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Cops And RobbersI was driving home on the boulevard late one nightWhen I spied a guy over on the corner, bumming all alone Now, as I passed him by I heard him holler out, "Hey!" I slowed down, see what he said, he hollers out "By any chance are you going my way?" I say, "Why sho' baby, hop on in an' gimme a cigarette" Just then he reached down in his pockets And that was the moment I regret He hollered, "Reach for the sky" I said, "But I don't understand, sir" "Don't try no monkey business I've got a stopper in my hand" And then he says, "A-looka-here, you see this here I got in my hand This is a .38 pistol, built on a .45 frame Shoots tombstone bullets and a ball and chain" He said, "Now, I am not trying to shake you up" (And I), "But I just want you to know If the cops start to crowd me any You going to be the first to go So, now looka-here, don't even look back You just drive on just like isn't nothing happening" That's what he told me He wouldn't even let me look back at nothing He say, "When I get to that red light" He wanted me to go to my left and then jump back to my right He says, "Now-a, I want you to drive up in that alley Uh-uh, not in that alley, that, that one over there And cool it behind that liquor store And keep a sharp lookout at all times While I sneak in that back door" That's what he told me He say, "Keep my foot on the gas and always be on guard" Because when he come running out there with all that money He wanted me to mash on it real hard He said, "Now, don't let him come out over there And find me a double-cross" Because he'd murder when the heat's on "Reach for the sky" I said, "But I don't understand, sir" "Don't try no monkey business I've got a stopper in my hand" Ooh-we, while I was sitting there just rambling A spotlight hit me dead in the face The cop pulled up behind me and said "Move up a little bit, man, for we want to take your place" And then this guy come running out of the store With the money in his hand and said, "Oh, there you are!" Ha, he made a mistake in the dark and ran and leaped in the police car When they put the handcuffs on him I said, "Child, you crime have outgrew him" And then they said, "Yeah, we going to' put him so far back in jail this time Until they going to have to pump air into him" |