Cop - David Poe

The policeman is your friend

I wonder if the kid is going to fall for it again

And if the boys and girls in blue think it’s true

You know they’ve got a job to do

Because everyone’s a soldier where we live

And the law is right

You must be wrong

And the badge is bright

As the day is long

The stick comes down on the back of his head

The stick comes down on the back of his head, and the video ends

Did you get arrested for playing music

For putting posters on a bored night’s beat

For being homeless on the street

The mayor thinks that it’s good

To crusade against these lowlifes

Who pervade our neighborhood

And the law is right

So you must be wrong

And the badge is bright

And the speech is long

The stick comes down on the back of his head

The stick comes down on the back of his head, and the video ends

And the law is right

You must be wrong

And if the cop is white

And the excuses long

They call it a beat for a reason

They call it a beat for a reason that you don’t want to know

What it the government closed

And nobody noticed it

Except the paper news

No one really reads, or quite believes

What if we elected us a Kennedy

Who killed our enemies

Who’s he gonna fight next?