I have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Ever since the state of war first began People been dying from the hands of the salamanders We're not living by the laws of the constitution Somebody's got to come up with a better solution It's your duty to order crime And it's your sin to be your life or it to be mine I have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again I don't like the way they're robbing and they're killing Young folks dying from the drugs they've been given Why can't we live next door to one another? Do our children have to know the meaning of love? The only way we're gonna ever live in peace Is by the prohibition and throwing the keys I have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Yeah I have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again I have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again Oh Will we ever learn to live in peace? While they're trying to hurt you and me I have law and order in this land I have law and order in this land If we're ever gonna see the promised land I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again I have law and order in this land We may never get to come this way again You can come out and cry Brother, you can lose some time Yeah, yeah, yeah Will we ever learn? No, no Will we ever learn? Law and order, gotta have law and order Law and order, gotta have law and order Law and order, gotta have law and order Yeah, let's learn, won't you know? Teach the kids while they're in school Come on and teach them all to go the rule Teach them love and harmony Cause that's the world we're in need Yeah We need peace in the ghetto, peace in the city So much crime in the streets, the dogs are pretty So much crime in the streets, the dogs are pretty All my friends that I know are locked up in the blitz, yeah Don't think you're gonna get away, hey If you ride with me today You might get caught by the FBI I can tell you they don't lie You got blood on your hands, they'll snip you out, don't matter where you're at Now don't you think you're gonna make it by If you ride with me today You might get caught by the FBI Now don't you think you're gonna make it by If you ride with me today You might get caught by the FBI Oh no Turn the world Nation by nation Turn all my beautiful people Call up your president Gotta have law and order Gotta have law and order Don't you know we gotta have it 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 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