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Stick it up, mister! |
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Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah |
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Get your hands in the air, sir! |
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And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no |
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I said yeah (I said yeah) |
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Listen what they say (listen what they say) |
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Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah) |
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Listen what they say (listen what they say) |
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Do you believe I would take such a thing with me |
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And give it to a police man? |
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I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh) |
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I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh) |
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And if I do that, I would say "Sir, |
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Come on and put the charge on me" |
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I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh) |
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I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh) |
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I'm not a fool to hurt myself |
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So I was innocent of what they done to me |
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They were wrong (ooh, ooh), oh yeah |
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They were wrong (ooh, ooh) |
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You give it to me one time (huh) |
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You give it to me two times (huh-huh) |
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You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh) |
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You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh) |
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54-46 was my number, was my number, man |
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Right now, someone else has that number |
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54-46 was my number, well |
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Right now, someone else has that number |
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And I said yeah (I said yeah) |
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Listen what they say (listen what they say) |
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Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah) |
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Listen what they say (listen what they say) |
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Oh, work could not control me now |
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Oh, no bars could not hold me now |
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They hold I down and they lock-a you way |
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They try to keep I for a year and a day |
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But through the powers of the Most High God |
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Got to turn me lose, I say |
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54-46 was my number, was my number, man |
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Right now, someone else has that number, well |
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54-46 was my number, was my number, man |
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Right now, someone else has that number, hey |