me
Oh, I’m tired of holding my hands up Fuck that, they want me to sit down, but fuck that, I’m a stand up Black men, Black women the time is now, come on everybody let’s man up Put our differences beside because we understand each other They don’t understand us Am I next to get shot for selling CD’s in front of my favorite neighborhood store I’m not a rival gang, we getting shot at by cops It ain’t safe in the neighborhood no mo’ You just told me to reach for my wallet So I reached for my wallet, now I’m dead We ain’t going to the J. Edgar Hoover building Motherfucka’ but we finna go fed They kill us for sport, just like they hunting Fuck, it feel like black life ain’t nothing Swear to God I’m so sick of this shit, I’m a protect me and my people You must be a fool if you think I ain’t dumping Mr Officer, crooked officer, they in Dallas trying to blow the badges off of ya
No justice, no peace It’s us against police Every time I turn around they shoot another brother down in these cold, cold streets No justice, no peace It’s us against police
I’d be damn if I don’t ride, I promise I don’t want to die If I do R.I.P To me