Mr. Officer

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