[Imc] FWD: Ice-T speaking on 1st amendment

[David Young]

Just because I think people are going to wonder (I did), I think these
are the lyrics to the Ice-T song that caused a fuss.

Dave

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Cop Killer

Cop killer!

I got my black shirt on.
I got my black gloves on.
I got my ski mask on.
This shit's been too long.

I got my twelve gauge sawed off.
I got my headlights turned off.
I'm 'bout to bust some shots off.
I'm 'bout to dust some cops off.

Cop killer, better you than me.
Cop killer, fuck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your family's grievin' (fuck 'em)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even.

I got my brain on hype.
Tonight'll be your night.
I got this long-assed knife,
and your neck looks just right.
My adrenaline's pumpin'.
I got my stereo bumpin'.
I'm 'bout to kill me somethin'.
A pig stopped me for nuthin'!

Cop killer, better you than me.
Cop killer, fuck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your mama's grievin' (fuck her)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even.

Die, die, die pig, die!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police yeah!

Cop killer, better you than me.
I'm a Cop killer, fuck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your family's grievin' (fuck 'em)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even.

Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police!
Fuck the police, break it down.
Fuck the police, yeah.
Fuck the police, for Darryl Gates.
Fuck the police, for Rodney King.
Fuck the police, for my dead homies.
Fuck the police, for your freedom.
Fuck the police, don't be a pussy.
Fuck the police, have some muthafuckin' courage.
Fuck the police, sing along.

Cop killer!
Cop killer!
Cop killer!
Cop killer!
Cop killer, what you're gonna be when you grown up?
Cop killer, good choice.
Cop killer!
I'm a muthafuckin' cop killer!

Cop killer, better you than me.
Cop killer, fuck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your mama's grievin' (fuck her)

Cop killer, but tonight we get even!

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 10:49:39AM -0600, vivek anand srikrishnan wrote:
> Ice-T is a rapper and actor...he was one of the first "gangsta rappers",
> has been in a few movies, and is now on one of the LAw & Orders. He talks
> about the First Amendment because of his experiences dealing with the song
> "Cop Killer", which his band Body Count did. The song became an issue in
> the 1992 presidential campaign, and his rapping career was eventually
> thrown off course, and his contract with TIme Warner terminated.
> 
> Vivek
> 
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, jacobs wrote:
> 
> > sorry this is such short notice. It should be an interesting talk. Is he a
> > rapper? Is he a social critic? Is he a political activist? It looks like tix
> > are only available to UIUC students, but if you're interested, go to the Union
> > and ask.
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > James Jacobs
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:15:48 -0600 (CST)
> > Subject: Ice-T speaking on 1st amendment
> >
> > You may have seen an announcement about this already. - Ice-T is speaking
> > on 1st amendment rights, censorship, etc. Thurs. night at Foellinger.
> >
> > http://www.union.uiuc.edu/iub/lecture/ice-t.htm
> >
> > Thursday, November 1
> > Foellinger Auditorium, 7pm
> > Free Admission*
> >
> > *Tickets will be distributed in advance ONLY and are available at Illini
> > Union Ticket Central beginning October 22.  One Ticket per i-card.
> >
> > James R. Jacobs
> > Graduate Reference Assistant
> > Education/Social Science Library
> > University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
> > Home: 303B1 Paddock Drive
> > Savoy, IL 61874
> > (217)359-9283
> > jacobs at uiuc.edu
> >    (\
> >   {|||8-
> >    (/
> >
> > **********************************************************
> > "Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness.
> > These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest
> > questions on God's green earth. These people tolerate
> > every kind of crank and eccentric and mouth-breather
> > there is."
> > --Garrison Keillor, "Lives of the Cowboys"
> > **********************************************************
> > "But to live outside the law you must be honest." R.Zimmerman
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