Inside Man

[Verse 1]
You wanted to protect and serve
In a tense England
Where your colour was your drawback in life
But you became a cop too
When they tried to stop you
Now the long arm of the laws is black and white
But most of your own force
Don’t see you as equal
Nor do your so call breed of people
You’re trying to get nationwide respect
But you haven’t even made it to the 90s yet
Anything could happen to the blacks in this country
Think about the power of the national front
These pigs just detest us
Call us “niggers” to offend us
So if you're with them you’re against us
None of them have ever done a serious crime
But the nature of the beast puts fear in the minds
Of the people you fight to make a difference for
You’re a lone soldier in the kingdoms war

[Hook]
Sometimes you take a side
To change the way it looks to you
The insiders didn't pull you through
Outsiders think you’re foolish too
At times you may decide
To leave things just the way they are
And we think we hate them and they hate us
But secretly we pray change comes

[Verse 2]
In spite of all the people that reckon your scum
You still crack on and get the job done
You’re a police man
And this is what you offered to do
You stop dealers, pimps and prostitutes
You’re not just trying to get rid of the drugs and sleaze
And make the underworld scream out
FUCK THE POLICE
But the last week you helped a pregnant woman
Start her car and found a large amount of cocaine under the seat
And it seems you were meant to be an enemy to everyone
But then you think more sensibly when you see your baby son staring back
You pray he’ll be just like his father in the future
Hopefully he’ll be a lot luckier than you are
You him in your arms and pray that all the good you're doing
Will give him the sort of life that nobody could ruin
Then you tuck him into bed and plant a kiss on his forehead
Then leave to start your shift

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Silent night the community's good as gold
And they've put you on foot patrol
Nobody's around on the little side road you’re on
You can’t find one crook in the cold
So you turn a corner a car pulls up on your left
And a masked man utters something under his breath
He fires to rounds and the first one misses
But the second one ends up in your chest
You never would have guessed it would end this way
But you can tell its over so you close your eyes and mentally pray
And as the getaway car pulls off with a screech
You ask that your baby remembers your face
The mortal would makes morning news
But only a widow is mourning you
And a man at a airport sells some flights
To one gentleman and his pregnant wife

[Hook]