You should've been downtown (Ayy)
The people are risin' (Yeah)
We thought it was a lockdown (What?)
They opened the fire (Damn)
You should've been downtown (Ayy)
The people are risin' (Yeah)
We thought it was a lockdown (What?)
They opened the fire (Damn)
Them bullets was flyin' (Ooh)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie
[Verse 1]
Oh my, time heals all but you outta time now (Now)
Judge gotta watch us from the clock tower (True)
Lil' tear gas cleared the whole place out
I'l be back with the hazmat for the next round
We was tryin' to protest, then the fires broke out
Look out for the secret agents, they be planted in the crowd
Said, "It's civil unrest," but you sleep so sound
Like you don't hear the screams when we catchin' beatdowns
Stayin' quiet when they killin' niggas, but you speak loud
When we ride, got opinions comin' from a place of priv'
Sicker than the COVID, how they did him on the ground
Speakin' of the COVID, is it still goin' around?
Oh, won't you tell me 'bout the lootin' what's that really all about?
Cause they throw away black lives like paper towels
Plus unemployment rate, what, forty million now?
Killed a man in broad day, might never see a trial
We just wanna break chains like slaves in the South
Started in the North End but we in the downtown
Ride, cops try to block, now we gotta show down
(Citizens of Los Angeles)
Damn (I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly)
(And in the name of the people of the State of California)
[Chorus]
You should've been downtown ([? 1:15] available)
The people are risin' (Right here)
We thought it was a lockdown ([? 1:18])
They opened the fire
Them bullets was flyin' (Lockdown)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie
(We ain't gotta stop 'cause they tell us to)
[Post-Chorus]
And downtown, where I got popped with the rubber bullet
Tre pound, got it in my name now, I'ma shoot it
[Verse 2]
Never understand why they do it
Someone cut the channel off the news 'fore I loose it (Lah)
I ain't even trippin', if you wit' it then we lootin' (Nah)
Help me put this Louis in the back of Suzuki (Ooh), o-he
Had to break it down so smoothly (Slow)
They gon' say, "It's not about race," but we movin', ho, pow (Okay)
Got the tre pound, had to put in my name
Wish a nigga play now (Yeah)
Any given day, I'll be headed to the pulpits (Yeah)
Say a lil' prayer, matter fact, I need two of 'em (Ooh)
Only do it, only do it (Ooh)
This ain't '92 so we learn the new rules
Nigga got hip so we don't loot the projects
Bout to hit Rodeo with my lil' cousin Marcus
Someone threw a whole brick in the Neiman Marcus (Ah)
Help me put the whole mannequin in the Charger
[Chorus]
You should've been downtown (Down)
The people are risin' (Look around)
We thought it was a lockdown (Lockdown)
They opened the fire (Had to get low, fire)
Them bullets was flyin' (Down, down)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie (Ooh-wee)
[Outro]
Lockdown, we ain't gotta stop 'cause they tell us to
And downtown, where I got popped with the rubber bullet
Tre pound (Uh), got it in my name now, I'ma shoot it
Lockdown, we ain't gotta stop 'cause they tell us to
And downtown
Anda harus sudah pusat kota (Ayy)
Orang-orang yang risin' (Ya)
Kami pikir itu adalah kuncian (Apa?)
Mereka membuka api (Sial)
Mereka peluru itu melesat (Ooh)
Yang mengatakan itu kuncian sebuah? sialan kebohongan
[Verse 1]
Oh saya, waktu menyembuhkan semua tapi Anda keluar dari waktu sekarang (Sekarang)
Hakim harus menonton kami dari menara jam (True)
gas air mata Lil' membersihkan tempat keluar seluruh
I'l kembali dengan HAZMAT untuk putaran berikutnya
Kami telah tryin' protes, maka kebakaran pecah
Melihat keluar untuk agen rahasia, mereka ditanam di kerumunan
Mengatakan, "Ini kerusuhan sipil," tapi Anda tidur sehingga suara
Seperti Anda tidak mendengar jeritan ketika kita catchin' beatdowns
Stayin' tenang ketika mereka bunuh niggas, tapi Anda berbicara keras
Ketika kita naik, punya pendapat akan lewat dari tempat priv'
Sakit daripada COVID, bagaimana mereka melakukannya dia di tanah
Speakin' dari COVID ini, apakah masih pergi di sekitar?
Oh, tidak akan Anda ceritakan 'pertarungan lootin' apa yang benar-benar semua tentang?
Karena mereka membuang kehidupan hitam seperti handuk kertas
Ditambah tingkat pengangguran, apa, empat puluh juta sekarang?
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Kami hanya ingin istirahat rantai seperti budak di Selatan
Dimulai di ujung utara tapi kami di pusat kota
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Sial (ini saya menyatakan ini menjadi perakitan melanggar hukum)
(Dan atas nama orang-orang dari Negara Bagian California)
[Paduan suara]
Anda harus sudah pusat kota ([? 1:15] tersedia)
Orang-orang yang risin' (Di sini)
Kami pikir itu kuncian sebuah ([? 1:18])
Mereka membuka api
Mereka peluru itu melesat (Lockdown)
Yang mengatakan itu kuncian sebuah? sialan kebohongan
(Kami tidak harus berhenti 'karena mereka memberitahu kita untuk)
[Post-Paduan Suara]
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Tre pound, mendapatkannya di nama saya sekarang, I'ma menembak itu
[Ayat 2]
Tidak pernah mengerti mengapa mereka melakukannya
Seseorang memotong saluran off berita 'kedepan saya kehilangan itu (Lah)
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Membantu saya menempatkan Louis ini di belakang Suzuki (Ooh), o-dia
Harus memecahnya begitu lancar (Lambat)
Mereka gon' mengatakan, 'Ini bukan tentang ras,' tapi kami movin', ho, pow (Oke)
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Semoga bermain nigga sekarang (Ya)
Hari tertentu, saya akan menuju ke mimbar (Ya)
Katakanlah lil 'doa, fakta peduli, saya butuh dua dari mereka (Ooh)
Hanya melakukannya, hanya melakukannya (Ooh)
Hal ini tidak '92 sehingga kita mempelajari aturan baru
Nigga mendapat hip jadi kami tidak menjarah proyek
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Seseorang melemparkan seluruh batu bata di Neiman Marcus (Ah)
Membantu saya menempatkan seluruh manekin di Charger
[Paduan suara]
Anda harus sudah pusat kota (Bawah)
Orang-orang yang risin' (Lihat sekitar)
Kami pikir itu kuncian a (Lockdown)
Mereka membuka api (Harus mendapatkan rendah, api)
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Lockdown, kita tidak harus berhenti 'karena mereka memberitahu kita untuk
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Tre pound (Eh), mendapatkannya di nama saya sekarang, I'ma menembak itu
Lockdown, kita tidak harus berhenti 'karena mereka memberitahu kita untuk
dan pusat kota