I Shot the Sheriff

This town is run by martial law

And Warren G are the marshal

So, Warren G, just pick up yourself everytime

'Cause you don't know, say, you rule

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

I had to shoot the Sheriff, it was justifiable

He mistaked me for somebody who was liable

For than many murders, L.A.'s a war field

We keep heating war shields

Streets keep souls, young brothers lose control

I seem to maintain through this

Watch where you kick it, they'll put you in a twist

And it ain't nobody like my down-ass homie

And the police always tryna pin some pin some bullshit on me

I keep way from fools, they do crime and attract cops

Cops got guns and cuffs and cells to stuff you in

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

They tryna stick me with some shit that I did not do

You know who, the boys in blue

There they go with they assumptions

Slavery's over, let us have something

Why you wanna pull me over? 'Cause I'm bumpin'?

I just made a new song, my profession is music

Your profession is protection with gats

Then use it on him when he's tryna take my life away

I'm just tryna life my life today

So I keep away from fools, they do crime and attract cops

Cops got guns and cuffs and cells to stuff you in

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the Sheriff

I didn't shoot the deputy, I didn't have to

'Cause in this game, they always tryna blast you

And leave it to the cops to find out who did the murder

They harass the wrong clan and arrest the wrong man

The homie J-Dog got stretched, but that's okay

'Cause I'ma work for life so he can see another day

A homie's a homie, a fake is a snake

Straight game from the pen from the homie Jake

So I keep away from fools, they do crime and attract cops

Cops got guns and cuffs and cells to stuff you in

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

Fire

Make one shot for the man Warren G

A lick, two shot, for the G Funk family

A lick, three shot, for the L.B.C.

A lick, four shot, for the Jamaican posse

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy

(I shot the Sheriff) But I did not shoot the deputy