Amandla - Cops & Robbers Lyrics

Cigarette burns
Left on water marks
You try to fake it but who do you think it is your fooling love
Take it from somebody who knows it, tell me what's the point

So you put on your jacket
And you step outside
Your body's shaking barely five steps away from having a heart attack
You tell me you've been going through changes, well who am I to judge

Ooh

We've been playing cops n robbers
Since we were just knee high
You'd run off into the darkness
I'd follow you all through the night

When did make pretend get so real
Sirens calling all the way down the street
Tell me who's side are we on
Swear i can't tell anymore

Ooh ooh ooooooh
Ooh ooh ooooooh

Now your heart is aching
And you're looking scared
You try to tell me what you're thinking but you're speaking at a thousand miles an hour
You said you never thought it'd get so dangerous, oh well I could've told you love

And in the night you see him
Everytime you close your eyes
You say he left you and he left you with a smoking gun
Oh what a price you pay
For your mistakes

Ooh

We've been playing cops n robbers
Since we were just knee high
You'd run off into the darkness
I'd follow you all through the night
Back when we were just sons and daughters
Wasting money on borrowed time
You'd say Go take the bag, take the money
Used to need a dollar just to get you high

When did make pretend get so real
Sirens calling all the way down the street
Tell me who's side are we on, swear i can't tell anymore

When'd your tired eyes get so sad
When did everything go so wrong
When did everybody else get so old
Swear i can't tell anymore
Swear i can't tell anymore
Swear i can't tell anymore
WE'VE BEEN PLAYING COPS AND ROBBERS

Ooh ooh ooooooh
Ooh ooh ooooooh

Now your hands are shackled
Reading your final rights
You try to hide it but the bruises show all over your body parts
Take it from somebody who knows it
At least you put up quite the fight