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Practice: Cops Shot the Kid (feat. Kanye West)

Kanye West

2:48

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Lyrics with Timing

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The cops used to come around in my neighborhood

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"Alright, you kids, stop having so much fun, move along!"

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Oh they'd arrest me, you know, especially at night

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They had a curfew, niggas had to be home at 11, negros, 12

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And you'd be trying to get home, doing your crew runs

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And they'd always catch you out in front of a store or something

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'Cause you'd be taking shortcuts, right

0:17

Cops, "Ree, put your hands up, black boy!"

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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I don't wanna hurt nobody

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We just came here to party

0:35

See a few dames, exchange some names

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I'm a top shotta, kid, stay in your lane

0:39

The cop shot the kid, same old scene

0:41

Pour out a little liquor, champagne for pain

0:43

Slap-boxin' in the street

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Crack the hydrant in the heat

0:49

Cop cars on the creep

0:51

Doin' they round-ups, we just watch for the sweep

0:53

Yeah, it's hotter than July

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It's the summer when niggas die

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It's the summer when niggas ride

1:00

Together we'll be strong, but forever we divide

1:02

So y'all are blowin' my high

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Type of shit that's killin' my vibe

1:07

White kids are brought in alive

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Black kids get hit with like five

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Get scared, you panic, you're goin' down

1:14

The disadvantages of the brown

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How in the hell the parents gon' bury their own kids

1:19

Not the other way around?

1:21

Reminds me of Emmett Till

1:24

Let's remind 'em why Kap kneels

1:26

The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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I still hear him scream

1:44

Stay tuned up and down your timeline

1:47

This fake news, people is all lyin'

1:49

Money is bein' made when a mom cries

1:51

Won't be satisfied 'til we all die

1:54

Tell me, who do we call to report crime

1:56

If 9-1-1 doin' the driveby?

1:58

It's certain things I can't abide by

2:00

I ain't bein' extreme, this is my side

2:03

Talkin' big shit, ready to die

2:05

I know every story got two sides

2:08

Claimin' he paranoid by the black guy

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Cop wanna make it home by night time

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Just a good kid, he wasn't that guy

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Had a little hit, he wasn't that high

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Cop gon' claim that it was self-defense

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Say he was ridin' dirty so the case rests

2:21

The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot– (workin' nine-to-five)

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot– (tryna stay alive)

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot– (makin' ends meet)

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The cops shot the kid

2:29

The cops shot the kid, the cops shot– (shot him this week)

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The cops shot the kid

2:32

The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

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The cops shot the kid, the cops shot–

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The cops shot the kid

2:39

I still hear him scream

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Song Information

Artist
Kanye West
Album
NASIR
Duration
2:48
Lyrics Type
plain

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