1 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:42,479 Pistol Shots 2 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:44,539 Put in a prison cell 3 00:00:44,539 --> 00:00:47,079 But one time he could have been 4 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:49,259 The champion of the world 5 00:00:49,259 --> 00:01:00,909 Three bodies lying there 6 00:01:00,909 --> 00:01:02,009 There's Patty C 7 00:01:02,009 --> 00:01:04,109 And another man named Bello 8 00:01:04,109 --> 00:01:05,769 Moving around mysteriously 9 00:01:05,769 --> 00:01:08,090 I didn't do what he says 10 00:01:08,090 --> 00:01:09,670 And he throws up his hands 11 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:11,430 I was only robbing the register 12 00:01:11,430 --> 00:01:13,310 I hope you understand 13 00:01:13,310 --> 00:01:15,950 I saw him leave and he says 14 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:16,870 And he stops 15 00:01:16,870 --> 00:01:20,609 One of us had better call up the cops 16 00:01:20,609 --> 00:01:23,709 And so Patty calls the cops 17 00:01:23,709 --> 00:01:26,989 And they arrive on the scene 18 00:01:26,989 --> 00:01:31,829 With their red lights flashing in a hot New Jersey night 19 00:01:31,829 --> 00:01:44,010 While far away in another part of town 20 00:01:44,010 --> 00:01:47,549 Ruben Carter and a couple of friends are driving around 21 00:01:47,549 --> 00:01:51,090 Number one contender for the middleweight crown 22 00:01:51,090 --> 00:01:55,030 Had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down 23 00:01:55,030 --> 00:01:58,269 When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road 24 00:01:58,269 --> 00:02:01,930 Just like the time before and the time before that 25 00:02:01,930 --> 00:02:05,090 In Patterson, that's just the way things go 26 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:10,090 If you're black, you might as well not show up on the street 27 00:02:10,090 --> 00:02:13,710 Unless you wanna draw the heat 28 00:02:13,710 --> 00:02:25,129 Partner already had a rap for the cops 29 00:02:25,129 --> 00:02:28,650 Him and other Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around 30 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:32,409 He said, I saw two men running out, they looked like middleweights 31 00:02:32,409 --> 00:02:36,289 Jumped into a white car without upstate plates 32 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:39,449 And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head 33 00:02:39,449 --> 00:02:43,050 The cop said, wait a minute boys, this one's not dead 34 00:02:43,050 --> 00:02:45,650 So they took him to the infirmary 35 00:02:45,650 --> 00:02:49,449 And though this man could hardly see 36 00:02:49,449 --> 00:02:53,530 He told me, could I identify the guilty man? 37 00:02:53,530 --> 00:03:13,330 The wounded man looks up to his one dying eye 38 00:03:13,330 --> 00:03:17,050 Say why'd you bring him in here for he ain't the guy 39 00:03:17,050 --> 00:03:20,289 Here's the story of the hurricane 40 00:03:20,289 --> 00:03:24,229 The man the authorities came to blame 41 00:03:24,229 --> 00:03:27,370 For something that he never done 42 00:03:27,370 --> 00:03:31,210 Put in a prison cell but one time 43 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:35,729 He could have been the champion of the world 44 00:03:35,729 --> 00:03:47,210 Four months later, the ghetto's on flame