[Intro: Police Officer, Lupe Fiasco]
Okay, kid
Say what you gotta say
You know what I'm sayin'?
You know, some n***as really out there bad (Uh,) you know what I'm sayin'?
Some n***as is forced in positions (Uh, uh)
Where they gotta do things where they don't wanna do it
You know what I'm sayin'?
So, some n***as forced to dope, sell dope (Uh, uh)
Some n***as forced to pimp, you know what I'm sayin'? (Uh)
But you got some n***as out there that
Just lazy, you know what I'm sayin'?
N***as ain't forced to do nothin' (Uh)
N***as got other options, they just choose not to do 'em, you know?
(Revenge)

[Verse 1]
Sittin' in the back of the police car position
Your mission is forgettin' and denyin' the existence (Woo)
Thinkin' of different ways to keep from submittin'
And continuin' to not to mention, like that (Uh)
Grand Marquis Police Interceptor edition
With the wall, so you can barely fit in
Knees is touchin' the front seat, shiftin'
'Cause your handcuffs is cuttin' your wrist and
You're wishin' that he would drive faster, please
But he slows through the hood as he drives past the free
He's cool but you're trippin': the quicker you get there
The quicker you sit there, cuffed to a bench and (Uh)
They playin' good cop, bad cop, one of them pretendin'
So you rewind yourself
To your uneasy recline in the back of the police car
Hand-cuffed and the seat belt
Nah, you ain't gotta quicken the pace
That just give me more time to sit and erase
Alibi and alias, switch and replace
Think about then forget about an escape
Thank God that I'm up in the States
'Cause if I was in Russia who knows how they'd do a hustler
Wait, I ain't a hustler, I'm straight
I'm damn near a buster, no laws I break
Money I never seen, guns I didn't hold
Drugs I never sold, calls I didn't make
N***a, this is a waste of your time and mine
"Is that uncomfortable?", "I'm fine"
A case? This ain't even a fine
You ain't find nothing, homie, not even a dime
Not even a dime that'll drop dime on me
I know you was dyin', so you put a dime on me
I know that's a crime, you 'posed to fight crime for me
Protect and to serve, prosecute, correct
And return to the homies, and that's gon' send 'em
Direct to the curb so you can put 'em back on me
[Chorus]
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(You know)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(Don't get me wrong, some people ain't got no options)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(You know what I'm sayin'? They surroundings and they environment)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(And the way their society works on things)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(Actually forces them and directs them, you know what I'm sayin'?)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(To the point where they ain't got no options)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(So they gotta go out there and carry guns and)
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(They carry guns to protect the dope and the dope make the money)

[Verse 2]
He's sittin' in the front of the police car position
His mission is bendin', pinnin' charges on n***as
Even if they didn't, he's sittin' in court
Lyin', testifyin' against defendants, like that
Uh, and he love to choke n***as
He don't trip with the rich, he just like the broke n***as
Probably did more dirt in the street than most n***as
Even the old people don't like him, 'cause the way he approach n***as
N***a, you ain't no better than me
Just a hustler with a badge, confiscate the dope money
Put it with your retirement boat money
You ain't buildin' no playgrounds in the poor for some cash
That ain't a pension, that's a shoe box stash
With a Glock to protect it, we both undercover
Check it, thinkin' that the good we do
Gon' outweigh the sinnin' that we do to collect it (Uh)
Saying "it's for the community", they don't value us
Only around because the property value up
And they gotta clean the street 'fore they put the houses up
Knock them Section 8's down (Woo)
Put them 200,000's up (Uh)
Feel he don't get paid enough to kick in doors
Raid and cuff, so he use what
N***as get on the street to supplement the wages cut
So he gotta keep just enough n***as
Out there hustlin' to keep his paper up
Like that (You see, n***a?)
Maybe he should be in them handcuffs
[Chorus]
Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs
(Revenge!) Handcuffs, handcuffs, handcuffs