* Originally appeared as a B-side to Cube's "Wicked" single
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Mr. Dirty Harry, you look really scary
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With your .357, officer Kevin
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Spent 11 years on the force trying to get mine
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Head got the flat top, boots got the spit shine
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Don't give a fuck about my neighborhood
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Just wanna do your eight hours, then hit the showers
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Shoot a brother down aND you don't send flowers
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Goddamn sherrif, can't wait to tarriff
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A chunk of a nigga ass, but watch a nigga blast
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And get away nigga fast
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You ain't gonna have me face down no more
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You ain't gonna have a chance to clown no more
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To the boys in blue, I got kids too
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Ain't going out like a jigaboo, no no no
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On my way to the store
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You see me in a Range Rover, now you gotta pull me over
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But where oh where is the ticket?
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You got your hand on your gun cause you're wicked
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You don't like the face of the original man
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But you gotta treat me like an individual man
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Talk right and I'll talk right back
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Show some goddamn respect to the black
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Cause I gotta get back to my wife
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But I'm sorry, you ain't gonna take my life
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Just because you got a badge
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Did you think Ice Cube was gonna wave the white flag?
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Cracker please, you can yell freeze
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I'd rather die standing up than die on my knees
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You think you can do anything you want to do
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To my crew when you come through, man fuck you
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Shooting up South Central
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Catch your ass slipping at a WINCHELLS
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Could have popped you off, one dead cop
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But I know you got a wife and a dog named Spot
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I show a little mercy cause I'm civilized
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Looking through a nigga's eyes at a much bigger prize
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But when I saw Rodney it got me so hot
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Made me wanna go out and pop me a cop
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Cause every time you see me sagging
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Here comes the Grand Dragon, in the motherfucking patty wagon
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Try to play me like a trick
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Sometimes you act like a dick, Mr. Nightstick
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Back then, I used to throw my Mack-10
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But nowadays you got the black skin
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Back then you don't like the voice of a nigga named Ice
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But you ain't gonna take my life
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You man let's get an understanding
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I know that your job is demanding
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But I only got me one life to live
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You only got about six shots to give
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And I got a big AK with a 50-round clip
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So why should we trip?
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You ain't gonna punk me, so what you trying for?
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Ain't no job worth dying for, is it?
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Might pay a visit to Petey Wheatstraw
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When you stop me on the SHAW, officer of the law
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And if I did something wrong, you can lock me up
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Never never never gonna sock me up
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So next time you have the urge, all of the sudden
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To fuck with a nigga for nothing
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Think about me, a brother that's 23
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I got a son and a J-O-B
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So before you pull your gun, you'd better think twice
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Pig, cause you ain't gonna take my life
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U Ain't Gonna Take My Life
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Ice Cube |