Two Dead Cops

Framed plant portrait

On the wall

Christmas commercial

How many times?

Someone shouted

"Last call"

And I know he means it

At least this night

Stained white sweater

Flourescent light

One quarter short

"Get me next time"

Somebody shouted

"Get outside"

And we fell in rank to

watch him bolt by

"Where the fuck is he?"

"Down the stairs"

"What did he look like?"

"Dark and tall"

Somebody shouted

"They had it coming!"

"Freeze!"

Bang! -

Bang!

"Shoot!"

Protect you

Is what they sayt, but

point and shoot

Is what they do

When shots are heard

When lives are lost

Nobody cries in the ghetto

For two dead cops

Off duty portrait

Cracked from the cold

Guadalupe candle

No permit for fire

Bears holding hearts

And some a rose

Said a police bastard

"We lost two lives"

G train delayed

"What else is new

B 43 dead

"Called a car"

Tompkins is blocked

And there's helicopters,

Floodlights, and guards.

Somebody follows you

Home in the dark

Can't look back

All the gates are down

He could do anything

Theres no one around

Plant a bag in my pants.