Song There Was A Riot In The Streets Tell Me Where Were You Lyrics

There Was A Riot In The Streets Tell Me Where Were You Lyrics

April 26th, 1992

There was a riot on streets

Tell me where were you?

You were sittin’ home streamin’ your TV

While I was participating in some anarchy

First spot we hit it was my liquor store

I finally got all that alcohol I can’t afford

With red lights flashin’, time to retire

And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire

The next stop we hit, it was the music shop,

It only took one brick to make the window drop

Finally we got our own P.A.

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

Alright

(“Call fire and tell them respond local station out to meet us at Anaheim. It’s uh, flaming up good.”

“10-4 Alamidos at Anaheim”)

Homicides never doing no time

When we returned to the pad to unload everything

It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings

So once again we filled the van until it was full

Since that day my livin’ 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

I saw her when she came out she was gettin’ some Pampers

They said it was for the black man

They said it was for the Mexican

And not for the white man

But if you look at the streets,

It wasn’t about Rodney King

In this f -up situation and these f -up police

It’s about comin’ up and stayin’ on top

And screamin’ “1-8-7” on a mother f ‘ cop

It’s not in the paper, it’s on the wall

National guard

Smoke from all around

(Units, units be advised of an attempted 211 to arrest now at 938 Temple, 9-3-8 Temple.

Thirty subjects with bats trying to get inside the CP’s house. He thinks out there trying to kill him.)

As I’m alive, I’mma live illegal

Let it burn

Wanna let it burn, wanna let it burn

Wanna wanna let it burn

(I feel insanity)

Riots on the streets of Miami

Whoa, riots on the streets of Chicago

On the streets of Long Beach

In San Francisco

Riots on the streets of Kansas City

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Cleveland, Ohio

Fountain Valley, Paramount, Victorville

Eugene, Oregon

Eureka, California

Hesperia

Santa Barbara

Winnemucca, Nevada

Phoenix, Arizona

San Diego

Lakeland, Florida

f ‘ 29 Palms

(Any unit to assist Frank-74, Willow at Caspian… structure fire and numerous subjects looting)

(10-15 to get rid of this looter)

(10-4)