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No Knock

👤 Gil Scott‐Heron 🎼 Free Will ⏱️ 2:11
🎵 1933 characters
⏱️ 2:11 duration
🆔 ID: 7185919

📜 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-knocking, head-rocking
Enter, shocking, shooting, cussing
Killing, crying, lying, and
Being 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
Deadening another freedom plan

No-knocking, head-rocking
Enter, shocking, shooting, cussing
Killing, crying, lying
And being white, no-knock

But if you're wise, no-knocker
You'll tell your no-knocking lackeys, ha
No-knock on my brothers' heads
No-knock on my sisters' heads
No-knock on my brothers' heads
No-knock on my sisters' heads

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

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

⏱️ Synced Lyrics

[00:00.13] Um, we want to do a poem for one of our unfavorite people, um
[00:03.57] Who's now the head of the, uh, Nixon campaign
[00:06.96] He was formerly the Attorney General named John Mitchell
[00:09.55] Um, Nixon's campaign seems to be out, you know
[00:12.93] Getting off on a rather hip foot after his trip to China in the name of peace
[00:16.45] Uh, while they were killing people right across the street, so to speak
[00:20.54] In, uh, North and South Vietnam
[00:22.50] But, um, no-knock, the law in particular, was allegedly
[00:28.36] Legislated for black people rather than, you know, for their destruction
[00:32.37] And it means, simply, that authorities and members of the police force
[00:35.22] No longer have to knock on your door before entering
[00:37.58] They can now knock your door down
[00:39.95] It's no-knock
[00:40.50]
[00:49.01] You explained it to me, I must admit
[00:51.13] But just for the record, you were talking shit
[00:53.11] Long rapped about no-knock being legislated
[00:55.67] For the people you've always hated
[00:57.09] In this hellhole that you, we, call home
[01:01.59] No-knock, the man will say
[01:03.69] To keep that man from beating his wife
[01:05.82] No-knock, the man will say
[01:07.93] To protect people from themselves
[01:10.09] No-knocking, head-rocking
[01:12.15] Enter, shocking, shooting, cussing
[01:14.14] Killing, crying, lying, and
[01:16.01] Being white, no-knock
[01:17.79] No-knocked on my brother Fred Hampton
[01:19.62] Bullet holes all over the place
[01:22.08] No-knocked on my brother Michael Harris
[01:24.05] And jammed a shotgun against his skull
[01:26.12] For my protection? Who's gonna protect me from you?
[01:29.11] The likes of you? The nerve of you?
[01:31.42] To talk that shit face-to-face
[01:33.39] Your tomato face deadpan, your deadpan
[01:35.87] Deadening another freedom plan
[01:37.45] No-knocking, head-rocking
[01:39.64] Enter, shocking, shooting, cussing
[01:41.81] Killing, crying, lying
[01:43.25] And being white, no-knock
[01:45.20] But if you're wise, no-knocker
[01:47.08] You'll tell your no-knocking lackeys, ha
[01:49.86] No-knock on my brothers' heads
[01:52.08] No-knock on my sisters' heads
[01:53.84] No-knock on my brothers' heads
[01:55.98] No-knock on my sisters' heads
[01:57.92] And double-lock your door
[01:59.45] Because, soon, someone may be no-knocking, ha, ha!
[02:03.96] For you
[02:05.61] No-knock, to be slipped into John Mitchell's suggestion box
[02:10.16]

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