I Shot The Sheriff

(album: Take A Look Over Your Shoulder - 1997)

[Nanci Fletcher:]
Eeee
This town is run by martial law
And Warren G are the marshal
So, Warren G, just pick up yourself every time
'Cause you don't know I say you rule!

[Warren G {Boogie Down Productions}:]
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}

[Warren G:]
I had to shoot the sheriff it was justifiable
He mistaken me for somebody who was liable
To more than many murders
LA's a war fields
We keep making war shields
Streets keep souls
Young brothers lose control
I seem to maintain through this
Watch where you kick it they'll put you in a twist
And it ain't nobody like my down ass homie
And the police always trying to pin some bullshit on me
I keep away from fools
They do crime and attract cops
Cops got guns and cuffs
And cells to stuff you in

[Warren G {Boogie Down Productions}:]
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}

[Warren G:]
They're trying to stick with some shit that I did not do
You know who
The boys in blue
There they go with their assumptions
Slavery's over let us have something
Why you wanna pull me over?
'Cause I'm bumping?
I just made a new song
My profession is music
Your profession is protection with gats
Then use it on him when he's trying to take my life away
I'm just trying to live my life today
So I keep away from fools they do crime it attract cops
Cops got guns and cuffs
And cells to stuff you in

[Warren G {Boogie Down Productions}:]
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}

[Warren G:]
I shot the sheriff
I didn't shoot the deputy I didn't have to
'Cause in this game they're always trying to blast you
And leave it to the cops to find out who did the murder
They harass the wrong clan and arrest the wrong man
The homie day-dog got strapped but that's okay
'Cause I'm gonna work for life
So he can see another day
A homies a homie
A fake is a snake
Straight game from the pen from the homie jake
So I keep away from fools they do crime it attract cops
Cops got guns and cuffs
And cells to stuff you in

[Warren G {Boogie Down Productions}:]
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}

[Nanci Fletcher:]
Fire!
Make one shot for the man Warren G
A lick two shot for the G Funk family
A lick three shot for the LBC
A lick four shot for the Jamaican posse

[Warren G {Boogie Down Productions}:]
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}
(I shot the sheriff)
But I did not shoot the deputy
{All I could think about was war and}