Lighter Shade of Brown — Interrogated Because I’m Brown Pt. 1 & 2

[Verse 1: ODM] Tell me if I lost with all cops my ass Why can't it only be one instead of whole camps Treating my people like scums and bums When after every arrest you find blood and donut crumbs Billy goats they all jump with the billy club Dismiss the badge and get snuff And it's a lock down, one homeboy shot down A big gun smoke so that they can meet the quote Another less vato walk the street Take away his wallet so John Doe can tag his feet Mister Powell, you'll drop like a pound Well send your ass to the hell gates with Daryl Cause beating us down is no trivia You want to find America, then take your ass to Libya On the intake no show cause I'm down Interrogated cause I'm Brown [Verse 2: Kaos] You need to raise up from a buck and straight get loony Police they want to screw me and do me But I won't let them do me I'm getting dope like Patrick Swayze You thinking that you can fade me You crazy, I'm kicking it with Lighter Shade, see Don't step cause you'll get smoked just like the chronic Get on the track and run it, watch it-they go Watch me jump on it Like Kool and The Gang I'm swinging the slang style for the police But bust this, no justice and no peace Cause it's a stake off How'd that sound dirty coppers want to clown Had to have them capped, interrogated cause I'm Brown [Verse 3: Street Mentality] Out on the ghetto kicking it on the west side Piece of my hometown creeping of the old side Drive by status in the city of the free Popping out a clip drove by and had another alibi I was at a show, I was at a show, I was at a show So who punked the punk, we don't know Punk John Wayne's pissed so he'll harass my ass Shining the light on my face keeping my hands on the dash Now ask yourself what to do, what to do When a city like Pico runs wild on you So we're lost in the system cops trying to keep us down Interrogated cause our skin is Brown [Verse 4: Pee Bee] On the corner pump the shit on my Walkman One time creeps I don't sleep cause they stalking What am I to say, what am I to do I'm high as a kite and my breath smells like brew Mister Copper, mister copper, should I run son Because you're quick to pull the clip off your gun son I'm not the type to go out like a dumb one Gaffle me up and lock me inside of your dungeon Get it on with torture chamber I suppose There's a beanie on top my head and a ring inside my nose I never live it down, no never live it down Interrogated, separated cause my skin is Brown [Verse 5: Aztlan Nation] I remember the day I got roughed up The jura threw a jacket on the bank for a hold up Wanted to know my identity So I looked into the eyes of my blue eyed enemy He tried to get me in the back seat I'm back -G-, because the cracker's on the worksheet Then they had me in a choke hold Then snap, woke up and it was no joke They had the billy club stuck in my side Cuffed up in the back, they was glad I was alive Now it was time for the pigs to have some fun Trying to get me to confess to a a crime I never done Since I was the victim of harassment But in my hood the chota get they assed kicked Aztlan nation on the rise so check the sound Interrogated cause I'm Brown [Verse 6: A.L.T.] Spot light hits, helicopters fly in the masses Bum rush the borders, the hell with the badges A-L-T and a Lighter Shade of Brown don't give a fuck About a beige gate or a lime green truck One little, two little, seven Aztecs Smoking up the marble and sipping up ex-wrecks The stage, A-L-T, yo let the funk flow Rine stones, cowboys, it's the low blow I'm going walk, I'm going talk, yo I'm going stand on my own two and flair another tomahawk Another Latin Time-bomb and I'm down Interrogated with a lighter shade of Brown [Verse 7: DTTX] Interrogated cause my skin was brown Got me bound, hand cuffed, and shackled to the ground Said I didn't have the knowledge to kick some facts So they sticking me this and they labeled me that Put a price on my head and said alive or dead No matter what the cost or the blood shed So now its on-death in my face Got to set the pace so I can win this race But as I'm running, run--still no end in sight Am I on a fantasy land or on a joy ride Into an unknown path, lots of panic My minds confused and I don't understand it Door to door to a table with one light Me and one man interrogating me all night Round for round for round for round all night Interrogated cause my skin was Brown