No Knock

(album: Free Will - 1972)

You explained it to me I must admit
But just for the record you were talking shit
Y'all rap about no knock being legislated
For the people you've always hated
In this hell hole you, we, call home

No knock, the man will say
To keep that man from beating his wife
No knock, the man will say
To protect people from themselves

No knocking, head-rocking, inter-shocking
Shooting, cussing, killing, crying, lying
And being white
No knock

No knocked on my brother Fred Hampton
Bullet holes all over the place
No knocked on my brother Michael Harris
And jammed a shotgun against his skull

For my protection?
Who's gonna protect me from you?
The likes of you?
The nerve of you?
Your tomato face deadpan
Your dead hands ending another freedom fan

No knocking, head rocking, inter-shocking
Shooting, cussing, killing, crying, lying
And being white

But if you're wise, no knocker
You'll tell your no-knocking lackeys
Ha!
No knock on my brother's head
No knock on my sister's head
No knock on my brother's head
No knock on my sister's head

And double lock your door
Because soon someone may be no-knocking
Ha, ha!
For you