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911 Is a Joke Lyrics by Public Enemy

Fear of a Black Planet

1990

[Intro: Flavor Flav]
Hit me
Somebody call an ambulance
There's not a minute to spare
Don't worry
Haha, very funny, mother—
There's not a minute to spare
Don't worry
Going, going, gone
[Verse 1: Flavor Flav]
Now I dialed 911 a long time ago
Don't you see how late they're reactin'?
They only come and they come when they wanna
So get the morgue truck and embalm the goner
They don't care 'cause they stay paid anyway
They treat you like an ace that can't beat the trey
A no-use number with no-use people
If your life is on the line, then you're dead today
Latecomers with the late-comin' stretcher
That's a body bag in disguise, y'all, I'll betcha
I call 'em body snatchers 'cause they come to fetch ya
With an autopsy ambulance just to dissect ya
They are the kings 'cause they swing amputation
Lose you arms or legs to their miscalculation
I can prove it to you, watch the rotation
It all adds up to a fucked-up situation
[Chorus: Flavor Flav]
So get up, a-get, get, get down
911 is a joke in your town
Get up, a-get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown
Get up, a-get, get, get down
911 is a joke in your town
Get up, a-get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown
[Interlude: Flavor Flav]
911 is a joke
911 is a joke
[Verse 2: Flavor Flav]
Every day, they don't never come correct
You can ask my man right here with the broken neck
He's a witness to the job never bein' done
He would've been in full effect
But late 911 was a joke cause they all are jokin'
But they the token to your life when it's croakin'
They need to be in a pawn shop on 'em
911 is a joke, we don't want 'em
I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker
The doctors huddle up and call a flea flicker
Reason why I say that 'cause they flick you off like fleas
They be laughin' at you while you're crawlin' on your knees
And to the strength, so go the length
Thinkin' you are first when you really are tenth
You better wake up and smell the real flavor
'Cause 911 is a fake life-saver
[Chorus: Flavor Flav]
So get up, a-get, get, get down
911 is a joke in your town
Get up, a-get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown
Get up, a-get, get, get down
911 is a joke in your town
Get up, a-get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown
[Interlude: Flavor Flav]
Ah (911 is a joke)
Ah (Ah), ah (911 is a joke)
Flavor Flav says ah (Ah), ah (911 is a joke)
Ah (Ah), ah (911 is a joke)
[Chorus: Flavor Flav]
So get up, a-get, get, get down
911 is a joke in your town (911 is a joke)
Get up, a-get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown (911 is a joke)
Get up, a-get, get, get down
911 is a joke in your town (911 is a joke)
Get up, a-get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown (911 is a joke)
[Outro: Flavor Flav]
There's not a minute to spare
Don't worry
Somebody call an ambulance
(911 is a joke)
Somebody call an ambulance
There's not a minute to spare
Don't worry
(911 is a joke)
Somebody call an ambulance
Don't worry
There's not a minute to spare
(911 is a joke)
Somebody call an ambulance
There's not a minute to spare
Don't worry
(911 is a joke)
Credits
Public Enemy

Public Enemy

About “911 Is a Joke” by Public Enemy

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