[Verse 1]

You wanted to protect and serve

In a tense England

Where your colour was your drawback in life

But you became a cop too

When they tried to stop you

Now the long arm of the laws is black and white

But most of your own force

Don’t see you as equal

Nor do your so call breed of people

You’re trying to get nationwide respect

But you haven’t even made it to the 90s yet

Anything could happen to the blacks in this country

Think about the power of the national front

These pigs just detest us

Call us “niggers” to offend us

So if you're with them you’re against us

None of them have ever done a serious crime

But the nature of the beast puts fear in the minds

Of the people you fight to make a difference for

You’re a lone soldier in the kingdoms war

[Hook]

Sometimes you take a side

To change the way it looks to you

The insiders didn't pull you through

Outsiders think you’re foolish too

At times you may decide

To leave things just the way they are

And we think we hate them and they hate us

But secretly we pray change comes

[Verse 2]

In spite of all the people that reckon your scum

You still crack on and get the job done

You’re a police man

And this is what you offered to do

You stop dealers, pimps and prostitutes

You’re not just trying to get rid of the drugs and sleaze

And make the underworld scream out

FUCK THE POLICE

But the last week you helped a pregnant woman

Start her car and found a large amount of cocaine under the seat

And it seems you were meant to be an enemy to everyone

But then you think more sensibly when you see your baby son staring back

You pray he’ll be just like his father in the future

Hopefully he’ll be a lot luckier than you are

You him in your arms and pray that all the good you're doing

Will give him the sort of life that nobody could ruin

Then you tuck him into bed and plant a kiss on his forehead

Then leave to start your shift

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Silent night the community's good as gold

And they've put you on foot patrol

Nobody's around on the little side road you’re on

You can’t find one crook in the cold

So you turn a corner a car pulls up on your left

And a masked man utters something under his breath

He fires to rounds and the first one misses

But the second one ends up in your chest

You never would have guessed it would end this way

But you can tell its over so you close your eyes and mentally pray

And as the getaway car pulls off with a screech

You ask that your baby remembers your face

The mortal would makes morning news

But only a widow is mourning you

And a man at a airport sells some flights

To one gentleman and his pregnant wife

[Hook]