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Watts Riot

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Watts Riot

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God damn devils, done finally made

They move on South Los Angeles

In Watts, the shots don't quit

And in Compton we got the same shit

Damn pigs is puttin' in straight work

Murderin' blacks and just smirk

Ain't nothin' but another day at the office

So now it's damn near illegal to be a Negro

So do I make a run for the border?

Or fuck Bush, and his "New World Order"

The law is the straw that broke the camel's back

Just one more punk attack

On the black, and now the shit is on

Peel his cap and I'm gone, oh yeah

See now all hell is finna break loose

And Uncle Tom ain't got no juice

Nigga shoulda been down from the start

But he ain't had a heart, for another Watts riot

Watts riot

Watts riot

Watts riot

So we done lost all patience

Man fuck police investigations

See we gon' handle this right, tonight

We're tearin' up everything in fuckin' sight

And I ain't got a damn thing to lose

So the news gon' have they hands full

Not to mention the police, fool

No justice, no peace

It's a eye for a eye, so don't even try and speak

On how blacks should turn the other cheek

To hell with all y'all devils

Ain't no love losses for no white crosses

So what y'all know about this interpretation

With your college education?

Y'all best just keep quiet

And get your ass ready for this next Watts riot

Watts riot

Watts riot

Watts riot

Straight pandemonium, niggaz I'm with nutty

Mr. Macgillicuddy done got, got

And I'm tossin' more cocktails loc

'Til the whole fuckin' block smell like smoke

Black folks are locin', no jokin'

Yo Kam, grab the coke and choke 'em

Make sure that somethin' is broken

And then you can smoke him

Got a clip on the news of me with a TV

And I don't give a fuck who done seen me

Fightin' the police with my peers

With head and shoulders, and no more tears

And they can't stop me

'Cause, I'm eatin' more crackers than Polly

For the Jack that smoked the black

I gotta do the right thing for you and Rodney King

Burn down his market

But then you claim, Ice Cube had to spark it

Puttin' Beverly Hills in fear

'Cause Hollywood burnt down last year

So if you throw me Ozzie and Harriet

I fuck around and bury it, huh

Ain't makin' the hood look shitty

Watts riot, insert your city motherfucker

The whole city is on fire

And now it's down to the wire

Time to call for a national emergency

'Cause white folk goin' up in smoke

Too fast, they ass is out before they know it

So when I light this cocktail, Cube throw it

And make sure that it reach

Yeah motherfucker, that's for Howard Beach

And Brother Olivert X, so what's next

With y'all punk-ass cowards?

Each of us bring fo' devils

And let's get this over with, yeah, no shit

We ain't worried about dyin'

Man, I think you better give up, man, nah, I ain't even tryin'

I'd rather go out fightin'

But let y'all tell it I'm incitin' a Watts riot

Watts riot

Watts riot

Watts riot

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