Reload 911

By Harry Heist (2018)
On album Unruly (2018)

Unruly
[Intro]
Yeah
Yeah

[Chorus]
Would I call a cop, if I saw a cop was dying? /
Well, it depends, do I wanna die on a copper's dime? (yeah, yeah)/
Cause white privilege still alive, just gotta read between the lines/
And Zimmerman's still alive, meaning Jim Crow's in the mind (yeah) /

[Verse 1]
Eradicate us, then shoot us, cops fire more shots than Starship Troopers/
Got nonlethal methods, won't use them, rather immobilize us ‘til were useless/
Hate when we strategize, and we vocalize, cause the power of unity is super/
Got some wicked ways, but won't lose them, rather paint us all as the shooter/
See, the media gon' play this as war on cops (war on cops)/
A couple Klansman will try to shoot me out my spot (out my spot)/
Paint me as the bad man, and say I must be stopped (must be stopped)/
Welcome to the badlands, where protectors are the ops (yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]
Would I call a cop, if I saw a cop was dying? /
Well, it depends, do I wanna die on a copper's dime? (yeah, yeah)/
Cause white privilege still alive, just gotta read between the lines/
And Zimmerman's still alive, meaning Jim Crow's in the mind (yeah-yeah) /

[Audio Sample: Officer Hunt vs. Ken Marino]
You say you tryna' shoot motherfuckers?
I kill motherfuckers
Oh, you kill motherfuckers?
I shoot motherfuckers out here today
And you just tried to hit me with the car?
Don't try to film me dude, alright. You wanna do the bullshit-
I'm just saying, though
How about I lock you up, for walking in the street?

[Verse 2]
Yeah
Think for yourself, they belittle, try to speak out being civil/
Try to give back just a little, they tell a black man, shut up and dribble/
Bright futures shouldn't end with a vigil, I think we're way passed meeting in the middle/
Cause the press love dancing ‘round the issue, and the cops still pulling out the pistol/
I'm not saying Whites are the enemy, but you dumb if you think that privilege don't come with heredity/
Middle American tendencies, you can't see that, I'm not feeling your energy/
You condone that, you ain't really no friend to me, I might as well treat you like frenemies/
How could you not see what's sitting in front of ya?, some of y'all really think you are the centerpiece/

[Bridge]
They, wanna silence my mind and then murder the rest of me/
Then, drag my name through the mud on the news, just to lessen me/
Yeah, systematic control is just part of the recipe/
Yeah, but the parts that they hate are the parts that are best of me/

[Chorus]
Would I call a cop, if I saw a cop was dying? /
Well, it depends, do I wanna die on a copper's dime? (yeah, yeah)/
Cause white privilege still alive, just gotta read between the lines/
And Zimmerman's still alive, meaning Jim Crow's in the mind (yeah, yeah) /

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