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Linton Kwesi Johnson - Liesense Fi Kill Lyrics

Sometiem mi tink mi coe-workah crazy
Di way kristeen woodah gwann jokey-jokey
Den a nex time now a no-nosense stance
Di way she wine-dung di place lass krismus dance
Di way she love fi taak bout conspirahcy

Mi an kristeen inna di canteen a taak
Bout di det a black people inna custidy
Ow nat a cat mek meow ar a dyam daag baak
Ow nohbaby high-up inna society
Can awfah explaneashan nar remidy

Wen kristeen nit-up her brow
Like seh a rhow screew-up her face
Like seh a trace shi goh trace hear her now

Yu tink a jus hem-high-five an james ban
An poleece an solja ovah nawt highalan wan
Wen it come to black people winston
Some poleece inna inglan got lisense fi kill
Well notn kristeen seh sprize mi still
But hear mi now

Whey yu mean kristenn
A who tell yu dat
A mussi waan eediat
Yu cyaan prove dat

A who tell mi fi goh seh dat

Kristeen kiss her teet
An shi cut mi wid her yeye
An shi seh yu waan proof

Yu cyaan awsk Clinton McCurbin
Bout im haxfixiasham
An yu cyaan awsk Joy Gardner
Bout her sufficaeshan
Yu cyann awsk Colin Roach
If im really shoot imself
An yu cyaan awsk Vincent Graham
If a im stab imself

But yu can awsk di commishinah
Bout di liesense fi kill
Awsk Sir Paul Condon
Bout di liesense fi kill

Yu cyaan awsk di Douglas dem
Bout di new style batan
An you cyaan awsk Tunay Hassan
Bout im det by niglect
Yu cyaan awsk Marlon Downes
If im hav anu regret
An yu cyaan awsk El Gammal
Bout di mistri a im det
But yu can awsk Dame Barbara
Bout di liesense fi kill
Awsk di DPP
Bout di liesense fi kill

Yu cyaan awsk Ibrahima
Bout di CS gas attack
An yu cyaan awsk Missis Jarrett
Ow shi get her hawt-attack
Yu cyaan awsk Olivier Price
Bout di grip roun in nek
An yu cyaan awsk Steve Boyce
Bout im det by niglect
But yu can awsk di PCA
Bout di liesense fi kill
Aswk di ACPO
Bout di liesense fi kill

Yu fi awsk Maggi Tatcha
Bout di liesense fi kill
Yu can awsk Jan Mayja
Bout di liesense fi kill
Yu fi awsk Mykel Cowad
Bout di liesesnse fi kill
An yu can awsk Jak Straw
Bout di rule af law
Yu fi awsk Tony Blare
If im is aware ar if im care
Bout di liesense fi kill
Dat plenty poleece feel dem gat

Sometime I think my coworkers crazy the way Christine goes around joky joking.

Then the next time a know nonsense stand. The way she wind up the place last Christmas dance. The way she loves to talk about conspiracy. Me and Christine went to a cabin to talk about the death of black people in custody. How not a cat make meow or damn dog bark. How nobody high up in society can offer explanation or remedy. Well Christine gets up in a Raul she has a raul, she screws up her face like a Trace she has a Trace.

Hear her now "You think I'm just MI5 or James Bond, the police and soldiers over North Ireland. When it comes to black people some police in England think they have a license to kill". Well nothing Christine says surprise me still!

But hear me now! Who told you to go and say that you can't prove that. Hmm who tell me to go say that? Well Christine cut her teeth she cut me with her eyes. Then she said "you want proof?" You can't ask Clinton McCurdy about his affixiation you can't ask Dray Garden about her suffocation. You can't ask Colin Roach whether he really shoot himself, and you can't ask Clinton drive will they really stabbed himself! But you can ask the commissioner about the license to kill! Ask Paul conde about the license to kill!

You can't ask the governor about his new style baton and you can't ask Tony Hunter how he's dead by neglect. You can't ask Marilyn Brown whether he has any regrets. Can't elder miles about the mystery of his death. But you can ask Tim Barbara about the license to kill, ask the DDP about the license to kill. You can't ask Ibrahim about the cs gas at all.

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