Vic Mensa - 16 Shots Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
Ready for the war we got our boots strapped
100 deep on Stage Street
Where the troops at?
The mayor lying saying he didn't see the video footage
On the South side where it's no trauma centers, but the most trauma
A lot of cannons but you don't want no drama
I can't imagine if it was my own mama
Got her first born son stole from her, he never had a chance
And we all know its cause he black
Shot 'em 16 times, how fucked up is that?
Now the police superintendent wanna double back
Cops speeding up to the block like a runnin' back
Tension is high, man these niggas is irate
You can see it in they eyes, they wanna violate
Murder they mind state
I just made me a mil' and still militant
This ain't conscious rap, this shit ignorant
Nigga, hair trigger
Ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun
When I cock back, police better run
[Hook:]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, fuck 12
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, fuck 12
16 shots
And we buckin' back
16 shots
16 shots
And we buckin' back
16 shots
[Verse 2:]
They threw a little girl down on the pavement
Pushed her off the bike and said, "Stay out the way, bitch"
She was bleedin' on the ground through her braces
This is what happens when niggas don't stay in their places
The mayor duckin' when he fired the superintendent
But resignation come with bonuses and recognition
So we gon' break in the stores on Magnificent Mile
And if we gotta go, let's go to prison in style
Cops killin' kids and stayin' out of jail
But Bobby Shmurda can't even catch bail
So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Now I got everybody yellin' out, "Fuck 12"
[Hook:]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, fuck 12
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, fuck 12
16 shots
And we buckin' back
16 shots
16 shots
And we buckin' back
16 shots
[Refrain:]
There's a war on drugs, but the drugs keep winnin'
There's a war on guns, but the guns keep ringin'
[Verse 3:]
Me and Lord got a clip with an extendo
And we rollin' with it, hangin' out the window
We on 16th ridin' by the police station
We might make a pork rind out of pig, bro
Somebody tell these mothafuckas keep they hands off me
I ain't a mothafuckin' slave, keep your chains off me
You better hope this 9 millimeter jam on me
Or get blown, I hope you got your body cam turnt on
Fuck a black cop too, that's the same fight
You got a badge, bitch, but you still ain't white
This for Laquan on sight, when you see Van Dyke
Tell him I don't bring a knife to a gunfight
[Hook:]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, fuck 12
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, fuck 12
16 shots
And we buckin' back
16 shots
16 shots
And we buckin' back
16 shots
[Refrain:]
There's a war on drugs, but the drugs keep winnin'
There's a war on guns, but the guns keep ringin'
Singin'
[Bridge:]
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
Mu-u-u-u-murderer, murderer
[Outro - Jeffrey Neslund:]
The video shows Laquan walking southbound down the middle of Pulaksi, which is a four lane street in Chicago, two lanes going northbound, two lanes going southbound. There are squad cars visible in front of him and also squadcars behind him. The dash cam video is from one of the responding units which was trailing Laquan approximately 20 to 25 feet behind him. The shooter's squad car is visible as it drives past Laquan and parks in the middle of Pulaski behind another squad car. Two officers then exit that vehicle with their guns draw. At that point, Laquan begins to walk away from the officers on a southwest angle towards the sidewalk. What Laquan is about 12 to 15 feet away from the officers, the width of an entire lane of the southbound traffic, one officer begins shooting. Laquan immediately spins to the ground and the video then shows that the officer continues to shoot Laquan multiple times as he lays in the street. 16 seconds pass from the time Laquan hits the ground until the last visible puff of smoke rises from his torso area. An officer then approaches Laquan, stands over him and appears to shout something as he kicks the knife out of his hand
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Vic Mensa 16 Shots Comments
I got a 12 tatted on my middle finger. Way before this ever came out
y'all seen the new stuff Vic has been making? makes me so mad
Laquan was his brother. He want all black people to be bulletproof and not all white people to Force black people
I Miss Innanetape/There's A Lot Going On/Kids These Days/Down On My Luck Vic.
Come on y’all, we can get this video up to 2 million views
Anyone watching this in 2019 or 2020
👇pliz
A lot of people won't get the point of this music video. It's all about police brutality and excessive use of force. It's the same here in The Netherlands. Saw it many times. Innocent people get slapped arround with battons. Now they want to give Tasers to the police here. I am worried, because a lot of people died by this "non-leathel" weopon
The footage makes me cry
We have to face that the world will never be fixed
What happens bro
Bro he preaching the truth behind the lies this song means so much
This. ☝️This is why us "SJWs" exist. To stop things like these from happening. To end racism and sexism and homophobia and transphobia to a point where we're living in harmony and maybe. Juuust maybe, the world will be a better place. Why use the term "SJW" as an insult, anyways? That's like calling a Police Officer a "Justice Warrior" any time they wanted to stop someone from doing crime making America have the highest crime rate in the world all because people don't wanna hear the opinions of "Justice Warriors". Even worse, we could've bullied the Police by simply calling them "Justice Warriors" and telling them to their face how stupid they are for believing that the world could be better. That's what we leftists feel and the Social Justice wave only started because of Laquan's death and others afterwards. Unless we can get Police Officers to stop killing black people, end the stigma around mental health and the LGBTQ2S+ scene and end all capitalism and fascism and do everything we can to stop or even mitigate climate change, the world will continue down a path of self-assured destruction to the point where things are already so bad, it's too late to do anything about it and all there is to do, is just wait for the inevitable end.
We really need to study our native spirituality. Nobody messed with the Egyptians in the past. It's time to take our power back. Murder is wrong. Western society tells you that it is necessary. We are being poisoned by this Western system. No more wars, no more borders, no more killing. This is not the purpose of the human on the earth.
Police killed my brother back in 2013 so this song always hits extra close every time i listen to it
stay strong wherever you are.
Who here from wild n out
Free bobby shmurda 1:44
There's Alot Going On
This for laquan on sight When you see van dyke tell him I don't bring a knife to a gun fight #16shots #fuck12 #fuckjasonvandyke
Damn this some heartbreaking shit right here
💔🖤2019
I was always intrigued how a soldier in the Middle East could differentiate a villager with an AK from an insurgent with one yet our police are afraid of everyone & everything
Homie what happened to you?
The old vic
Anyone here from his new vid wondering wtf happened lol
This for Laquan on sight When you see van dyke tell him i don’t bring a knife to a gun fight
The Sergeant and the two officers involved with writing a lying report just got dismissed from the police force.....in 2019! A small victory.
Also, the family was given 5 million.
This the Vic I love
Currently watching Vic Mensa and MSNBC, so decided to look him up. He stands by his words. New fan.
This is fire
1 like one prayer for peace
It's 2019 and this song isn't well promoted... This song is powerful.
Alyssa Masewicz That’s because people are still mad at him for dissing X! They are that bitter!
Miss this vic
F u c k 1 2
I want to do a video on Laquan. When I saw that footage it made me so upset!
Ok now this is “This is America”
Wow Vic must be doing something wrong for his music not getting the buzz that it deserves bcoz this isn't bad at all
This is too powerful
Vic gets a lot of hate but he a real one when he gone everybody gon dickride him shout out Vic!!!
3:14 is my favorite hook
2019 and still listening
I was on your side till you dissed x
That is not what thay intend this is rude ok you can live in a world where this is no law inforce ment and you can see how long you servive
I don't know why I haven't heard about this song sooner,nevermind i know why.
I just wanted to add this...when detectives arrived they went to a burger king across the street and made them delete the surveillance footage
my ex showed me this song 2 years ago
Julias Malema mentioned such atrocities in his manifesto in RSA
Mariah carey
Who's the one singing at 2:12?
stefflon don
Fuck Van Dyke. ACAB
Shits weak lol
It is weak when public servants turn in to cold blooded killers
Barriacade L
No X fans can find us here.
Try again but nah this shit flames we need this the vic we need at all times
Thank you
Listen I know Vic dissed x but he makes damn good music
not anymore smh
Polarized I feel like Vic is gonna be on top soon but not in the rap game though.. because he’s experimenting so much with rock lmao
Think Man That was just one album. And it was a group project. His next album will be a rap album
Hell, yeah. Plus them two niggas the same person, Vic Mensa is just the older and more devloped X. Well I should say X was a young version of Vic Mensa. Ppl are corny and overly emotional, which is funny since both are emo rappers which we are fans of lol, plus it's cool to act as if you are an X fan now so by proxy it's cool to hate on Vic.
And so we see the beautiful evolution of Vic Mensa from the orange soda family matters kids these days Vic to the beast he is today. We all need to rise the way he has man all is one one is all. ✊🏼 Chicago loves you kid
#StillAlive
16 shots is reserved for shooting hadjis in Iraq and Afghanistan for oil of course
After watching this 12 times cause it go hard, I realized the (likely unintended) message is that we do all that talking about retaliation against cops then when the time comes we get " let there be peace", "hands up dont shoot", then go home.😒
Maybe if you weren’t such dumbasses they wouldn’t have a reason to shoot anyone
oink oink
Masterpiece
if you like vic he was on intercepted its on tune in. thats how i found out bout this guy. edukate yaself lol
educate* yourself*
Kareem Abdul-jabbar I found out about him because of that U Mad song that he did with Kanye West
If he didn't diss xxx I would have liked him
I don't care that he dissed X his music is still good
nobody cares lmao xx fans are little white boys stick to logic and them
inner-blade. 236
Mom: Victora bring yo ass out here now .
Victora:NO TANK HEAD OUT THERE
tank head would smash vic 100%@Yung Grandma
daily life corny lmfao
My favorite Vic song!!!!!
nice concept but the song sucks
“All we do is swirl and we drop niggas”
They shoot to kill balcks and browns, RIP Gabriel miss you bruh😔 same fucking way too.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏋️♀️
Vic is a n artist
Underrated
dammm he took 16 shots to his career damn.
Over X Lmaooo
I came her to shit on him because of x but I kinda like it
Van Dyke: Guilty verdicts all around. Justice was served today.
*raps about having 'shootas' and killing people* "bruh police tho..."
The thumbs down came from confused racist white kids who love rapp
And X fans
very powerful song, love it!
I’ll admit it’s okay but picking on a dead man then rubbing it in front of his moms face idc how good you’re music is guy stfu btw I’m talking about the BET cypher
Trip was right
It’s because y’all don’t listen to the cops
you're like 10 go worry about streaming some more fortnite
Austin Oliphant true shit
not really bro ik from experience
Damn, this was 2 years ago and this the 1st time I come across this. WTF!!! This is fire. Vic Mensa is underrated AF.
boiii i heard chief gava you russ spot on the L list
Hot trash
Damn russ jr kinda got bars , still a bitch though
Ass juice
who else here after he dissed x at the BET awards?????
Damon...the crazy thing is laquan was shot right i font of my father work...may his soul Rest In Peace and that god will forgive him for his sins ❤️✈️
Hold this L
this whole video is painfully real, especially the last min
Ur rap is no good
This video depicts truth
#FUCKVIC
FUCK VIC
RIP X
Don't get shot in the neck and get robbed fam
50ksavage Good Savage ok stop listening to corny ass music
@BasedBobby like mumble SoundCloud rappers that they promote lean, pills, face tats, and different hair collr;
🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑
Im here after the van dyke trail, anybody else?
Did anybody else notice the murder murder reference?
pig got caught today!!
https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/2324329727596532/ - 16 shots, still not guilty of official misconduct..