I was playing golf recently with my regular group. Good guys, all. Patriots.
One of them brought up a Geico commercial he’d seen and thought it was clever. It’s the one where kids are selling lemonade and everyone keeps asking, “is that Ice T?”
Turns out Ice-T is sitting on a lawn chair in the background. He says, “no, it’s lemonade. Can’t you read the sign?”
Humorous… until you start to let it sink in that Trump is being vilified for bragging about how women line up for you when you’re rich, saying that they’ll let you do anything to them. (Somehow this has been characterized as Trump admitting sexual assault. It’s not assault when they let you.) Trump would probably be denied a spot in a Geico commercial.
But not this guy, Ice T, and one of his most famous “songs”———->
Cop Killer
Ice T’s voice:
This is dedicated to some personal friends of mine.
The LAPD.
For every cop that has taken advantage of somebody, beat em down or hurt em, because they have long hair, listen to the wrong kinda music, wrong color, whatever they thought was the reason to do it.
For every one of those f*ckin’ police, I’d like to take a pig out here in this parking lot and shoot em in their motherf*ckin’ face.
I got my black shirt on.
I got my black gloves on.
I got my ski mask on.
This sh!t’s been too long.
I got my twelve gauge sawed off.
I got my headlights turned off.
I’m ’bout to bust some shots off.
I’m ’bout to dust some cops off.
I’m a cop killer, better you than me.
Cop killer, f*ck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your family’s grieving,
(f*ck ’em!)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even, ha ha.
I got my brain on hype.
Tonight will be your night.
I got this long-a$$ed knife.
And your neck looks just right.
My adrenaline’s pumpin’.
I got my stereo bumpin’.
I’m ’bout to kill me somethin’.
A pig stopped me for nuthin’!
Cop killer, better you than me.
Cop killer, f*ck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your momma’s grieving,
(f*ck her!)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even, yeah!
Die, die, die pig, die!
F*ck the police!
F*ck the police!
F*ck the police!
F*ck the police!
Yeah!
Cop killer, better you than me.
I’m a cop killer, f*ck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your family’s grieving,
(f*ck ’em!)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even, ha ha ha ha, yeah!
F*ck the police!
F*ck the police!
F*ck the police!
F*ck the police!
Break it down.
F*ck the police, yeah!
F*ck the police, for darryl gates.
F*ck the police, for rodney king.
F*ck the police, for my dead homies.
F*ck the police, for your freedom.
F*ck the police, don’t be a pu$$y.
F*ck the police, have some muthaf*ckin’ courage.
F*ck the police, sing along.
Cop killer!
Cop killer!
Cop killer!
Cop killer!
Cop killer! what do you want to be when you grow up?
Cop killer! good choice.
Cop killer! I’m a muthaf*ckin’
Cop killer!
Cop killer, better you than me.
Cop killer, f*ck police brutality!
Cop killer, I know your momma’s grieving,
(f*ck her!)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What a great spokesman for Geico, no?
Maybe Ice-T will be in Hillary’s cabinet. Or maybe he’ll be the next black president!
By the way, the golfing buddy wasn’t aware of the Ice-T song, and he’ll most likely not enjoy the commercial as much the next time he catches it.
Ironically he made a lot of money playing a cop on TV.
I’ve seen that commercial. I didn’t get it because I didn’t know who the black guy was. Now I’m pissed. In case you don’t know what GEICO stands for its Government Employees Insurance Corporation. They were the last insurance company I would go to before, now I have a another good reason.
Bad brad- 13 year and running playing a cop.
Ice T was a pioneer in calling out his hood rat cousins using hip-hop music back in the 80’s. I agree the lyrics of this song sound horrible, but they are actually telling a story. It’s not a promotion of the act, it is identifying it.
Ice-T, was one of many hip-hop artists at the time promoting words over action. They were essentially trying to bust up the gangs, they wanted thugs to rap instead of rape. It was a message, not a call to action.
Remember the movie Colors?
Uhhh. no. I lived in LA during that time. You saw something the rest of LA didn’t, I guess. lol
The gangstas in Culver City and outwards would blast his (and other rapper’s music) as they crept up on a person or a house or another car to start shooting. (Drive by’s). Half of my ex’s cousins were into that, and they’re in jail right now. So no, they didn’t see it as an art, they saw it as a boost to their reputation, because someone was honoring that shit.
That filthy fukkin racist Jamie Foxx (Eric Bishop) does Verizon commercials and nobody gives a fuck.
We have jettisoned western culture (and civilization) and adopted the “culture” of the slugs, thugs, and parasites.
Just a guess, but the wiggers outnumber the … well … #BLMers now.
izlamo delenda est …
Considering that GEICO is owned by oligarch Warren Buffet, is this any real surprise?
warren buffet is another good reason to avoid geico.
MJA, The pavement apes obviously interpreted it differently. But ice-T and numerous others never promoted it as such. They were staunchly against gangs/thug life and to this day still are.
Remember what GEICO is: “Government Employee Insurance COmpany” Really.
Progressive Insurance was named by it’s founder, a huge big old Lefty progressive!!!
F*ck ’em all. Feed ’em fish heads and rice.
Welcome to BRA Whitey..You let it happen..
@ OLD OAKS
Trump was just promoting anti-sexual assault through poetry, on a bus, with Billy Bush.
Ice T’s voice:
This is dedicated to some personal friends of mine.
The LAPD.
For every cop that has taken advantage of somebody, beat em down or hurt em, because they have long hair, listen to the wrong kinda music, wrong color, whatever they thought was the reason to do it.
For every one of those f*ckin’ police, I’d like to take a pig out here in this parking lot and shoot em in their motherf*ckin’ face.
~~~~~~~~~~~
I feel so stupid having not caught the nuance that this was anti-anti-cop killing.
I’m sure the, what do you call them over and over again, pavement apes, got the subtleties and ironic interplay of the deep and clever Ice T. Pavement apes are smart that way.
The fact that this was bought and blasted on boom boxes by pavement apes, and not quietly played in the background at a William Safire brunch, kind of belies the entire “this was actually wry social commentary and good for society” bullshit.
…if it looks like a thug, talks like a thug and acts like a thug…is a thug!
Nope
He’s a thug. Not gonna give him a pass on those lyrics unless he renounces them and apologizes profusely for the damage he hath created…..
Never heard of him I don’t have tv only old books.