California Screaming - The Selecter

Once upon a time a king had a dream

Then three L.A. cops made another king scream

The Crips and the Boods said enough is enough

Where’s the peace and love when the going gets tough

California screaming

While America’s dreaming

California screaming

While America’s screaming california screaming

While America’s screaming

The haves have it all, the have nots have not

Did you hear about the teen queen stopped by a shot

Lying on the sidewalk dressed up in blood

A quiet L.A. evening in the summer of love

California screaming

While America’s dreaming

California screaming

While America’s screaming california screaming

While America’s screaming

The boy in the hood says he’s only thirteen

Chained up in gold but he thinks that he’s free

The price of his future is measured in grammes

Weighing him down in the city of the damned

California screaming

While America’s dreaming

California screaming

While America’s screaming california screaming

While America’s screaming

I want justice

I have been so blind to all the heartache and crying

All alone in my room

I never knew that you could be so cruel

'tho your cheatings gonna be your doom