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No Knock

๐Ÿ‘ค Gil Scott-Heron โ€ข ๐ŸŽผ Free Will โ€ข โฑ๏ธ 2:13
๐ŸŽต 1912 characters
โฑ๏ธ 2:13 duration
๐Ÿ†” ID: 1429395

๐Ÿ“œ Lyrics

Um, we want to do a poem for one of our unfavorite people
Um, who's now the head of the, uh, Nixon campaign
He was formerly the Attorney General named John Mitchell
Um, Nixon's campaign seems to be out, you know
Getting off on a rather hip foot after his trip to China in the name of peace
Uh, while they were killing people right across the street
So to speak, in, uh, North and South Vietnam

But, um, no-knock, the law in particular, was allegedly
Legislated for black people rather than, you know, for their destruction
And it means, simply, that authorities and members of the police force
No longer have to knock on your door before entering
They can now knock your door down
It's no-knock

You explained it to me, I must admit, but just
For the record, you were talking shit
Long rapped about no-knock being legislated
For the people you've always hated
In this hellhole that you, we, call home

No-knock, the man will say
To keep that man from beating his wife
No-knock, the man will say
To protect people from themselves

No knockin', head-rockin', inter-shockin'
Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin'
And bein' white
No knock

No knocked on my brother Fred Hampton
Bullet holes all over the place
No knocked on my brother Michael Harris
And jammed a shotgun against his skull

For my protection?
Who's gonna protect me from you?
The likes of you?
The nerve of you?
To talk that shit face to face
Your tomato face deadpan
Your deadpan denting another freedom plan

No knockin', head rockin', inter-shockin'
Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin'
And bein' white

But if you're wise, no knocker
You'll tell your no-knockin' lackeys
Ha!
No knock on my brother's head
No knock on my sister's head
No knock on my brother's head
No knock on my sister's head

And double lock your door
Because soon someone may be no-knockin'
Ha, ha!
For you

No knock: to be slipped into John Mitchell's suggestion box

โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics

[00:00.11] Um, we want to do a poem for one of our unfavorite people
[00:03.31] Um, who's now the head of the, uh, Nixon campaign
[00:06.88] He was formerly the Attorney General named John Mitchell
[00:09.60] Um, Nixon's campaign seems to be out, you know
[00:12.95] Getting off on a rather hip foot after his trip to China in the name of peace
[00:17.25] Uh, while they were killing people right across the street
[00:19.96] So to speak, in, uh, North and South Vietnam
[00:23.05] But, um, no-knock, the law in particular, was allegedly
[00:28.48] Legislated for black people rather than, you know, for their destruction
[00:32.22] And it means, simply, that authorities and members of the police force
[00:35.62] No longer have to knock on your door before entering
[00:37.83] They can now knock your door down
[00:39.88] It's no-knock
[00:40.88]
[00:49.03] You explained it to me, I must admit, but just
[00:51.50] For the record, you were talking shit
[00:53.52] Long rapped about no-knock being legislated
[00:55.63] For the people you've always hated
[00:57.48] In this hellhole that you, we, call home
[01:02.07] No-knock, the man will say
[01:03.75] To keep that man from beating his wife
[01:06.10] No-knock, the man will say
[01:07.93] To protect people from themselves
[01:09.98] No knockin', head-rockin', inter-shockin'
[01:13.16] Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin'
[01:15.65] And bein' white
[01:16.93] No knock
[01:18.25] No knocked on my brother Fred Hampton
[01:19.74] Bullet holes all over the place
[01:22.00] No knocked on my brother Michael Harris
[01:23.86] And jammed a shotgun against his skull
[01:25.97] For my protection?
[01:27.51] Who's gonna protect me from you?
[01:29.18] The likes of you?
[01:30.35] The nerve of you?
[01:31.52] To talk that shit face to face
[01:33.13] Your tomato face deadpan
[01:35.02] Your deadpan denting another freedom plan
[01:37.67] No knockin', head rockin', inter-shockin'
[01:40.79] Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin'
[01:43.39] And bein' white
[01:45.29] But if you're wise, no knocker
[01:47.32] You'll tell your no-knockin' lackeys
[01:49.43] Ha!
[01:50.08] No knock on my brother's head
[01:51.95] No knock on my sister's head
[01:54.04] No knock on my brother's head
[01:55.90] No knock on my sister's head
[01:58.19] And double lock your door
[01:59.82] Because soon someone may be no-knockin'
[02:02.78] Ha, ha!
[02:03.95] For you
[02:05.62] No knock: to be slipped into John Mitchell's suggestion box
[02:09.91]

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