[Michel`le]
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
No, no, no
[El Dorado]
It`s the police, comin straight from the underground
A young brotha got it bad cuz I`m brown
You wonder why I can`t get no peace, asleep
I`m makin more than the chief of police
I creep, on the plan, 20 inch rims
You gon` always have haters when you`re havin divadins
Here come the po-po, still roll slow mo`
About to blow some hydro inside a optimo
The president choke and smoke on the sticky
I told this fool I`m rappin, why he pattin on my Dickies?
Next`ll be me, cuz I`m a teenager
With a little bit of platinum and a pager
Tappin my phone, lookin for the product
Thinkin every balla is servin narcotics
You rather G, me in a ?
Than me rollin in a 300 and 300 Benz
She never knew what hit her
Beans pulled the trigger
I lost another nigga
Pour out a little liquor
[Michel`le]
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
Why did you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
No, no oh
[Captain Save M`]
You know I heard some disturbing news, a situation
Heard about them panelopie po-po`s actin bad across the nation
There`s a particular situation that got me feelin sad
It had the whole family askin God, why did it happen?
Young and innocent, it gets so tense, is what I mention
Never had the chance to live out a lifelong dream before it ended
They say we shouldn`t fade a white man`s laws, at all times
Whatever dude, the po-po`s always have somethin else in mind
I was ridin in a Caddy 500, bumpin Will Smith, gettin jiggy
When I looked up in the rearview and spotted - Damn, it`s a piggy
License suspended, warrant checks, verbal altercation
Officer Dolittle, ????????
JuJu`s and Wam-Wam`s is all we had to work with, chancin & hollerin
Wish I had the chance to screw the marbles and hire Johnny Cochran
I`m just a black man in this white man`s world, like `Pac say
Wassup y`all, shouldn`t play, cuz we can`t save `em from the yay
[Michel`le]
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir (save me)
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir (why do you wanna see me)
Oh no, no
We ain`t sayin that all cops are bad
I think the good cops hate the bad cops sometimes
But you know this has to stop
You feel me?
[El Dorado]
Ebony, heavenly, sent from up above
Blessed me with my flesh, that`s respect with love
Hey ballas, this brotha spiked the set-backs
They only around to get you down, so don`t sweat that
Let that, a change gon` come
Reminiscin the days of old when all the negros sunk
It don`t matter where you`re from
They still do what`s bad
Walkin with a stack, got `em lookin for my rag
I dash from the police, arrest resisted
Apprehend my shin, to the pen is the mission
You wonder why I`m trippin (don`t trip, stay cool)
They made me wanna act a fool, they way they shot up Boo
When too young, reduce a life to a gun
A flat tire cost you when you`re livin in the slum
Make me wanna holla, the way they do my life
And it really ain`t right
[Michel`le]
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I didn`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
Why did you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?
Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer
I don`t wanna be layin a coffin, sir
So why do you do what you do? (why)
As we make the world go `round (we make the world go `round)
So why do you do what you do?
Because you know...
We make the world go `round
So Mr. Officer (Mr. Officer)
Please Mr. Officer (oh please Mr. Officer)
Mr. Officer (please Mr. Officer)
Don`t take my life, no no
