歌曲信息
錄製地點:門羅公園,加利福尼亞(Menlo Park,California)
廠牌:Priority /Ruthless
風格:Gangsta Rap(匪幫說唱),protest song(抗議歌曲),conscious hip hop(意識嘻哈)
編寫者:MC Ren,Ice Cube,Eazy-E
製片人:DJ Yella,Dr.Dre
所屬專輯:N.W.A-Straight Outta Compton
歌曲簡介
Fuck tha Police是一首由Gangsta Rap組合N.W.A演唱的抗議歌曲,收錄與他們的專輯Straight Outta Compton中,儘管不是一首單曲,但它依然獲得了由滾石雜誌所評選的500 Greatest Songs of All Time(歷史上最偉大的500首歌曲)的第417名。
自1988年發行後,Fuck tha Police這句話成為了一句標語,至今從T-Shirt,藝術品等方面影響流行藝術。
歌曲影響
Fuck tha Police這首歌的歌詞有著強烈的N.W.A的烙印,並且從Straight Outta Compton中的眾多歌曲中脫穎而出。它突出了城市中的黑人青年與警察【在幾年後因1992 Los Angeles riots(1992洛杉磯暴動)和Rodney King incident(羅德尼·金事故)達到高峰】的衝突。並且歌曲中還斷言黑人警察背叛了他們與警察的戰鬥:
不要讓他稱為一個黑的或白的,因為他們會把你們撞飛到街頂,黑人警察體現了這是為了白人警察
( But don't let it be a black and a white one
Cause thay'll slam ya down to tha street top
Black police showing out for tha white cop)
特別令人有爭議的,就是警察當局對歌曲的意為容忍;如歌詞:我是一個有著地獄視野的狙擊手/叫來一個,兩個警察,他們都沒辦法對付我/一個穿著制服的傻子等著被我或另一個黑鬼擊殺(I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope/Taking out a cop or two, thay can't cope/with me" and "A sucka in a uniform waitin' to get shot/by me, or anotha nigga.)都直接參考了一些警察殺手的經驗。FBI(美國聯邦調查局)和tha U.S. Secret Service(美國特工局)聯名寫了一封信給Eazy-E的Ruthless,表達他們對歌曲的不愉快,並且禁止N.W.A在許多地方演出。
這首歌也因Bone Thugs-N-Harmony的翻唱而普及,同時也受到搖滾樂隊Dope,Soulfly和Rage Against tha Machine的喜愛。這首歌曲還被選入了N.W.A的精選專輯:N.W.A's Greatest Hits。
1989年,澳大利亞的廣播電台Triple J在ABC(澳大利亞廣播電台公司,Australian Broadcasting Corporation)注意到他們之前,整整播放了Fuck tha Police長達6個月的時間,不過後來就被勒令停播了。作為對此舉的回應,Triple J電台24小時播放了N.W.A的Express Yourself,大概在1天內就播了360多次。
1996年時,在塞爾維亞的貝爾格勒發生了大型的街頭抗議N.W.A的Fuck tha Police和Public Enemy的Fight tha Power被貝爾格勒的電台B92連續播放了2天。
Kanye West同樣在他的單曲All Falls Down中暗示了這首歌曲 "I say 'fuck tha police', that's how I treat 'em". Ice-T的重金屬團體Body Count的單曲Cop Killer中也包含了歌詞"Fuck tha Police"。
歌詞
[Dr.Dre]
Right about now, NWA court is in full effect.
Judge Dre presiding in tha case of NWA versus tha police department.
Prosecuting attorneys are MC Ren, Ice Cube, and Eazy mothar fucking E.
Order, order, order. Ice Cube, take tha mothar fucking stand.
Do you swear to tell tha truth, tha whole truth
And nothing but tha truth so help your black ass?
[Ice Cube]
You're goddamn right!
[Dr.Dre]
Why don't you tell everybody what tha fuck you gotta say?
[Ice Cube]
Fuck tha police
Comin’ straight from tha underground
Young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown
And not tha othar color so police think
thay have tha authority to kill a minority
Fuck that shit, cause I ain't tha one
For a punk mothar fucker with a badge and a gun
To be beatin’ on, and throw in jail
We could go toe to toe in tha middle of a cell
Fuckin with me cause I'm a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searching my car, looking for tha product
Thinking every nigga is selling narcotics
You'd rathar see me in tha pen
than me and Lorenzo rolling in tha Benzo
Beat tha police outta shape
And when I'm finished, bring tha yellow tape
To tape off tha scene of tha slaughter
Still can't swallow bread and water
I don't know if thay fags or what
Search a nigga down and grabbing his nuts
And on tha othar hand, without a gun thay can't get none
But don't let it be a black and a white one
Cause thay slam ya down to tha street top
Black police showing out for tha white cop
Ice Cube will swarm
On any mothar fucker in a blue uniform
Just cause I'm from tha CPT, punk police are afraid of me
A young nigga on a war path
And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath
Of cops, dying in LA
Yo Dre, I got something to say
[Eazy-E]
Fuck tha police (4X)
[Dr.Dre]
Example of scene one:
Pull your goddamn ass over right now
[MC Ren]
Ah shit, what tha fuck you pulling me over for?
[Dr.Dre]
Cause I feel like it, Just sit your ass on tha curb and shut tha fuck up
[MC Ren]
Man, fuck this shit
[Dr.Dre]
Alright smartass, I'm taking your black ass to jail
M. C. Ren, will you please give your testimony to tha jury about this fucked up
Incident.
[MC Ren]
Fuck tha police and Ren said it with authority
Because tha niggaz on tha street is a majority.
A gang, is with whoever I'm stepping
And tha mothar fucking weapon
Is kept in a stash box, for tha so-called law
Wishing Ren was a nigga that thay never saw
Lights start flashing behind me
But thay're scared of a nigga so thay mace me to blind me
But that shit don't work, I just laugh
Because it gives em a hint not to step in my path
To tha police I'm saying fuck you punk
Reading my rights and shit, it's all junk
Pulling out a silly club, so you stand
With a fake assed badge and a gun in your hand
But take off tha gun so you can see what's up
And we'll go at it punk, I'ma fuck you up
Make ya think I'm a kick your ass
But drop your gat, and Ren's gonna blast
I'm sneaky as fuck when it comes to crime
But I'm a smoke em now, and not next time
Smoke any mothar fucker that sweats me
Or any ass hole that threatens me
I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope
Takin out a cop or two, thay can't cope with me
tha mothar fucking villain that's mad
With potential to get bad as fuck
So I'm a turn it around
Put in my clip, yo, and this is tha sound [Bang, Bang]
Ya, something like that, but it all depends on tha size of tha gat
Taking out a police would make my day
But a nigga like Ren don't give a fuck to say
[Eazy-E]
Fuck tha police (4X)
[Eazy-E]
Yo, man, what you need?
[Dr.Dre]
Police, open now. We have a warrant for Eazy-E's arrest
Get down and put your hands up where I can see em
Just shut tha fuck up and get your muthafuckin ass on tha floor [Huh]
Yo Eazy-E, why don't you step up to tha stand
And tell tha jury how you feel about this bullshit
[Eazy-E]
I'm tired of tha mothar fucking jacking
Sweating my gang while I'm chilling in tha shacking
Shining tha light in my face, and for what
Maybe it's because I kick so much butt
I kick ass, or maybe cause I blast
On a stupid assed nigga when I'm playing with tha trigger
Of any Uzi or an AK Cause tha police always got something stupid to say
thay put up my picture with silence
Cause my identity by itself causes violence
tha E with tha criminal behavior
Yeah, I'm a gangsta, but still I got flavor
Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
A sucker in a uniform waiting to get shot,
By me, or anothar nigga.
And with a gat it don't matter if he's smarter or bigger
[MC Ren: Size don't mean shit, he's from tha old school, fool]
And as you all know, E's here to rule
Whenever I'm rolling, keep looking in tha mirror
And thare's no cue, yo, so I can hear a
Dumb mothar fucker with a gun
And if I'm rolling off tha 8, he'll be tha one
That I take out, and than get away
And while I'm driving off laughing
This is what I'll say
[Eazy-E]
Fuck tha police (4X)
[Dr.Dre]
tha verdict
tha jury has found you guilty of being a redneck,
White bread, chicken shit mothar fucker
Wait, that's a lie. That's a goddamn lie
I want justice! I want justice!
Fuck you, you black mothar fucker
[Eazy-E]
Fuck tha police (3X)