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Artist: The Clash
Canonical path: /the-clash/police-amp-thieves
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Police & Thieves
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Police & Thieves
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We're going through a tight wind
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition
Police and thieves in the street, oh yeah
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
From Genesis to Revelation
The next generation will be, hear me
From Genesis to Revelation
The next generation will be, hear me
And all the crowd comes in, day by day
No one stops it in any way
All the peace makers turned war officers
Hear what I say
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition
Police and thieves in the street, oh yeah
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
From genesis to revelation
The next generation will be, hear me
Throw it up, throw it up, throw it up, throw it up, throw it up
Oh yeah
Throw it up, throw it up, throw it up, throw it up, throw it up
Oh yeah
And all the crowd come in, day by day
No one stop it in anyway
All the peace makers turned war officers
Hear what I say
Police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah
Police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah
From genesis-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i, oh yeah
Police, police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah
And I'm scaring, I'm fighting the nation, oh yeah
Shooting, shooting their guns and, guns and ammunition, oh yeah
Oh yeah, police, police, police and thieves, oh yeah
I'm scaring, oh yeah
I'm scaring the nation, police, police, police, police, oh yeah
Here come, here come, here come
The station is bombed, oh yeah
Get out, get out, get out you people
If you don't want to get blown up, oh yeah
The police, the police and the thieves, oh yeah
You got an extra grand
But you got trapped in the middle of police, police, police
Police, police, police, police
Police, police, police, police
Police, police, police, police
Police, police, police, police
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