Gil Scott-Heron - No Knock lyrics

Um, we want to do a poem for one of our
Unfavorite people, um, who’s now the
Head of the, uh
Nixon campaign he was formerly the
Attorney General named John Mitchell
Um, Nixon’s campaign seems to
Be out, you know
Getting off on a rather hip
Foot after his trip to
China in the name of peace, uh
While they were killing people right across
The street, so to speak, in, uh
North and South Vietnam but
Um, no-knock, the law in particular
Was allegedly, um, aheh
Legislated for black
People rather than, you know, for their
Destruction and it means, simply
That authorities and members of
The police force
No longer have to knock on your
Door before entering they can now knock your
Door down this is No Knock

You explained it to me, I must admit
But just for the record
You were talking shit
Long rap about no-knock being legislated
For the people you've always hated
In this hellhole that you, we, call home

No-knock, the man will say
To keep that man from beating his wife
No-knock, the man will say
To protect people from themselves

No-knocking, head-rocking
Enter, shocking, shooting, cussing
Killing, crying, lying, and being white
No-knock

No-knocked on my brother Fred Hampton
Bullet holes all over the place
No-knocked on my brother Michael Harris
And jammed a shotgun against his skull

For my protection?
Who's gonna protect me from you?
The likes of you? The nerve of you?
To talk that shit face-to-face
Your tomato face deadpan
Your deadpan deadening another freedom plan

No-knocking, head-rocking
Enter, shocking, shooting, cussing
Killing, crying, lying, and being white

But if you're wise, no-knocker
You'll tell your no-knocking lackeys ha!
No-knock on my brothers’ heads
No-knock on my sisters’ heads
No-knock on my brothers’ heads
No-knock on my sisters’ heads

And double-lock your door
Because, soon, someone may be no-knocking ha
Ha! For you

No Knock to be slipped into
John Mitchell’s suggestion box