It's a Saturday night
The police are trying to ruin my good time
They got no right but it doesn't seem to matter cause it happens every time

I try to get close to you instead I see those flashes of red and blue
There's nothing left to say but "oh no"
What am I supposed to do?

Cause I fought the law with all my might
I fought the law but I just could not win that fight
Just like our founding fathers I fought to be free

I fought the law but the law beat the %#@! out of me
I hope that somebody is taping this and they play it on TV
A cable news expose on police brutality

Just like president Benjamin Franklin I fought to be free
I fought the law but the law beat the %#@! out of me