Law and Order

Gotta have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land Gotta have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Ever since the day the world first began People been dyin' from the hands of the sinner man (help!) We're not living by the laws of the Constitution Somebody's got to come up with a better solution It's your duty (your duty) to report a crime As so soon could be your life or it could be mine Gotta have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land Hey, we gotta have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Oh, I don't like the way they're robbin' and they're killin' Young folks dying from the drugs they've been given (help!) Why can't we live next door to one another? Do our children have to know the meaning of trouble Only way we're gonna ever live in peace Is lock up the criminals, and throw away the key (oh, oh, oh) Gotta have law and order in this land (law and order, yeah, yeah) If we're ever gonna see the promised land Hey, we gotta have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Oh yeah Hmm, crime don't pay Rape, robbin' and stealin' That ain't nothin but dirty, dirty dealin' Hmm, mm, yeah Gotta have law and order in this land (good thing that we gotta have) If we're ever gonna see the promised land (yeah, yeah) Gotta have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Gotta have law and order in this land (law) If we're ever gonna see the promised land (yeah-yeah) Gotta have law and order in this land (if we're gonna live in peace we gotta have) We may never get to come this way again, hey (oh) Will we ever learn to live in peace? While I been tryin' to help you and me (Mmh) law and order (Mmh) gotta have law and order (Mmh) law and order (Mmh) gotta have law and order (Mmh) law and order (Mmh) gotta have law and order (Mmh) law and order (Mmh) gotta have law and order Somebody stop that boy from taking their faith as placable Somebody call the law, I gotta take a look Law and order Gotta have law and order Law and order Gotta have law and order (help!) If you can commit a crime (law and order) Brother, you can do some time (gotta have law and order) Law and order Gotta have law and order (help!) Yeah (law and order) Yeah-yeah (gotta have law and order) (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order, help!) Will it ever learn? (law and order) (Gotta have law and order) no, no Will it ever learn? (law and order) (Gotta have law and order, help!) Law and order Gotta have law and order Law and order Gotta have law and order (help!) Law and order Gotta have law and order Yeah (law and order) (Gotta have law and order, help!) You know, don't you know? (law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Teach the kids while they're in school C'mon and teach them all the golden rules, ooh Teach them love and harmony Connecting the world, we're all in need Yeah We live in peace in the ghetto In peace in the city So much cryin' in the streets The dark of quitting All my friends that I know Are locked up in the plane, yeah (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Don't think you could get away If you rob a bank today Can I get called by the FBI? I could tell your face don't lie They got bloodhounds to sniff you out No matter where you are So, don't you think if they rob a pill That you're gonna make it fine Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh (If you're gonna be the man) Don't go break it off (Oh, you can loose the title) No, no, no, no, no Don't break it off (If you're gonna be the man) No, no, no, no, no (Oh, you can loose the title) No, no, no, no, no, no, no Ooh, ooh (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Tell the wale (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order, help!) Nation and nation (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Tell all the beautiful people (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Call a new president (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Law and order, law and order (Law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Law and order, law and order (law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Law and order, law and order (law and order) (Gotta have law and order) Law and order, law and order (law and order) Yeah Law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law (Gotta have law and orde, help!) Gotta have law and order in this land (good thing that we gotta have) If we're ever gonna see the promised land (yeah) Gotta have law and order in this land (Gotta have law and order in this land) We may never get to come this way again Gotta have law and order in this land (law) If we're ever gonna see the promised land (yeah) Gotta have law and order in this land (if we're gonna live in peace) We may never get to come this way again