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Sound of Da Police Lyrics

Artist: KRS-One
Album: Return Of The Boom Bap

Chorus:

Woop-woop!
That's the sound of da police!
Woop-woop!
That's the sound of the beast!

Verse One:

Stand clear! Don man a-talk
You can't stand where I stand, you can't walk where I walk
Watch out! We run New York
Police man come, we bust him out the park
I know this for a fact, you don't like how I act
You claim I'm sellin' crack
But you be doin' that
I'd rather say "see ya"
Cause I would never be ya
Be a officer? You WICKED overseer!
Ya hotshot, wanna get props and be a saviour
First show a little respect, change your behavior
Change your attitude, change your plan
There could never really be justice on stolen land
Are you really for peace and equality?
Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me
Your laws are minimal
Cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal
This has got to cease
Cause we be getting HYPED to the sound of da police!

Chorus

Verse Two:

Now here's a likkle truth
Open up your eye
While you're checking out the boom-bap, check the exercise
Take the word "overseer," like a sample
Repeat it very quickly in a crew for example
Overseer
Overseer
Overseer
Overseer
Officer, Officer, Officer, Officer!
Yeah, officer from overseer
You need a little clarity?
Check the similarity!
The overseer rode around the plantation
The officer is off patroling all the nation
The overseer could stop you what you're doing
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
The officer has the right to arrest
And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest!
(Woop!) They both ride horses
After 400 years, I've _got_ no choices!
The police them have a little gun
So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one
(Woop-woop!) I hear it all day
Just so they can run the light and be upon their way

Chorus

Verse Three:

Check out the message in a rough stylee
The real criminals are the C-O-P
You check for undercover and the one PD
But just a mere Black man, them want check me
Them check out me car for it shine like the sun
But them jealous or them vexed cause them can't afford one
Black people still slaves up til today
But the Black police officer nah see it that way
Him want a salary
Him want it
So he put on a badge and kill people for it
My grandfather had to deal with the cops
My great-grandfather dealt with the cops
My GREAT grandfather had to deal with the cops
And then my great, great, great, great... when it's gonna stop?!

Chorus

Comments/Interpretations

by Bboy kero on 5/28/2008 12:12pm
Great song!!!!! krs one "da name says all"
by fairyfloss on 6/26/2008 8:39am
this song is awesome!!!! i love it!! yea!
by Dreez on 7/28/2008 7:48pm
<3
by rev_pt on 9/11/2008 12:59pm
K-R-S to the 1... man the greatest lyrist of all time next to common and most def. man same thing all around the world bro... broz u need to check out MOS Def Mr. Nigger... ull get the picture
by toon on 10/27/2008 12:33pm
A.C.A.B. all truth is that A.C.A.B.
by Sixtynine on 11/15/2008 11:29am
A.C.A.B!
by Mave on 2/24/2009 6:46pm
fuck me one of the best rap songs ever
by punk.germany on 5/31/2009 6:37am
A.C.A.B.

Best.
by saraqul on 7/15/2009 6:26am
A.C.A.B
by cal on 8/4/2009 6:13am
unmatched in lyrics and flow.. this song is one of the best ever.
by yo on 8/30/2009 9:52am
A.C.A.S (All Cops Are Schnabels)
by Gaaaaaaaaay on 10/28/2009 5:45pm
Gaaaaaaaaaay
by rizla on 11/30/2009 6:57am
yo! ma dawgz, da track sound as its name
by vanaaaa on 1/6/2010 10:12am
krs one...THE ONE....truly a great rap song
by Mon-que on 1/28/2010 9:28am
now thats the shit
by Sheri on 2/15/2010 2:50am
This is not an original song. It is a Rage Against the Machine cover, word for word. It's a nice cover but doesn't really show what "a great lyricist" KRS One is.
by bee on 2/22/2010 9:53pm
sheri.... i can't tell if you are being silly or not. by utilizing the magical "internet", you can find out about everything..... ever. via google, i spent two whole minutes learning krs one first released this song in 1993, and rage against the machine started covering it live around 1996. so, welcome to the future!
by Name on 3/1/2010 5:57pm
Awsome song but sadly its all true
by sheri'sdumb on 4/30/2010 5:49am
shery, your a dumbass. rage against the machine made a cover of the krs one version
by .. on 5/11/2010 4:02pm
/facepalm hope you was not serious at your comment sheri..
by WTF g, on 5/27/2010 12:32am
i dont think it says Whoop-Whoop That's the sound of the beast....
but : Whoop-Whoop That's a sound of enemies...
by maddy on 5/30/2010 3:44am
i love this song my mum abd dad like it too
by Luigi on 7/24/2010 5:01am
Great!
This is the truth
by 1234 on 9/11/2010 10:30am
very catchy...
by :) on 9/29/2010 4:04pm
Umm @WTF g, ....its correct what they say here. You can just go on youtube and watch the video. He says beast
by uno on 9/29/2010 6:53pm
i listened to this song once and its stuck in my head
by laff on 10/13/2010 1:01am
laff mugc
by Sirens = Death on 10/23/2010 4:00pm
What about this one I found on the net. KRS One make sense the cops are killers or minorities and work for the New World Order, has anyone ever spelled N.W.O. backwards? its O.W.N.! NWO is OWN backwards, WOW!!!
by Bustacapthroughthecopper'strap on 10/31/2010 10:53am
F#%# DA POPO!
by badrobie86 on 11/14/2010 5:25pm
Holy crap, song is awesome, i cant stop to listen it. ACAB!
by Kate Burrows on 11/18/2010 7:28am
I love this song!!! WOOP WOOP :)
by AL on 12/14/2010 1:05pm
lalalalalalalalalalala
by rj guillory on 1/4/2011 4:57pm
badass song
by punks on 1/19/2011 1:31pm
Woop-woop!
That's the sound of da police!
Woop-woop!
That's the sound of the beast!!
great
by Vlcak on 1/28/2011 1:51pm
What a hypocrite. He participates in a stop the violence movement and then sings about shooting cops. This guy needs to go to jail.
by C_Miller on 2/20/2011 2:22pm
vlack- you have the whole internet. look at the context of the song, and look at his interviews. then post dumb comments if you must.
by you idiots on 3/16/2011 2:08pm
You morons shout out ACAB, ACAS, $#%@ the popo, etc and then who do you call when some JA robs your mom, wrecks into your car, or takes your crap? I'm not saying you should kiss their butt, but show some gratitude and respect for men and women who put theirs on the line to protect yours and don't even know you.
by ray gee on 3/22/2011 4:27pm
diz watz up
by chris on 4/22/2011 11:35am
kala auto to tragoydi einai apexto ta spaei
by bbblast on 6/23/2011 2:01am
Woop woop Assassin de la police
by Sugar.Blaze420 on 9/9/2011 11:55am
SWEET!!
by En it on 9/28/2011 12:29pm
Great oldie ..ain't heard it for years till a snip in a film called "Attack the Block" released this year. Yup it's a 'black song' (don't mean to offend here) but it has so much significance to all regardless of race or colour ....it has more significance as time goes on ...just look at the shit being dished out on Wall street ...."Your laws are minimal,
Cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal
This has got to cease." ...sums it up for everyone, white and black eh.
by Replay on 1/31/2012 11:48am
A.C.A.B.
No Justice No Peace
by toast on 3/7/2012 6:00am
aup
by crsitian on 5/5/2012 1:26am
this song is for 1993 from the cd return thr boom bam this is from KRS and shut up your mouts idiots
by ATB on 5/8/2012 3:26am
Attack The Block brought me here!
by Getoff on 6/9/2012 1:30pm
^ fuck yeah if you're going to talk smack about the blast master atleast know what you're saying don't post bullshit KRS One is the man rage remade that song krs has been rapping since 1977 get of his dick haters
by DA SNITCH on 6/18/2012 10:37pm
ALEX RAIA is a RAT!
by Supbrah on 6/29/2012 11:03am
Still true in 2012, scary ain't it ?
by arxidi melato on 10/7/2012 3:08am
nai pes ta tous re chris
by carlos on 1/11/2013 2:20pm
This song is amazing. Krs one. One of the best rappers ever
by Tatsu on 1/13/2013 3:23pm
Great to see that decades on, Kris still getting the respect he deserves. Great song, some funny as hell comments. Wonder if he's read them... LOL. Peace ~1~
by .... on 3/6/2013 2:33am
<3 <3
by MOAH on 3/30/2013 3:56pm
I LOVE THIS SONG . DID U HEAR IT ON ATTACK THE BLOCK . GOOD SHOW THOW. I LIKE PEST AND MOSIES
by #Standardbadass on 6/19/2013 3:48am
I Fuck Ladies All Day Long
by Marc on 7/9/2013 3:15am
All Coops Are Beautiful
by Rafa on 10/18/2013 1:16am
That's the sound that I miss!
by junior cesar on 5/2/2014 11:16am
Its very crazy jr brasil
by pashtet 78 RUSSIA on 5/17/2014 1:32pm
Best заебись
by Dog video game lover on 3/12/2015 4:51pm
Battlefield Hardline introduced me to this song.
by mike on 6/21/2015 2:59am
woop woop
by mac on 12/31/2016 6:45pm
Hard but true lyric seems outrageously to be truer in 2016. The Lakota know about justice on stolen land. The numbers of innocent black US citizens murdered by the people supposedly employed to protect them. Overseer / officer. Respect to KRS1 for voicing it. Respect to the respectfull. Peace to the Peaceful.
by police on 3/16/2017 12:26pm
I'm gonna send you into the prison! Prepare your asshole)








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