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Looking at the lyrics to Sound of da Police, (1)copy and paste 2 references to slavery in the song. Provide a further explanation of the lyrics you copy and paste. (2)Answer the following: Why would KRS-One rap about slavery in a song about police brutality? (3)Copy and paste your favorite part of the song. Explain why this part of the song stood out to you.

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There was little to none respect, people of color was always getting attitude even if they did nthing wrong.

African americans land was stolen from them and been treated like criminals sense then.

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And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest

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''Are you really for peace and equality''?
"After 400 years, I've got no choices"
He raps about slavery in the rap because it seems to be cops are taking things out on blacks by killing them and racial profiling...

Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police

Woop-woop! That's the sound of da beast

Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police

Woop-woop! That's the sound of da beast

That is my fav part because it tells how the police are the bad guys and starts the song off letting us know what the song is about...

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"Be an officer? You wicked overseer!"
"The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation"

In these lyrics he points out how cops are like the overseers of plantations.

I feel he rapped about slavery in a song about police brutality because the many comparisons that are there. Between the owners and overseers and how the slaves/black people are and were treated.

My favorite part of the song is "The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest

(Woop!) They both ride horses

After 400 years, I've got no choices

The police them have a likkle gun

So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one" because it shows that he is not afraid of police.

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"There could never really be justice on stolen land" Christopher columbus stole the land we live in from the natives and how can there be justice among thieves
"And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest" When the slaves tried to fight back or escape the plantation they were getting killed.
Because the polices are treating people like second class citizen and slave owners did the same thing.
"You hotshot, wanna get props and be a savior

First show a little respect, change your behavior

Change your attitude, change your plan" I really liked this part because Officers wants to be acknowledged as our saviors and such but they can't be that if they treat us like slaves.

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the Plantation is of back then about slavery.

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The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation

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Slavery reference one- The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation.
Slavery reference two- (Woop!) They both ride horses

After 400 years, I've got no choices.
My favorite part of the song: Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me

Your laws are minimal

‘Cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal.
Communicates the message/theme well.

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"Be an officer? You wicked overseer!

You hotshot, wanna get props and be a savior

First show a little respect, change your behavior

Change your attitude, change your plan

There could never really be justice on stolen land

Are you really for peace and equality?"
"You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!

The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation"

These 2 verses caught my attention the most because what is our bigger gun? our voices? They don't respect us so why use our voices to make things worse for ourselves. "The police them have a likkle gun

So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one"

He rapped about slavery in a song about police brutality because he is comparing the two situations.

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"You can't stand where I stand, you can't walk where I walk" -Black people weren't allowed to be where white people be

"And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest"

KRS-One, is trying to get his point across that the police are trying to push authority on minorities

"You hotshot, wanna get props and be a savior

First show a little respect, change your behavior

Change your attitude, change your plan

There could never really be justice on stolen land

Are you really for peace and equality?"- This part stood out a lot and made me think about how the justice system is corrupt and they expect us to conform to whatever they decide is right

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"And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill" is a quote that talks about slavery because its saying they basically control usand that they can do whatever to us, and get away with it. Another quote is "There could never really be justice on stolen land

Are you really for peace and equality?" this is saying they are saying how we will never get equality.

He rapped about slavery because lowkey this is slavery just not the same. they are still controlling us.

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"You hotshot, wanna get props and be a savior.First show a little respect, change your behavior Change your attitude, change your plan." They doesn't show any respect to other people. "Are you really for peace and equality?Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me Your laws are minimal." They asking police if they are for peace and equality or not.
"So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one (Woop-woop!) I hear it all day Just so they can run the light and be upon their way." This is quotes is favorite part because if ppolice see gang they think they migh

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"You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that"  - He's referring to the corrupt cops in the system this quote reminds me of the show Snowfall  and its fbi who sell kilos of cocaine / "The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation

The overseer could stop you, "What you're doing?"

The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing

The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest" - He's comparing the crooked cops to the plantation owners in the 1800s showing that its pretty much still slavery but in a different time period.

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The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest

(Woop!) They both ride horses

After 400 years, I've got no choices
This is like whats happened in the past w slavery

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The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest

(Woop!) They both ride horses

After 400 years, I've got no choices

The police them have a likkle gun

So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one.

saying that the the worker which is the people had the right to kill the police as much as they tried to arrest them for doing nothing wrong.

Check the similarity!

The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation

The overseer could stop you, "What you're doing?"

The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing.

In this one hes saying they have to be supervise everything they do. They get no privacy and gets check for what they do.

Because the police brutality is leading into slavery again.

You wicked overseer!

You hotshot, wanna get props and be a savior

First show a little respect, change your behavior

Change your attitude, change your plan

There could never really be justice on stolen land

Are you really for peace and equality?

Because they always say that they are helping us but in reality they are hurting us.

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"The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation" - I included this quote because the lyricist is comparing how officers and slave masters both would watch over who was under them. "The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill. The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest" - The lyricist compares how the officers have the right to kill civilians if they fight back and overseers had the right to kill their slaves. KRS One talked about slavery in a song about police brutality because he believes that police officers act in ways that overseers did. My favorite line was, "I'd rather say see ya, ‘cause I would never be ya

Be an officer? You wicked overseer!". I liked it because it was clever.

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First show a little respect, change your behavior

Change your attitude, change your plan

There could never really be justice on stolen land

Are you really for peace and equality?"
i like this part because

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After 400 years, I've got no choices- The artist is referring to slavery and how slaves had no other choice

The overseer rode around the plantation-Overseer is basically a slave master that supervises his slaves that worked on the plantation

KSR-One compared police officers to slavery, because both cops and slave masters don't give you a choice.

"The police them have a likkle gun

So when I'm on the streets, I walk around with a bigger one"- Is my favorite line is the song, because cops feel like they have more power than citizens due to the fact that they wear a badge.

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Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police

Woop-woop! That's the sound of da beast
this part explains how people really look at police because of how they treat individuals, they look at them as beasts because they act like them .
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

this refers to how if they were to fight back then they would get shot just because the officer claims he has the right to.

Overseer, overseer, overseer, overseer

Officer, officer, officer, officer

Yeah, officer from overseer

You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!

this is my favorite part of the song because officers oversee what they are truly doing and how messed up it is. and the words sound similar so it makes a good accusation.

Krs raps about slavery in a song about police brutality because these two topics relate so well and they are very similar with the mistreatment of african americans.

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He is claiming that the land we live on is stolen, so there is really no "justice". The "overseer" is a reference to a slave owner on a plantation. "Or when my car is hooked up, you know you wanna follow me

Your laws are minimal

‘Cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal

This has got to cease

‘Cause we be getting hyped to the sound of da police". This is my favorite part of the song because he explaining how cops are more worried about black people than people that are actually committing crimes. He was rapping about slavery to try to prove a point.

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"The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation", In this verse KRS-one dates back to slavery by mentioning how history is repeating itself. The way white slave masters had power over black people  back then is the same way white authorities have power over black people today.
"(Woop!) They both ride horses

After 400 years, I've got no choices", the horses white slave masters rode are police cars in the modern day. KRS is basically saying after 400 years black people are still being treated unfairly.
KRS One rapped about slavery in a song about police brutality to let people know that black people are still being treated unfairly even though slavery took place centuries ago.
"There could never really be justice on stolen land

Are you really for peace and equality?", This verse really stood out to me because it shows that america did not start out peacefully so peace can never really exist here.

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''First show a little respect, change your behavior Change your attitude, change your plan'' , I like that line of the song, how he gives an example of how to change and how it could get better.  ''The overseer rode around the plantation'' , the Plantation is of back then about slavery. ''After 400 years, I've got no choices'' , he talks about how they still don't have choice, like they didn't hva choice back then. KRS raps about Slavery because that was unfair and so is Police brutality, in both situation innocent people are getting punished.

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"The overseer rode around the plantation," Masters rode around the plantation watching the slaves to make sure they were doing their job. "And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill," If a slave did not obey their master, they could get killed.
He would rap about slavery in a song about police brutality because the two are similar. White men (typically) are in control of the situation over black people; they can do what they want without consequence.
"The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest," This part of the verse makes a statement about police brutality and how they treat black people. It is my favorite part of the song because it is true. The police can kill you at any time. Even when you are not disobeying them. Most likely they will not get in trouble. You are told to comply and complain later, but in some situations, it is necessary to fight back.

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"Overseer, overseer, overseer, overseer

Officer, officer, officer, officer

Yeah, officer from overseer

You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!"

The similarity in the words, and actions of police officers, and overseer (slave owner's) are the same. This is also my favorite part because it turns shows how we can over look how we gave our police the same authority of slave owner's.

"The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest"
This is  also showing the similarities in  the actions of police officers, and slave owners.

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After 400 years, I've got no choices. They trying to say that they still don't have all the rights. The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest. If you saying back to the police you might get killed you can't protect yourself.

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(1) He referenced how Christopher Columbus ''discovered'' America, but in all reality, he stole it from the Native Americans.

''After 400 years, I've got no choices''. When this song was written, it had been about 400 years since slavery was outlawed.
(2) KRS-One probably put slavery in a song about police brutality because it's similar in a lot ways. Even though slavery had been outlawed while this song was written, it still overlaps in multiple ways. For example, a black male may be stopped and frisked simply for the fact that he looks ''similar to a suspect''.
(3) ''And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest'' This is my favorite line in this song. It's my favorite because it's still relevant today. Mainly black men have been, and are still being assaulted simply for them ''looking suspicious''.

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"The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation-Comparing a slave owner to the policed because they both try and control things and strike fear into people-Comparing a slave owner to the police because they both try and control things and strike fear into people.
"The overseer had the right to get ill

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill

The officer has the right to arrest

And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest-Comparing how when African-Americans were enslaved if they fought back the slave owners had the right to kill and how if you tried to fight the officer back they would put a hole in your chest.

"First show a little respect, change your behavior

Change your attitude, change your plan

There could never really be justice on stolen land".-This stood out to me because he actually brought up the fact that we are on stolen land.