Police forced to listen to NWA’s ‘F*** tha Police’ repeatedly after someone broadcast it on their radio frequency
Senior officer says the broadcasts are putting people 'in danger' after song disrupts official response to man with gun
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Your support makes all the difference.Officers in New Zealand have been forced to repeatedly listen to NWA's "F*** tha Police" by a person illegally broadcasting the song on their frequency.
Police radios have picked up at least two versions of the 1988 hit which protested against brutality and racial profiling,
Inspector Kelvin Lloyd told the Otago Daily Times that people had been put “in danger” by the broadcasts after the song interfered with armed police trying to co-ordinate their response to a man pointing a gun at a motorist.
"There's no question that if it carries on and if they do what they're doing it will delay a response," he said.
The song was reportedly played multiple times on police radios over the weekend. Officers also picked up a cover version of the song by Rage Against the Machine.
Protesting police brutality and racial profiling, the song which appears on the Straight Outta Compton album was ranked number 417 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Its lyrics express approval of violence against police.
Inspector Lloyd said no police radios were missing and the department in Otago, an area of the South Island, was confident the songs were being broadcast by other means.
"Any interference with a police radio constitutes a risk to public safety, and anyone caught doing this can face a penalty of criminal nuisance and up to one year imprisonment,” he said.
It comes after reports in August of pig grunts and abuse being broadcast over police radios on the North Island.
The Independent has contacted New Zealand Police for comment, but none had arrived at the time of publication.
F*** tha Police lyrics in full
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
Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
A sucker in a uniform waitin' to get shot
By me or another ***
And with a gat it don't matter if he's smaller or bigger
Size ain't ***, he's from the old school fool
And as you all know, E's here to rule
Whenever I'm rollin', keep lookin' in the mirror
And ears on cue, yo, so I can hear a
Dumb motherf*** with a gun
And if I'm rollin' off the 8, he'll be the one
That I take out and then get away
While I'm drivin' off laughin', this is what I'll say
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
The verdict, the jury has found you guilty
Of bein' a redneck, white bread, chickens*** motherf***
But wait, that's a lie, that's a *** lie
Get him out of here
I want justice
Get him the *** out my face
I want justice
Out, right now
*** you, you black motherf***
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
F**k tha police
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