Police doing it too [Song]

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POLICE DOING IT TOO
By Young Killer [1963]

Well, my wife she want a divorce
If I join up the police force
She say they getting on bad
And she watching national guards
Nowadays is big competition
Between the police force and civilian
Because anything these hooligans do,
The police doing them too.

And don't doubt...

Who you think kill the man in Savannah? [Is a policeman]
Who you think they hold in Bonanza? [Is a policeman]
Who stab he wife Diego Martin? [Is a policeman]
Who accuse poor Cadogan and then get away smiling. [Is a policeman].

-------------for security and harassing anybody
When they have their guns at their side
For safety, best you run and hide
For they go wait patiently until you pass
Shoot at you, and say you had a cutlass
But if the shot catch you in your back
Then they go say is renegades can attack.

And don't doubt...

Who accuse ---------------- Chaguaramas?
And the ham by Hi Lo just last year Christmas?  [Is a policeman].
Who tief the black cow in Erin?  [Is a policeman].
Who you think does tief in dey canteen?  [Is a policeman].

They start with they long time thing
From in the days of Charlie King
Ah fus Charlie was so bad
They burn him alive in Fyzabad
They cease for a while but start again
People 'fraid to walk through Port of Spain
If they arrest you, you  cannot talk
Man, is licks from Elephant Walk.

Who you think kill he wife up in Morvant? [Is a policeman].
Who hang heself Tunapuna? [Is a policeman].
In the trade fair, they catch him hiding like a mouse? [Is a policeman].
Who you think kill heself by the White House? [Is a policeman].

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................


A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Young Killer.    

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare