Performed at the the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.
Lyrics
Woop Woop that's the sound of the police
Woop Woop that's a sound of the beast
Record on my iPhone 6s so that they believe what I see
Took his power, his rights, and they chose to exceed
The "boundaries" they abide by are only there to mislead
He yelled GET BACK GET BACK, YOU'RE INTERFERING WITH THE SCENE "
But they kept bashing at him till he had no blood left to bleed
Don't matter if you're short, big and tall, or dealing with special needs
They won't discriminate on a beating if your melanin levels exceed
The threshold that they've made, so it's impossible to succeed
Told em give me the benefit of the doubt
But off the doubt you chose to benefit
Subbed batons for tasers
And started acting negligent
He's coughing
He's crying
He's beggin em' to stop
I said "I GOT THIS ON CAMERA"
They said "Nah we'll just crop"
See their idea of throwbacks on a thursday are us hangin’ from the tree tops
They want blood on the leaves
But no Yeezy to make it HipHop
Their shots
Abdundance
Their vices
Indulgence
See cuz Sandra Bland
Got her mugshot
While Mike Brown
Just got his mug shot
Eric Garner
Had to be choked out
Kept going till his lungs stopped
I don’t even holler at white girls, cuz of what happened to Emmette Till
And now they say with Trayvon that he had the right to kill
They'll say "we looked suspicious" when our hands are in our pockets
They'll say "he was resisting" so you know I had to sock him
They'll say "he had a licence, but we didn't know for a fact "
But these are questions that you ask a brother before you attack
Before the "I CAN'T BREATHES" and there's no going back
They’ll keep they’re eyes on your if they see you in your Cadillac
Matter fact
Even if your chillin in a Pontiac
SO NO JUSTICE NO PEACE NO RACIST POLICE
Afraid they won't stop till everyone one of us deceased
We yell Black Lives Matter likes it's a slogan at a speech
Branding it like a movie, the new hype, coming attraction
Rated Pg 13, and brought to you in closed captions
The next cinematic feat staring Leonardo as Adante Rackish
Samuel L Jackson is the one who hates on the black kids
Directed by Tarantino, so you know it'll be a classic
So I yelled out WIOP WIOP THAT'S THE SOUND OF THE POLICE
And she yelled WOOP WOOP THAT'S A SOUND WE DON'T NEED
So they gon WOOP WOOP you till you down on your knees
Yellin WOOP WOOP Another hash tag we don't need.
