Cop Killer (song)

"Cop Killer"
"Cop Killer"
Song by Body Count
from the album Body Count
Released	1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Hardcore punk, Speed metal
Length	3:15
Label	Sire/Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)	Ice-T; Ernie C
Producer(s)	Ice-T; Ernie C
Body Count singles chronology

"Cop Killer" is a very controversial song by the music group Body Count. It is off their 1992 self entitled album. The lyrics are sung in the first person of a single who is mad because of the police brutality and thinks to take the law into his own hands by killing violent, mad police officers. The song, which lyricist Ice T said it to be as a "protest record."^[2] It was made in 1990, and was mostly inspired by bands like Talking Heads.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	4:01
2.	"Voodoo"	5:01
3.	"Bowels of the Devil"	3:43
4.	"Momma's Gotta Die Tonight"	6:11
5.	"Cop Killer"	3:15

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). "Freedom of Speech". Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 127–140. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.
↑ Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-33629-0.
↑ "Body Count". Escapi Music Group. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

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[IceCentury-127-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). "Freedom of Speech". Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 127–140. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.

[IceOpinion-2] Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-33629-0.

[Escapi-3] "Body Count". Escapi Music Group. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

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