April 29th 1992 (2025 Remaster)

April 29th, 1992

There was a riot on the streets, tell me, where were you?

You were at home watching your TV

While I was participating in some anarchy

The first spot we hit, it was a liquor store

I finally got all of the alcohol I couldn't afford

With the red lights flashing, it was time to retire

So we turned that liquor store into a structure fire

Next spot we hit up was a music shop

It only took one brick to watch that window drop

Finally, we got our own PA

Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today? Yo

Homicide, never doing no time

We got back to the crib to unload our things

It dawned on me I needed new home furnishings

So once again, we filled the van until it was full

And since that day, my living room's been much more comfortable

'Cause everybody in the hood has had it up to here

It's getting harder and harder and harder each and every year

Some kids went in a store with their mother

When she was coming out, she had some Pampers

Yeah, they said it was for the Black man, they said it was for the Mexican

And not for the white man, but if you was out on the street

It wasn't about Rodney King

It's about this fucked up situation and these fucked up police

It's about coming up and staying on top

And singing "1-8-7" on a motherfucking cop

It's not the papers, it's on the wall

National Guard, smoke from all around

Wanna let it burn, let it, let it burn

Wanna let it burn, let it, let it burn

Riots in the streets of Miami

Riots in the streets of Chicago

Riots in the streets of Long Beach

Riots in the streets of San Francisco

Oh, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn

Philly town, Pennsylvania, Eugene, Oregon

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Cleveland, Ohio, yeah

Murderer when it comes a rhyme

Homicide, never doing no time

We gonna let it burn

Let it, let it burn, gonna let it burn, let it burn

Murderer, murderer when it comes a rhyme

Gonna let it burn, riots in the streets of Chicago

Homicide, never doing no time

I'm always gettin' respect

Let it burn, burn, gonna let it burn