(feat. Captain Save M', El Dorado)



[Michel'le]

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir



Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir

No, no, no



[El Dorado]

It's the police, comin straight from the underground

A young brotha got it bad cuz I'm brown

You wonder why I can't get no peace, asleep

I'm makin more than the chief of police

I creep, on the plan, 20 inch rims

You gon' always have haters when you're havin divadins

Here come the po-po, still roll slow mo'

About to blow some hydro inside a optimo

The president choke and smoke on the sticky

I told this fool I'm rappin, why he pattin on my Dickies?

Next'll be me, cuz I'm a teenager

With a little bit of platinum and a pager

Tappin my phone, lookin for the product

Thinkin every balla is servin narcotics

You rather G, me in a ?

Than me rollin in a 300 and 300 Benz

She never knew what hit her

Beans pulled the trigger

I lost another nigga

Pour out a little liquor



[Michel'le]

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir



Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

Why did you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir

No, no oh



[Captain Save M']

You know I heard some disturbing news, a situation

Heard about them panelopie po-po's actin bad across the nation

There's a particular situation that got me feelin sad

It had the whole family askin God, why did it happen?

Young and innocent, it gets so tense, is what I mention

Never had the chance to live out a lifelong dream before it ended

They say we shouldn't fade a white man's laws, at all times

Whatever dude, the po-po's always have somethin else in mind

I was ridin in a Caddy 500, bumpin Will Smith, gettin jiggy

When I looked up in the rearview and spotted - Damn, it's a piggy

License suspended, warrant checks, verbal altercation

Officer Dolittle, ????????

JuJu's and Wam-Wam's is all we had to work with, chancin & hollerin

Wish I had the chance to screw the marbles and hire Johnny Cochran

I'm just a black man in this white man's world, like 'Pac say

Wassup y'all, shouldn't play, cuz we can't save 'em from the yay



[Michel'le]

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir (save me)



Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

Why do you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir (why do you wanna see me)

Oh no, no



We ain't sayin that all cops are bad

I think the good cops hate the bad cops sometimes

But you know this has to stop

You feel me?



[El Dorado]

Ebony, heavenly, sent from up above

Blessed me with my flesh, that's respect with love

Hey ballas, this brotha spiked the set-backs

They only around to get you down, so don't sweat that

Let that, a change gon' come

Reminiscin the days of old when all the negros sunk

It don't matter where you're from

They still do what's bad

Walkin with a stack, got 'em lookin for my rag

I dash from the police, arrest resisted

Apprehend my shin, to the pen is the mission

You wonder why I'm trippin (don't trip, stay cool)

They made me wanna act a fool, they way they shot up Boo

When too young, reduce a life to a gun

A flat tire cost you when you're livin in the slum

Make me wanna holla, the way they do my life

And it really ain't right



[Michel'le]

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I didn't wanna be layin a coffin, sir

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir



Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

Why did you wanna see me in a coffin, sir?

Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer

I don't wanna be layin a coffin, sir



So why do you do what you do? (why)

As we make the world go 'round (we make the world go 'round)

So why do you do what you do?

Because you know...

We make the world go 'round



So Mr. Officer (Mr. Officer)

Please Mr. Officer (oh please Mr. Officer)

Mr. Officer (please Mr. Officer)

Don't take my life, no no