Cop Killer (song)

1992 song performed by Body Count

"Cop Killer" is a very controversial song by the music group Body Count. It is off their 1992 self entitled album. The lyrics are sung in the first person of a single who is mad because of the police brutality and thinks to take the law into his own hands by killing violent, mad police officers. The song, which lyricist Ice T said it to be as a "protest record."[2] It was made in 1990, and was mostly inspired by bands like Talking Heads.[3]

"Cop Killer"
Song by Body Count
from the album Body Count
Released1992[1]
Recorded1991
GenreHardcore punk, Speed metal[1]
Length3:15
LabelSire/Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)Ice-T
Ernie C
Producer(s)Ice-T
Ernie C
Body Count singles chronology
"There Goes the Neighborhood"
(1992)
"Cop Killer"
(1992)
"Hey Joe"
(1993)

Track listing change

No. Title Length
1. "There Goes the Neighborhood"   4:01
2. "Voodoo"   5:01
3. "Bowels of the Devil"   3:43
4. "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight"   6:11
5. "Cop Killer"   3:15

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). "Freedom of Speech". Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 127–140. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.
  2. Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-33629-0.
  3. "Body Count". Escapi Music Group. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-24.