Royal Blue

[Chorus: Escrol]
Yo, yo
Yo this is for all the wrongly convicted and people that's locked d
For all the fathers counting hours till they're off of the dog leash
From the tactical SWAT team, right to the bacon that walk beats
I've hated cops since I watched 'em choke Radio Raheem

[Verse 1: Patience]
Snap caps city police state irrational men in Impalas
Fascist practices take your pride and render it sawdust
Ask Diallo's mother, they've got something to prove
Cause a scene honestly, see a gross tonnage of blue
Don't fuck with this crew they'll react choreographed
Plain view's a suggestion, so is a warrant in fact
And that's morbidly moving more often than all that's true
Robotic officers will just do what they're taught to do
I wouldn't wish Powell and [?] on my worst enemy, know that
Hold back Kojak, I got photographic memory
A question for each of theirs, split hairs whenever possible
Random badge numbers will drop you off at the hospital
Two friends from my youth that signed into the academy
Mention the notion back in the day, they'd smack you for speaking blasphemy
Actually we can rationally imagine their train of thought
'Here's a gun, do what you want'
You'd probably take the job
Back when I was a youth I used to wave at [*sample*] "the police"
Now I drop three fingers and still wave at [*sample*] "the police"
You couldn't waver my beef it strikes the core of my gut
I'd once shake at the knees now there's something more to my strut
And something more to my thoughts, I guess you could call me jaded
Expressing total disdain in the sworn affidavit
There's something more to my way than a false sense of manhood
I call it restoration of pride motherfucker, it feels damn good

[Chorus: Escrol]
Yo this is for all the wrongly convicted and people that's locked d
For all the fathers counting hours till they're off of the dog leash
From the tactical SWAT team, right to the bacon that walk beats
I've hated cops since I watched 'em choke Radio Raheem
For all the wrongly convicted and people that's locked d
For all the fathers counting hours till they're off of the dog leash
From the tactical SWAT team, right to the bacon that walk beats
I've hated cops since I watched 'em choke Radio Raheem

[Verse 2: Bender & Escrol]
Alright it goes one, for the power trips, two, for the evil urges
Three, for the thousands now engaging in illegal searches
Four, for the cowardice that's proved when they're seen in person
Five, for this witch-hunt mentality that's reemerging
Yeah but the cherry's on they're running reds and blocking fire hydrants
Think the force is bad now? Imagine once they privatize it
Entrapment specialists, knifing cats in back alleys
Nine million locked down worldwide at the last tally
You know they're laughing at Internal Affairs
'Cause one hand wash the other, that's why they're working in pairs
They walk the city like they're certain it's theirs
These were kids that never played nice with others, or learned how to share
It's seems that, either the law has been asleep on the job
Or the, police and the mob are really peas in a pod
I see 'em, greasing their palms with every [?]
But claim they're married to the cause like Phylicia Rashād
From Fantino to the old-world Gestapo
These cops know that fear's the best weapon that they stronghold
And it won't stop, until we're all conditioned into robots
Scanning our communities for sleeper cells and grow-ops
Some'll even lay their lives down, and that's clear
Sadly fact is I couldn't shed a drop if they tear-gassed me
RCMP is organized crime, but that's something for the courts to distort and decide

[Chorus: Escrol]
Yo this is for all the wrongly convicted and people that's locked d
For all the fathers counting hours till they're off of the dog leash
From the tactical SWAT team, right to the bacon that walk beats
I've hated cops since I watched 'em choke Radio Raheem
This is for all the wrongly convicted and people that's locked d
For all the fathers counting hours till they're off of the dog leash
From the tactical SWAT team, right to the bacon that walk beats
I've hated cops since I watched 'em choke Radio Raheem

[Outro: *sample*]
"'Well they're not scared of you, they're scared of what you represent. What you represent to them, is freedom.'
'What the hell's wrong with freedom? Man that's what it's all about.'
'Oh yeah that's right, that's what it's all about all right. But talking about it, and being it, that's two different things. Course don't ever tell anybody that they're not free 'cause they gonna get real busy killing and maiming to prove to you that they are. Oh yeah they gonna talk to you and talk to you and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gon' scare 'em.'
'Yeah well it don't make 'em running scared.'
'No. It makes 'em dangerous.'"