Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Uh!
[…]
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
When the first eight lines are true, but then government is still surprised_pikachu.png when the result is the last line. Smh
The overseer rode around the plantation
The officer is off, patrollin’ all the nation
The overseer could stop you, “What you’re doing?”
The officer will pull you over just when he’s pursuing
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
The officer has the right to arrest
And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest
Ah, remember when the right got all up in arms that RATM was suddenly political when they dared speak out against… checks notes right-wing authoritarianism?
The second quote is Sound of da Police by rapper KRS-One (short for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone). KRS is technically right that every police agency in America, and indeed the entire cat and mouse model of crime control policy, derives its origins from American slave patrols, posses that would go chase down and capture escaped slaves for bounties, bring them back to their plantations, back to auction, or just to a rope. He’s literally wrong that the origin of the word officer in any way derives from the word overseer; officer has Latin origins, overseer is from middle English. This is one of my favorite rappers, songs, and verses.
*It’s actually by Rage Against the Machine, and called Killin in the Name, I just like to joke on rock rappers.
*It’s actually by Rage Against the Machine, and called Killin in the Name, I just like to joke on rock rappers.
Dagnabbit! You almost had me there. First thought was “what kind a idiot?” “limp bizkit has a korn cover?” “I’m going to correct this jackass”… Then I read the rest. Good one, bravo! slow clap
When the first eight lines are true, but then government is still surprised_pikachu.png when the result is the last line. Smh
Anyway woop woop people! Woop mother fucking woop!
Ah, remember when the right got all up in arms that RATM was suddenly political when they dared speak out against… checks notes right-wing authoritarianism?
Love me some KRS One.
Is this a song?
Two songs. Both about the actual role of police in society. The first is quote is from the song Freak on a Leash, by the band Limp Bizkit. It’s an okay song.*
The second quote is Sound of da Police by rapper KRS-One (short for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone). KRS is technically right that every police agency in America, and indeed the entire cat and mouse model of crime control policy, derives its origins from American slave patrols, posses that would go chase down and capture escaped slaves for bounties, bring them back to their plantations, back to auction, or just to a rope. He’s literally wrong that the origin of the word officer in any way derives from the word overseer; officer has Latin origins, overseer is from middle English. This is one of my favorite rappers, songs, and verses.
*It’s actually by Rage Against the Machine, and called Killin in the Name, I just like to joke on rock rappers.
Dagnabbit! You almost had me there. First thought was “what kind a idiot?” “limp bizkit has a korn cover?” “I’m going to correct this jackass”… Then I read the rest. Good one, bravo! slow clap
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Yes, “Killing In the Name”