The policeman is your friend   I wonder if the kid is going to fall for it again   And if the boys and girls in blue think it's true   You know they've got a job to do   Because everyone's a soldier where we live      And the law is right   You must be wrong   And the badge is bright   As the day is long   The stick comes down on the back of his head   The stick comes down on the back of his head, and the video ends      Did you get arrested for playing music   For putting posters on a bored night's beat   For being homeless on the street   The mayor thinks that it's good   To crusade against these lowlifes   Who pervade our neighborhood      And the law is right   So you must be wrong   And the badge is bright   And the speech is long   The stick comes down on the back of his head   The stick comes down on the back of his head, and the video ends      And the law is right   You must be wrong   And if the cop is white   And the excuses long   They call it a beat for a reason   They call it a beat for a reason that you don't want to know      What it the government closed   And nobody noticed it   Except the paper news   No one really reads, or quite believes   What if we elected us a Kennedy   Who killed our enemies   Who's he gonna fight next?