Shots Fired lyrics
by Fugees
[Intro: Police Call Skit]
Police Emergency Line Operator: Police Emergency Line Operator 43
Victim: (*Grunting*)
Police Emergency Line Operator: Can youâ
identifyâ
yourself?
Victim: They shotâ
me
Police Emergency Line Operator: Sir, canâ
you state your location?
Victim: (*Incomprehensible*)
Police Emergency Line Operator: Sir, canâyouâstateâyour location?
Victim: Iâsaid they shotâme
Police Emergency Line Operator: Can you identify the shooter?
[Verse 1: Ka]
From the crime hub, we find grub, thieve from a blind cub
Leave him in a pine tub, squeezing nine slugs at your
Spine and jugâ from an iron glove, never firing doves
Born to creep corners deep, swarming street, palm on heat
Clip long and deep. If you yawn or sleep, stay on your feet
Keep it close-range. Smoked brains spill like
Lo Mein. At point-blank, you need no aim. Just
Hold steady, cold blow flame. My piece is no gain
Canât return that wig when broke peeps sharing Rogaine
Cocaine, white lines, weed, and dust all thatâs
Feeding us. Long as fiends lust, that money leading us
We need to touch, but instead of keeping trust, some get
Greedy and rush. Dâs scheming on us, youâre sloppy
Now weâre easy to touch, they watch me, trying to get
A speedier bust. Up for grabs, rushing, flushing, splash
Scrambling, nothing but nuts and ass, I aim
To crush remains in drains, but theyâre coming too f*cking fast
[Verse 2: Oddbrawl the Lyrical Juggernaut]
With battering rams, verbally battering scrams, gathering
Grams, hand âem to the tidy roll-man, mighty cold
Canât believe him if he dived in and swam. Double
The doors where we bubble the raw for trouble from law
Wilding like boar. On the Second of March, your neck on the floor
Reading your rights in the heat of the night, talking
Mad tough, got your handcuffs, squeezing âem tight. Dâs
We donât like. In the speed of a light, ease out of sight through a
Hole in the wall like the cat dug at Shawshank
Slowly, I crawl where we keep the gat, crack, and small bank
Slither out while idiots watch the dot, trying to figure out
This life-sized drawing of Michael Jordan
Posterizing that kid Alonzo Mourning
Clear it out. Captains yells, âNo time to hear him out.â Fear
Noneâno doubtâand my alias is Suge, Iâll bail them out
[Hook: All]
[K.A. the Verbal Shogun and (Oddbrawl the Lyrical Juggernaut)]
Blocks quiet. (NBâs come), shots fired. (A wild)
(Riot), enemies run, (only die tired)
[L-Swift and (Mr. Voodoo)]
Block quiet. (NEâs come), shots fired. (A wild)
(Riot), enemies run, (but only die tired)
[Verse 3: Swigga]
Yo, yo, itâs NE
NBs, n*gga, f*ck yâall feelings
Hit your crib, bust yâall children, sh*t like that
Shots fired touch yâall ceiling, twist yâall back
High-wire, rush yâall building. b*tch, our gats
Navigate, switch yâall maps. We âposed to be busting. I make
What I write official like notary public
Smoked-out, folding my duckets, Iâm broke now, over my budget
Check what I wrote now, itâs close to the subject
NE squeeze three in your shoulder. Oh, you got a .22
n*gga? See me when your heater get older. I see
NBs when itâs over, Voo with gun in hand
Itâs some family sh*t, only the crew would understand
[Verse 4: Mr. Voodoo]
In Crooklyn, where the
Territory you male warriors dwell, cooking narcotic
Inventory for sales. I begin the story with shells, I be the
Playwright like August Wilson âcause f*cking with me
Dramaâs all youâre gonna see. Iâm something you donât wanna be
A crime odyssey. Front on me, but yâall know
Like James Todd, the god is me, itâs prophecy. Ainât no
Escaping doom. First, itâs gaping wounds then crates in tombs. Iâm f*cking
With guns, my bullets is impregnating wombs. To
Facilitate, you run, but I debilitate the dumb, deliberate
With ten tongues, but I obliterate with guns
NB, NE specialize in B ânâ E, sweep
The enemy off the streets like weâre TNT
[Hook: All] (x3)
[K.A. the Verbal Shogun and (Oddbrawl the Lyrical Juggernaut)]
Blocks quiet. (NBâs come), shots fired. (A wild)
(Riot), enemies run, (only die tired)
[L-Swift and (Mr. Voodoo)]
Block quiet. (NEâs come), shots fired. (Wild)
(Riot), enemies run, (but only die tired)