The cops used to come around in my neighborhood, "Alright, you kids, stop having so much fun, move along!"
Oh they´d arrest me, you know, especially at night

They had a curfew,s had to be home at 11, negros, 12
And you´d be trying to get home, doing your crew runs
And they´d always catch you out in front of a store or something, ´cause you´d be taking shortcuts, right
Cops, "Ree, put your hands up, black boy!"

[Slick Rick]
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-

[Nas]
I don´t wanna hurt nobody
We just came here to party
See a few dames, exchange some names
I´m a top shot to kids stay in your lane
The cop shot the kid, same old scene
Pour out a little liquor, champagne for pain
Slap boxing in the street
Crack the hydrant in the heat
Cop cars on the creep
Doing they round-ups, we just watch for the sweep
Yeah, it´s hotter than July
It´s the summer when niggas die
It´s the summer when niggas ride
Together we be strong, but forever we divide
So y´all are blowing my high
Type of sh*t that´s killing my vibe

White kids are brought in alive
Black kids get hit with like five
Get scared, you panic, you´re going down
The disadvantages of the brown
How in the hell the parents gonna bury their own kids, not the other way around?
Reminds me of Emmett Till
Let´s remind ´em why Kap kneels

[Slick Rick]
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-

The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream

[Kanye West]
Stay tuned up and down your timeline
This fake news, people is all lying
Money is being made when a mom cries
Won´t be satisfied till we all die
Tell me who do we call to report crime
If 911 doin´ a driveby
It´s certain things I can´t abide by
I ain´t being extreme, this is my side
Talkin´ big sh*t ready to die

I know every story got two sides
Claiming he paranoid by the black guy
Cop wanna make it home by night time
Just a good kid, he wasn´t that guy
Had a little hit, he wasn´t that high
Cop gon´ claim that it was self-defense
Say he was riding dirty so the case rests

[Slick Rick & Kanye West]
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot- (workin´ nine to five)
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot- (tryna stay alive)
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot- (making ends meet)

The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot- (shot him this week)
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid
The cops shot the kid, the cops shot-
The cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream