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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Victor Mensah
Victor Mensah
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Victor Mensah
Victor Mensah
Composer
Malik Yusef
Malik Yusef
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alex "Papi Beatz" Baez
Alex "Papi Beatz" Baez
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ready for the war, we got our boots strapped
A hundred deep on State Street, where the troops at?
The mayor lyin', say he didn't see the video footage
And everybody wanna know where the truth at
On the south side, where it's no trauma centers, but the most trauma
A lot of cannons, but you don't want no drama
I can't imagine if it was my own mama
Got her first born son stole from her
He never had a chance, and we all know it's 'cause he black
Shot him 16 times, how fucked up is that?
Now the police superintendent wanna double back
Cops speedin' up to the block like a runnin' back
Tension is high, man, these **** is irate
You can see it in they eyes, they wanna violate
Screamin' out, "Oink, oink, bang bang"
Gang, gang, gang, gang
Murder, murder, murder, they mind state
I just made me a mil' and still militant
This ain't conscious rap, this shit ignorant, ****
Hair trigger ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun
When I cock back, police better run
[Verse 2]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, fuck 12
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, fuck 12
[Verse 3]
16 shots and we buckin' back
16 shots
16 shots and we buckin' back
16 shots
[Verse 4]
They threw a little girl down on the pavement
Pushed her with a bike and said, "Stay out the way, bitch"
She was bleedin' on the ground through her braces
This what happen when **** don't stay in they places
The mayor dumpin' when he fired the superintendent
But resignation come with bonuses and recognition
So we gon' break in the stores on Magnificent Mile
And if we gotta go, let's go to prison in style
Cops killin' kids and stayin' outta jail
But Bobby Shmurda can't even catch bail
So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Now I got everybody yellin' out, "Fuck 12"
[Verse 5]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, fuck 12
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, fuck 12
[Verse 6]
16 shots and we buckin' back
16 shots
16 shots and we buckin' back
16 shots
[Verse 7]
There's a war on drugs
But the drugs keep winnin'
There's a war on guns
But the guns keep ringin'
[Verse 8]
Me and Lord got a clip with an extendo
And we rollin' wit' it hangin' out the window
We on 16th ridin' by the police station
We might make a pork rind out of pig, bro
Somebody tell these muthafuckas keep they hands off me
I ain't a muthafuckin' slave, keep your chains off me
You better hope this 9 millimeter jam on me
Or get blown, I hope you got your body cam turnt on
Fuck a black cop too, that's the same fight
You gotta badge, bitch, but you still ain't white
This for Laquan on sight, when you see Van Dyke
Tell him I don't bring a knife to a gun fight
[Verse 9]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, fuck 12
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, fuck 12
[Verse 10]
16 shots and we buckin' back
16 shots
16 shots and we buckin' back
16 shots
[Verse 11]
There's a war on drugs
But the drugs keep winnin'
There's a war on guns
But the guns keep ringin'
Singin'
[Verse 12]
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
Muh-uh-uh-uh-murderer, murderer
[Verse 13]
The video shows Laquan walking southbound
Down the middle of Pulaski
There are squad cars visible in front of him
And also squad cars behind him
The shooter's squad car is visible as it drives past Laquan
Two officers then exit that vehicle with their guns drawn
At that point, Laquan begins to look away from the officers
At a southwest angle toward the sidewalk
When Laquan is about twelve to fifteen feet away from the officers
The width of an entire lane of the southbound traffic
One officer begins shooting
Laquan immediately spins to the ground
And the video clearly shows
That the officer continues to shoot Laquan, multiple times
As he lays in the street
16 seconds pass from the time Laquan hits the ground
Until the last visible puff of smoke rises from his torso area
An officer then approaches Laquan
Stands over him and appears to shout something
As he kicks the knife out of his hand
Written by: Alex "Papi Beatz" Baez, Malik Yusef, Victor Mensah
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