Verse 1:
Lavish living/ amongst limitless lies/
Bringing/ mo' BEEF befo I finish da FRIES/

Mr....Police/ in da HEAT of da NIGHT/
My LIBERTY a LADY / Dat's why for FREEDOM I fight?


10/ 20-LIFE/ for a gram of dat white/
But PROBATION for Caucasians/
If your skin color WHITE/ You might/

Get slapped on da wrist/ or tested for yo piss/
I'm far from racist/ but it is what it is/


Modern day Willie Lynch-in/ with deez Barz and Sentences/
Kids/ losing they lives to penitentiary bids/
Relentless/ I mean it's senseless/ slippery slope/

But I guess... that's da way da mop flops/

Used to pretend to be robbers/ Now kids pop cops/

And make DROPS/ like baby's outta car windows/
Hooligans, vandals and common criminals/
Media, games/ music/ It's all subliminal/

Artificial preservatives/ with minimal minerals/
When you're missing yo soldiers/ gotta send in yo generals/
To fix what is mendable/ Yo efforts are commendable/

Sentinel at his pinnacle/ What you think he sent me for/

Hook:

RANSOM RANSOM/ Put yo hands up/
Everybody stand up/ cuz dis da Anthem


Dis da land of da free/ because of the brave/
F-R-E-E means I'm dere's no slaves (2x's)


Dat's da sound of da police...dat's da sound of dem boys/
Dat's da sound of da police/ now er'body make some noise (2x's)


Verse 2:
I'm young, Black and Handsome/ Lillie and Lewis' grandson/
Elouise/ passed and I'm glad...I never met Eugene/

But I feel bad/ for da mothers/ arriving at da murder scene/ of they teens/

Ransom, Ransom/ Fatherless days/

Satan ransom yo baby got you stressing the wage/
Said there'd be a generation, no longer afraid/
Of the wrath that comes when they disobey/

Sitting back wit dey heads @@#!ed to da side/
Neva/ listen to wisdom/ too filled wit pride/
Dey been selling us lies/ and give us time for petty crimes/

Blinded by da dollars signs open your eyes/
A spade is a spade/ RENEGE... you lied/
You ain't brave home skillet see no crook in disguise/

Hide behind a gun/ you should be cooking some cries/
Don't get da Puss in Boot in yo eyes/ when Institutionalized/


Ransom, Ransom/ Get yo hands up/
I'm holding you hostage and demand answers/
AIDS in da street spreading like cancer/

Homicides on da rise/ not biscuits from grandma/
Life seems like a FLASH when you keep a CAMERA/
Put da nail in da coffin/ double sledge hammer/

PER-FECT grammar/ is how I GET them numbers/
100 minus 50 leaves 5-0/ SLAMMER