April 26th, 1992
There was a riot on streets
Tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV
While I was participating
in some anarchy
First spot we hit it was my liquor store
I finally got all that
alcohol I can't afford
With red lights flashin', time to retire
And then we turned that liquor
store into a structure fire
Ne t stop we hit, it was the music shop,
It only took one brick
to make the window drop
Finally we got our own P.A.
Where do you think I got this
guitar that you're hearing today?
When we returned to the
pad to unload everything
It dawned on me that I
need new home furnishings
So once again we filled
the van until it was full
Since that day my livin' room's
been much more comfortable
'Cause everybody in the
hood has had it up to here
It's getting harder, and harder,
and harder each and every year
Some kids went in a
store with their mother
I saw her when she came out
she was gettin' some Pampers
They said it was for the black man
They said it was for the Me ican
And not for the white man
But if you look at the streets,
it wasn't about Rodney King
In this f ked up situation
and these f ked up police
It's about comin' up and stayin' on top
And screamin' 1 8 7 on
a mother f kin' cop
It's not in the paper, it's on the wall
National guard
Smoke from all around
'Cause as long as I'm
alive, I'ma live illegal
Let it burn
Wanna let it burn, wanna let it burn
Wanna wanna let it burn
(I feel insanity)
Riots on the streets of Miami
Whoa, riots on the streets of Chicago
On the streets of Long Beach
In San Francisco
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
Tuskaloosa, Alabama
Cleveland, Ohio
Fountain Valley, Paramount, Victorville
Eugene, Oregon
Eureka, California
Hesperia
Santa Barbara
Winnemucca, Nevada
f kin' 29 Palms
