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[Intro] East Coast pop a bottle wit y'all West Coast pop a bottle wit y'all To all the dead beat dads you should find you a job Your child is the only person that could promise tomorrow [Bridge] I could do what I wanna do, why can't I? Let a thug get rich, how can I? I'm watching all of you rappers, don't you realize? Let's play a game of sharades, who am I? [Chorus] There have been times in my life I've been wondering why Still somehow I believe we all will survive [Verse 1] Gimme the keys to Shyne Po handcuffs Gimme the keys to Lil' Kim handcuffs Gimme the keys to C-Murder handcuffs So I could tighten 'em and let the cell slam shut Gangsta rapper, it's time to man up 'Fore I tighten your handcuffs Cause they all make songs about killing eachother When I bring 'em in for questioning they all squeal on eachother SongtexteYou stick a needle deep in your skin and carve it wit ink You call it tattoo, I call it the mark of the beast We identify criminals who rob on the streets By scars or tattoos don't you bother to think? They blame me for Biggie murder, but the case died out So now that's for me to know and for you to find out I got the industry on lock and key Who am I? I'm the hip-hop police [Bridge] I could do what I wanna do, why can't I? Let a thug get rich, how can I? I'm watching all of you rappers, don't you realize? Let's play a game of sharades, who am I? [Chorus] There have been times in my life I've been wondering why Still somehow I believe we all will survive [Verse 2] Gimme the keys to Beanie Sigel handcuffs Gimme the keys to Irv Gotti handcuffs Gimme the keys to Snoop Dogg handcuffs He got acquitted, he lucked up They makin' more money than me, damn rap stars Pull Jigga over maybe there's a gun in his car Took a sexy young lady wit a push-up bra Got her to frame Mystikal, he ain't rape that broad Made an example out of Kim, Chi Ali and Shyne Tony Yayo on parole, he owe me some time Take the gangsta out of rap, that's said to deceive you What I'm trying to do is make hip-hop illegal They blame me for Pac murder, but the case died out So now that's for me to know and for you to find out I got the industry on lock and key Who am I? I'm the hip-hop police [Bridge] I could do what I wanna do, why can't I? Let a thug get rich, how can I? I'm watching all of you rappers, don't you realize? Let's play a game of sharades, who am I? [Chorus] There have been times in my life I've been wondering why Still somehow I believe we all will survive [Verse 3] Can you recognize a cop when his clothes is plain? You gotta identify him it's like a game of sharades Take a loan from a bank, I'm borrowing money I take a loan from my homey's, I'm laundering money Called the narcotic cops when I sold my dimes Called the gun boys on me when I toted my nine Now I hold a microphone is you out of your mind? Hip-hop police is hip-hop a crime? Freedom of speech y'all think so evil Rather give freedom to my speech than give freedom to my people Instead of watching us you should of watched Ground Zero Schwarzenegger killing in movies but he a hero To all of the rappers we gotta stay in cognito To do it our way like Carlito Cause they want us thinking their way If everybody lived their life the same way We'd all meet our makers the same day [Bridge] I could do what I wanna do, why can't I? Let a thug get rich, how can I? I'm watching all of you rappers, don't you realize? Let's play a game of sharades, who am I? [Chorus] There have been times in my life I've been wondering why Still somehow I believe we all will survive Aus Songtexte Mania