I Shot the sheriff


[Verse 1]
If it's the Black man they fear
Tell me why they brought me here
If I'm a criminal from birth
What shall I call you who scorch the earth?
Crooked cop that do the devil work that's all they know
Silent cop that don't do nothing they the worst for sure
My people fight for their bodies and for their soul
Go to war with police in the ghetto
Government fucked up can't believe me
You're just a pawn can't you see
Pon' my neck they press their knee
Make it hardеr and harder to breathe
So!

[Chorus]
I Shot thе sheriff (one mo time, one mo time)
It was I who Shot the Sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy

[Verse 2]
Now now please now let's be civil
We can both try to leave in living
Police don't like my suggestion
Say we all make tough decisions
He ain't see me violate
And I know he won't hesitate
Could have just let me walk away but hey
In the middle of the madness
Broad daylight, ray's bounce off my Blackness
Whole operation, don't help my chances
More confirmation, my life don't matter
Knees on my neck and my head on a platter
Life start flashing thoughts of the babies
No one to save them
So many cameras
You won't understand but I had to
[Chorus]
I Shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy
I Shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy