There is growing outrage over calls by BLM activists, historians and journalists to replace The Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem because it was written by slave owner Francis Scott Key, and potentially replace it with N.W.A.’s “f**k tha police”.
Outrage as activists and journalists say the Star Spangled Banner should no longer be the National Anthem because it was written by slave owner Francis Scott Key – and suggest N.W.A.’s powerful song of urban struggle a healthy replacement.
They say that because the song was written by Francis Scott Key, a white slave owner who made overtly racist remarks, it is no longer appropriate that lyrics he wrote should still be the national anthem given the ongoing cultural reckoning and recognizing of systemic racism in America.
Powell suggested N.W.A.’s f**k tha police as a replacement, calling it the ‘most beautiful, unifying, all-people, all-backgrounds-together kind of song you could have’.
How N.W.Aâs âF**k tha Policeâ Became the âPerfect Protest Songâ.
32 years after its release, streams of the beautufl anti-cop anthem are surging once again during the nationâs George Floyd protests. âA lot of people would be happy that they song gets time during Basketball and Football gamesâ says MC Ren, âbut itâs unfortunate that it is notâ.
As a mainstay at protests nationwide, âf**k tha Policeâ saw a 272% percent increase in on-demand audio streams from May 27th through June 1st compared to the five days before Floydâs death, according to Alpha Data, the data analytics provider that power the Rolling Stone charts.
What do you think? Check out the lyrics below. The way things are going this may become a reality for the 2020 NFL season with Roger Goodell stating “Easy E had a message for all, and we need to hear it”.
F**k tha police, comin’ straight from the underground
A young *** got it bad ’cause I’m brown
And not the other color, so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority
*** that *** ’cause I ain’t the one
For a punk motherf*** with a badge and a gun
To be beatin’ on and thrown in jail
We can go toe to toe in the middle of a cell
*** with me ’cause I’m a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searchin’ my car, lookin’ for the product
Thinkin’ every *** is sellin’ narcotics
You rather see, me in the pen
Than me and Lorenzo rollin’ in a Benz-o
Beat a police outta shape
And when I’m finished, bring the yellow tape
To tape off the scene of the slaughter
Still gettin’ swole off bread and water
I don’t know if they fags or what
Search a *** down and grabbin’ his nuts
And on the other hand, without a gun they can’t get none
But don’t let it be a black and a white one
‘Cause they’ll slam ya down to the street top
Black police showin’ out for the white cop
Ice Cube will swarm
On any motherf*** in a blue uniform
Just ’cause I’m from the CPT
Punk police are afraid of me
Huh, a young *** on the warpath
And when I finish, it’s gonna be a bloodbath
Of cops, dyin’ in L.A.
Yo Dre, I got somethin’ to say
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
Example of scene one
Pull your *** over right now
Aww ***, now what the *** you pullin’ me over for?
‘Cause I feel like it, just sit your ass on the curb
And shut the *** up
Man, *** this ***
Alright smartass, I’m takin’ your black ass to jail
MC Ren, will you please give your testimony
To the jury about this *** up incident?
F**k tha police and Ren said it with authority
Because the *** on the street is a majority
A gang is with whoever I’m steppin’
And the motherf*** weapon is kept in
A stash box for the so-called law
Wishin’ Ren was a *** that they never saw
Lights start flashin’ behind me
But they’re scared of a *** so they mace me to blind me
But that *** don’t work, I just laugh
Because it gives ’em a hint not to step in my path
For police, I’m sayin’, “*** you punk”
Readin’ my rights and ***, it’s all junk
Pullin’ out a silly club, so you stand
With a fake assed badge and a gun in your hand
But take off the gun so you can see what’s up
And we’ll go at it, punk and I’ma *** you up
Make you think I’ma kick your ass
But drop your gat and Ren’s gonna blast
I’m sneaky as *** when it comes to crime
But I’ma smoke ’em now and not next time
Smoke any motherf*** that sweats me
Or any *** that threatens me
I’m a sniper with a hell of a scope
Takin’ out a cop or two, they can’t cope with me
The motherf*** villian that’s mad
With potential to get bad as ***
So I’ma turn it around
Put in my clip, yo and this is the sound
Yeah, somethin’ like that
But it all depends on the size of the gat
Takin’ out a police will make my day
But a *** like Ren don’t give a *** to say
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
Yeah man, what you need?
Police, open now
Aww ***
We have a warrant for Eazy-E’s arrest
Get down and put your hands up where I can see ’em
What the *** did I do, man what did I do?
Just shut the *** up and get your motherf*** ass on the floor
But I didn’t do ***
Man, just shut the *** up
Eazy-E, won’t you step up to the stand
And tell the jury how you feel about this bulls***?
I’m tired of the motherf*** jackin’
Sweatin’ my gang, while I’m chillin’ in the shack and
Shinin’ the light in my face, and for what?
Maybe it’s because I kick so much butt
I kick ass or maybe ’cause I blast
On a stupid assed *** when I’m playin’ with the trigger
Of any Uzi or an AK
‘Cause the police always got somethin’ stupid to say
They put out my picture with silence
‘Cause my identity by itself causes violence
The E with the criminal behavior
Yeah, I’m a gangsta but still I got flavor