Cops & Robbers

[Verse 1] I was driving home on the boulevard Late one night, when I spied a guy over On the corner, bumming all alone Now, as I passed him by I heard him holler out, 'Hey!' I slowed down, see what he said He hollers-a, 'Any by any chance are you going my way?' I say, 'Why sho' baby, hop on in and give me a cigarette' Just then he reached down in his pockets And that was the moment I regret [Chorus] He hollered, 'Reach for the sky' I said, 'But I don't understand, sir?' 'Don't try no monkey business I've got a stopper in my hand' [Verse 2] And then, he says-a, 'A-look-here, you see this here I got in my hand, this is a thirty-eight pistol, built on a fourthy-five frame Shoots tombstone bullets and a ball and chain' He said, 'Now, I am not trying to shake you up' (And I) 'But I just want you to know, if the cops Start to crowd me any, you going to be the first to go' 'So, now look-here, don't even look back You just drive on just like isn't nothing happening That's what he told me. He wouldn't even let me look Back at nothing He say, 'When I get to that red light' he wanted me To go to my left and then jump back to my right He says, 'Now-a, I want you to drive up in that alley' 'Uh-uh, not in that alley, that, that one over there' 'And cool it behind that liquor sto' and keep a sharp Lookout at all times while I sneak in that back do' That's what he told me! He say, 'Keep my foot on the gas and always Be on guard, because when he come running out there With all that money, he wanted me to mash on it real hard! He said, 'Now, don't let him come out over there and find me A-double-crosse' Because he'd murder when the heat's on [Chorus] [Verse 3] Ooo-we, while I was sitting there just rambling A spotlight hit me dead in the face The cop pulled up behind me and said 'Move up a little bit, man, for we want to take your place' And then this guy come running out of the store With the money in his hand and said, 'Oh, there you are!' Ha, he made a mistake in the dark and ran and leaped In the police car When they put the handcuffs on him I said, 'Child, you crime have outgrew him' And then they said, 'Yeah, we going to' put him So far back in jail this time, until they going to have To pump air into him