Inside Man - Mikill Pane

You wanted to protect and serve in a tense england,

where your colour was your drawback in life

but you became a cop too,

when they tried to stop you

now the long arm of the law’s black and white

but most of your own force don’t see you as equal,

nor do your so called own breed of people,

you’re trying to get nationwide respect

but you haven’t even made it to the 90s yet

anything could happen to the blacks in this country

think about the power of the national front these pigs just detest us,

call us niggas to offend us so if you’re with 'em you’re against us

none of 'em have ever done a serious crime

but the nature of the beast puts fear in their minds

of the people that you fight to make a difference for

you’re a lone soldier in the kingdom’s war

sometimes you take a side,

to change the way it looks to you

the insiders didn’t pull you through, outsiders think you’re foolish too,

at times you may decide, to leave things just the way they are

and think we hate them and they hate us but secretly we pray change comes

insipte of all the people that reckon you’re scum,

you still crack on and get the job done

you’re a policeman and this is what you offered to do

you stop dealers, pimps and prostitutes

you not just trying to get rid of the drugs and the slease

and make the underworld scream out «fuck the police»

but last week you helped a pregnant woman start her car

and found a large amount of cocaine under the seat

it seems you were meant to be an enemy to everyone

but then you think, well, sensibly when you see your baby sun staring back

you pray he’ll be just like his father in the future

hopefully he’ll be a lot luckier than you are

you hold him in your arms and pray that all the good you’re doing

will give him the sort of life that nobody could ruin

then you tuck him into bed and you plant a kiss on his forhead then leave to

start your shift

sometimes you take a side,

to change the way it looks to you

the insiders didn’t pull you through, outsiders think you’re foolish too,

at times you may decide, to leave things just the way they are

and think we hate them and they hate us but secretly we pray change comes

silent night and the community’s good as gold

and they’ve put you on foot patrol

nobody’s around on the little side raod that you’re on

you cant find one crook in the cold

so you turn a corner a car pulls up on your left

and a masked man mutters something under his breath

he fires two rounds and the first one misses but the second ends up in your

chest

you never would’ve guessed it would end this way

but you can tell it’s over so you close your eyes and mentally pray

and as the getaway car pulls of with a screach

you ask only that your baby remembers your face

the mortal wound makes morning news,

and only a widow is mourning you

and a man at an airport sells some flights

to one gentleman an his pregnant wife

sometimes you take a side,

to change the way it looks to you

the insiders didn’t pull you through, outsiders think you’re foolish too,

at times you may decide, to leave things just the way they are

and think we hate them and they hate us but secretly we pray change comes

sometimes you take a side,

to change the way it looks to you

the insiders didn’t pull you through, outsiders think you’re foolish too,

at times you may decide, to leave things just the way they are

and think we hate them and they hate us but secretly we pray change comes