Ice Cube - U Ain’t Gonna Take My Life lyrics

Brothers and sisters, this is not a test
Brothers and sisters, this is not a test
The police in your city
Caught attention purposes
Not to play open season formed Black Panther

Mr dirty Harry, you look really scary
With your 357, officer Kevin
Spent 11 years on the force
Trying to get mine head got the flat top
Boots got the spit shine
Don't give a fuck about my neighborhood
Just wanna do your eight hours
And then hit the showers
Shoot a brother down and
You don't send flowers
Goddamn sheriff, can't wait to tarriff
A chunk of a nigga ass
But watch a nigga blast
And get away nigga fast
You ain't gonna have me face down no more


You ain't gonna get a chance
To clown no more
To the boys in blue, I got kids too
Ain't going out like a jigaboo, no no no
On my way to the store
You see me in a Range Rover
Now you gotta pull me over
But where oh where is the ticket?
You got your hand on your
Gun cause you're wicked
You don't like the face of the original man
But you gotta treat me like an individual man
Talk right and I'll talk right back
Show some goddamn respect to the black
Cause I gotta get back to my wife
And I'm sorry but
You ain't gonna take my life

Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it

Just because you got a badge
Did you think Ice Cube was
Gonna wave the white flag?
Cracker please, you can yell freeze
I'd rather die standing up than
Die on my knees
You think you can do anything you want to do
To my crew when you come through
Man fuck you shooting up South Central
Catch your ass slipping at a Winchell's
Could have popped you off, one dead cop
But I know you got a wife
And a dog named Spot
I show a little mercy cause I'm civilized
Looking through a nigga's eyes at
A much bigger prize
But when I saw Rodney it got me so hot
Made me wanna go out and pop me a cop
Cause every time you see me sagging
Here comes the Grand Dragon
In the motherfucking paddy wagon
Tryna play me like a trick
Sometimes you act like a dick, Mr nightstick
Back then, I used to throw my MAC-10
But nowadays you got the black skin
Back then you don't like the voice
Of a nigga named Ice
But, you ain't gonna take my life

Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it

Yo man let's get an understanding
I know that your job is demanding
But, I only got me one life to live
You only got about six shots to give
And I got a big AK with a 50-round clip
So why should we trip?
You ain't gonna punk me
So what you trying for?
Ain't no job worth dying for, is it?
Might pay a visit to Petey Wheatstraw
When you stop me on the shore
Officer of the law
And if I did something wrong
You can lock me up
Never never never gonna sock me up
So next time you have the urge
All of the sudden
To fuck with a nigga for nuttin'
Think about me, a brother that's 23
I got a son and a J-O-B
So before you pull your gun
You'd better think twice
Pig, cause, you ain't gonna take my life

Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it

Brothers and sisters this is not a test
Brothers and sisters this is not a test
Freeze, freeze
Don't ya move you motherfucker
Or I'll blow your
Brains out shut the car off slowly