Cops And Robbers

Cops And Robbers - Bo Diddley (波迪·德利)

I was driving home on the boulevard

Late one night when I spied a guy over

On the corner bumming all alone

Now as I passed him by I heard him holler out 'Hey '

I slowed down see what he said

He hollers-a 'A-by any chance are you going my way '

I say 'Why show baby hop on in and gimme a cigarette'

Just then he reached down in his pockets

And that was the moment I regret

He hollered 'Reach for the sky'

I said 'But I don't understand sir '

'Don't try no monkey business

I've got a stopper in my hand'

And then he says-a 'A-look-here you see this here

I got in my hand this is a 38 pistol built on a 45 frame

Shoots tombstone bullets and a ball and chain'

He said 'Now I ain't trying to shake you up'

(And I) 'But I just want you to know if the cops

Start to crowd me any you gon be the first to go'

'So now look-here don't even look back

You just drive on just like ain't nothing happenin'

That's what he told me He wouldn't even let me look

Back at nothing

He say 'When I get to that red light' he wanted me

To go to my left and then jump back to my right

He says 'Now-a I want you to drive up in that alley '

'Uh-uh not in that alley that that one over there'

'And cool it behind that liquor sto and keep a sharp

Lookout at all times while I sneak in that back do'

That's what he told me

He say 'Keep my foot on the gas and always

Be on guard 'cause when he come running out there

Wit' all that money he wanted me to mash on it real hard

He said 'Now don't let him come out a-d'ere and find me

A-double-crossed' Because he'd murder when the heat's on

Reach for the sky

I said 'But I don't understand sir'

Don't try no monkey business

I've got the stopper in my hand

Ooo-we while I was sitting there just s'ramblin'

A spotlight hit me dead in the face

The cop pulled up behind me and said

'Move up alittle bit man for we wanna take your place'

And then this guy come running outta the sto'

With the money in his hand and said 'Oh there you are '

Ha he made a mistake in the dark and ran and leaped

In the police car

When they put the handcuffs on him

I said 'Child you crime have outgrew him'

And then they said 'Yeah we gonna' put him

So far back in jail this time 'till they gonna have'

To pump air into him