smile copper, smile

for the coppers

harassing folks in the streets

smile copper,

smile---

for the coppers throwing us against the car

with arms round our backs &

face pressed into the metal with one hand gripping

the back of the neck

savagely

(like you had all the power in the world),

we

gotcha

on

camera

now

copper,

so smile, copper, smile---

Android’s NYCLU app. makes it so

easy, to find you not doin’ the job

our tax dollars pay you to,

so

smile copper, smile---

with these pics, with this footage,

i take your f*****g badge---

with these pics, with this footage,

i file a suit against you---

with these pics, with this footage,

gonna take your car, take your house &

put that big mark on your record so

you know what it feels like---

with these pics, with this footage,

the blame lies where it belongs---

with these pics, with this footage,

we put your guilty a*s behind bars---

with these pics & with this footage

justice will be done---

so

smile copper,

smile.