No Knock

Lyrics for No Knock

Um, we want to do a poem for one of our unfavorite people Um, who's now the head of the, uh, Nixon campaign He was formerly the Attorney General named John Mitchell Um, Nixon's campaign seems to be out, you know Getting off on a rather hip foot after his trip to China in the name of peace Uh, while they were killing people right across the street So to speak, in, uh, North and South Vietnam But, um, no-knock, the law in particular, was allegedly Legislated for black people rather than, you know, for their destruction And it means, simply, that authorities and members of the police force No longer have to knock on your door before entering They can now knock your door down It's no-knock You explained it to me, I must admit, but just For the record, you were talking shit Long rapped about no-knock being legislated For the people you've always hated In this hellhole that you, we, call home No-knock, the man will say To keep that man from beating his wife No-knock, the man will say To protect people from themselves No knockin', head-rockin', inter-shockin' Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin' And bein' white No knock No knocked on my brother Fred Hampton Bullet holes all over the place No knocked on my brother Michael Harris And jammed a shotgun against his skull For my protection? Who's gonna protect me from you? The likes of you? The nerve of you? To talk that shit face to face Your tomato face deadpan Your deadpan denting another freedom plan No knockin', head rockin', inter-shockin' Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin' And bein' white But if you're wise, no knocker You'll tell your no-knockin' lackeys Ha! No knock on my brother's head No knock on my sister's head No knock on my brother's head No knock on my sister's head And double lock your door Because soon someone may be no-knockin' Ha, ha! For you No knock: to be slipped into John Mitchell's suggestion box