After 400 years, I've got no choices
- Which means after all the time that has passed since slavery, there is still a repeating cycle of racial profiling, discrimination, and minorities in our world today. 

2) KRS-One  rapped about a slavery in a song about police brutality because the two topics have similar traits. Slavery dealt with the backlash upon African Americans and so does police brutality. 

3) My favorite lyric from the song is "You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that" this is my favorite lyric because it shows the hypocrite traits that most officers have and how they overuse their title of being a "police officer" and think that they can get away with anything and still do wrong.

Officer, officer, officer, officer

- KRS-one was comparing an overseer,  which was usually a white man who would abuse slaves to show "dominance" , to an officer to show how they sound the same ; they act the same.
2. There could never really be justice on stolen land
- He is talking about how europeans came to America and basically stole the land from the native-americans , but claimed it as theirs. 

KRS-One would rap about slavery in a police brutality song because there are a lot of similarities in the way cops treat P.O.C. now and how an overseer would treat P.O.C back then. 

Favorite Part : 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
- I liked this part because it makes a connection and makes you really feel the song.

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill"
Ths is saying that the overseer which is a slave owner could kill you if you tried fighting back.
I think he was rapping about slavery because black people were treated so bad and people thought down on them and KRS is showing how they are still being treated the same way. And with police brutality its the same exact thing as being treated as slaves.

"After 400 years, I've got no choices"
This line then shows how even after all of this time has past and slavery no longer exist there are still deep restrictions on black people, and they still have to do what the white man wants in order to have a decent life. Giving them no true choice in anything. They used to have to obey the overseer now they have to obey the officer.

You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!

-This is meaning that just by the name alone you can find a similarity between an officer and an overseer. 
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

-Both the officer and overseer could kill you for fighting back against them.
KRS-one would rap about slavery in a song about police brutality because they both go hand in hand. There is not much of a difference between police brutality and slavery. Police brutality is just modern day slavery with a different name. 
Repeat it very quickly in a crew, for example

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 because it really opened my eyes to how closely the names relate to one another. I would have never thought to put two and two together like that.

And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill"
These lines stood out to me above the other lines because it greatly explains how you cannot fight back or stand up for who you are to the cops because they can say they have the right to kill you. The officers had all power over these people which made African-Americans stand down and deal with what the officers threw at them.

 Native Americans had the land but the white people stole the land from them.
       -Are you really for peace and equality? 
They say everyone should be treated equally but people are still getting racially profiled

(2) KRS was rapping about slavery because both police brutality and Slavery have a lot of similarities. They have a negative impact and they both target African Americans. 

(3)My favorite part of the song is Are you really for peace and equality?

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

The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing."  he made this comparison to show how just like in slavery days there was and overseer and how today's police officers act as overseers and do the same a overseer would do.
1)"The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation." he made this comparison to show how the same way overseer road around the plantation looking for a problem 400 years later officers our doing the same thing. 
2) i feel he raps about slavery in a police brutality song because he feels history is repeating itself with how overseers treated slaves and how officers treat Black men now.

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

(Woop-woop!) I hear it all day

Just so they can run the light and be upon their way. 
This is my favorite because it stood out that after all those years some things still haven't changed.

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

-  The slave owner had the right to kill slaves if he felt the need 
After 400 years, I've got no choices

-  Even after slavery, black people are still struggling
KRS-One raps about slavery in a song about police brutality because he doesn't see a difference between police brutality and slavery and that after 400 years there is still no change.
Officer, officer, officer, officer

Yeah, officer from overseer
- That was my favorite part of the song because that when I connected slavery to his song and both of the words sound similar.

 

Officer, officer, officer, officer

Yeah, officer from overseer

explanation 1- 
Back during slavery we could call an overseer a slave owner, such as them watching over their slaves. In the song he gave police officers the name overseer because they feel as if they have the power to look over us (African Americans) as something they can control.
2) There could never really be justice on stolen land

explanation 2- 
This gives the meaning of how whites came to America and stole our land, and or took it over like it was theirs.

The officer has the right to arrest

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

These sentences stood out the most because, it literally still happens till this day, police brutally and racial profile, and just because a person fights back or reaching for something, some cops shoot to kill.

The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing."  he made this comparison to show how just like in slavery days there was and overseer and how today's police officers act as overseers and do the same a overseer would do.
1)"The overseer rode around the plantation

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation." he made this comparison to show how the same way overseer road around the plantation looking for a problem 400 years later officers our doing the same thing. 
2) i feel he raps about slavery in a police brutality song because he feels history is repeating itself with how overseers treated slaves and how officers treat Black men now.

3) "(Woop-woop!) I hear it all day

Just so they can run the light and be upon their way." i like this verse the most because ive seen police officers have there sirens on then just turn them off out of no where! 

Change your attitude, change your plan

I would say that this part of the song is one of my favorite because it really speaks truth. Showing at least a little bit of respect, changing their behavior,changing their attitude, and changing their plan.  All this really just speaks to the police and it puts a little bit of "slavery" into the song and a pounding idea that should be thought about by the police .

The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation¨ this could mean that the police rode around where the african americans were looking for them instead of watching and protecting the nation. 
2- ¨After 400 years, I've got no choices¨ these lyrics could mean that slavery has been going on for so long that african americans have no choice to be treated the way they are being treated. I think KRS meant