[Intro, Professor X]
Ah, yeah, youâve gone and did it!
Whatâs the word?
No more questioning my pedigree, my authenticity, by some radio call letters
Whatâs the word?
No more questioning the polish I place upon my boot
Whatâs the word?
F.T.P., zoom zoom zoom before I step!
[Verse 1, Brother J]
One oâclock to two oâclock to three oâclock to four
Murder in progress and time to settle score
Five oâclock to six oâclock and seven come to eight
When itâs time to reach to nine, man, itâs time to get straight
Now ten come eleven, tick-tock on to twelve
Head to toe in black, and you know Iâm not for sale
Time for a little dose of âF.T.P.â â
You know what brothers speakinâ, man, fuck the police!
[Hook]
Now F.T.P.? (Fuck the police!)
F.T.P. means? (Yeah, Fuck the police!)
[Verse 2, Brother J]
F.T.P., yo man, never âpon the jobâ
Always eatinâ doughnuts, man, fuck the Babylon
âCause we the people that are strong and able
Remember Yusef onto Gavin Cato
Eleanor Bumpurs, Steven Biko, Huey P
Murderers of Malcolm and death of brother King
Governmentâs producing that white kryptonite
Makinâ sun drinkers into zombies of the night
So now I walk the street, more or less discreet
âcause the one that take me under might sing the same beat
But how many brothers must a brother see
Shot in the street by this honorable defeat
By a civil-badged trump uniform like a redcoat
I might just catch a flashback and tighten up your collar
Donât scream a whiff, I wonât help you if you holler
No dollars
Could compensate or make me hesitate
Itâs freedom or death, boy, you know I wonât ask
Operation: Snatchback stands for ever task
Now would I ever provoke a poke that wonât or donât put a poke on the choke? Nope
âCause every time I speak wise, you call me civil
Speakinâ like a madman and then you call me bad, man
Thatâs why I rip and shred and act fool
Pre-pare my people for the Armageddon duel
Because itâs murder, more death, and most have never even tried
Meet me in defenses? While youâre searchinâ through my ride
Sworn to protect, but designed to harass
Search without a warrant: your fingers in my ass
And then you ask me cold, âSpread âem,â with my face in the street
Then I say, âF.T.P.â
âCause if I ever submit to one of your tricks
I might get a nightstick lick â and
Since I stand protected, yo that seems to be a âno noâ
Let me introduce warfare as the bobo
âcause Iâve grown quite weary of the insults
Slander on the misquote, now children think that weâre a cult
Thatâs why my attitude is firm as it can be
Shoutinâ loud and proud, man, âFuck the police!â
[Hook]
Now F.T.P.? (Fuck the police!)
F.T.P. means? (Yeah, Fuck the police!)
Come on, F.T.P., yo donât take me light
The house of the cracker goes BOOM! tonight, on sight
[Interlude, Professor X]
The five oâclock news, the six oâclock news, the seven oâclock news
I say, âF.T.P.â
You say, ??? Republican turned conservatism
I say, âF.T.P.â
You say, âN***a, restrain yourself!â
I say, âFâ â âTâ â âP.â
[Verse 3, Brother J]
Yeah
I remember this one, way back in the day
The stupid police were scared to come around the way
Might get checked or might get sprayed
But any way you put it there was nothinâ they can say
So when times get hard they call the National Guard
Then next course? They draft you for the armed force
Now âbe all you can beâ
When you can fight in foreign lands and never for your land to be free
Now Project X keeps you in check from terrorist attacks
And ones who speak the black
Soul of the livinâ, yo they fear the boot-stomp
Zoom chant, cominâ at you from the dark
No way could they ??? man a comp
So any old attempt is just boring me
So since weâre speak war, man letâs kick it like this
Pick some off a mountain letâs throw down within the mist
Murderers, connivers, the worldâs in a panic
Sperm-killing soda, dead president addicts
You think Iâm satisfied by just stopping traffic?
You best get ready for the twenty million boom automatic
And thatâs all I gotta say
F.T.P. Iâm ever living for today
Click
[Outro, Professor X]
Here we go!
At President Street, I told you, âF.T.P.â
At the bridge, I told you, âF.T.P.â
As I prayed over Yusef Hawkins, âF.T.P.â
As I kneel before the altar of Gavin Cato, I say, âF.T.P.â
CITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!