Cops And Robbers |
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Cops And Robbers Lyrics |
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 Cops & Robbers Trk 23 Disc 1(Ellas McDaniel) Bo Diddley Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar, Willie Dixon - bass Clifton James - drums, Jerome Green - maracas & vocal Otis Spann - piano. Recorded October 1956, Chicago. Original Checker #850 Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com Album: Bo Diddley `I`m A Man - The Chess Masters 1955-1958` B0009231-02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007 Spoken Story: I was drivin` home on the boulevard Late one night, when I spied a guy over on the corner, bummin` all alone. Now, as I passed him by I heard him holler out, `Hey!` I slowed down, see what he said He hollers-a, `A-by any chance are you goin` my way?` I say, `Why sho` baby, hop on in and gimme a cigarette` Just then he reached down in his pockets And that was the moment I regret. Sings: He hollered, `Reach for the sky` I said, `But I don`t understand, sir?` `Don`t try no monkey business I`ve got a stopper in my hand` Spoken: And then, he says-a, `A-look-here, you see this here I got in my hand, this is a .38 pistol, built on a .45 frame Shoots tombstone bullets and a ball and chain`. He said, `Now, I ain`t tryin` to shake you up` (And I) `But I just want you to know, if the cops start to crowd me any, you gon` be the first to go` `So, now look-here, don`t even look back You just drive on just like ain`t nothin` happenin` That`s what he told me. He wouldn`t even let me look back at nothin`. He say, `When I get to that red light` he wanted me to go to my left and then jump back to my right. He says, `Now-a, I want you to drive up in that alley.` `Uh-uh, not in that alley, that, that one over there` `And cool it behind that liquor sto` and keep a sharp lookout at all times while I sneak in that back do`. That`s what he told me! He say, `Keep my foot on the gas and always be on guard, `cause when he come runnin` out there wit` all that money, he wanted me to mash on it real hard! He said, `Now, don`t let him come out a-d`ere and find me a-double-crossed` Because he`d murder when the heat`s on. Sings: Reach for the sky I said, `But I don`t understand, sir` Don`t try no monkey business I`ve got the stopper in my hand Ooo-we, while I was sittin` there just s`ramblin` A spotlight hit me dead in the face. The cop pulled up behind me and said `Move up alittle bit, man, for we wanna take your place` And then this guy come runnin` outta the sto` with the money in his hand and said, `Oh, there you are!` Ha, he made a mistake in the dark and ran and leaped in the police car. When they put the handcuffs on him I said, `Child, yo` crime have outgrew him` And then they said, `Yeah, we gonna` put him so far back in jail this time, `till they gonna have to pump air into him. ~ |
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