If I Had a Face
[Chorus]
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face like yours
[Verse 1]
Brutal cops are back in swing
Thanks to good old Rodney King
Wrong time, wrong place
Certainly the wrong color face
Copters, radios, no escape
Thank God for the videotape
L.A.P.D. is a Mei Lai mob
Uncle Gates still on the job
Hey cop! To you we're all truncheon meat
Giving new meaning to pounding the beat
Pistols, rifles, shotguns, clubs, handcuffs and mace
Swaggering like Rambo, a grimace on your face
[Verse 2]
They beat us, thеy beat you too
Broken bones black and bluе
Scheming reaming, very true
No limit to what they'd do
Coffee, donuts and lots of hate
Sit back, cruise and wait
Collar, leash, shock baton
Helicopter, rooftop bomb
Hey cop! Bragging how you kicked some ass
How they begged, what a fuckin' blast!
Those jiggerboos deserve it, "Gorillas in the Mist"
Kicking the front door, your face clenched like a fist
[Chorus]
If I had a face, if I had a face
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face, if I had a face
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face, if I had a face
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face, if I had a face
If I had a face like yours
[Verse 3]
Another night, another mess
Another story in the press
You swear that you do your best
Just a little violence related stress
Cold stone lies and lots of nerve
Hope you get what you deserve
Sworn to serve, power trusted
Now you're the one busted
Hey cop! Your sneer becomes a grin
And your victim ain't smiling, you kicked his teeth in
The criminal is bad enough, sneering cops are worse
With a mug like that I'd walk shave butt in reverse
[Chorus]
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face like yours
If I had a face like yours
[Verse 4]
A few get fired, a few transferred
Be more careful, have you heard
Watch your step and watch your ass
The public soon forgets the past
Heard you yell, "Take him down!"
All your might I hit the ground
Billy club, a kidney whack
Club on neck, knee in back
Hey cop! Animal in blue
Ugly is as ugly do
You're ugly through and through
Hey cop! If I looked like you do, you blue screw
I'd hide out and hang out in the zoo