`Freeze`, said the man cruisin` the beat
`You get your hands up and spread your feet`
`Don`t you move an inch`, I heard him say
`Or you`ll be doin` time `til the judgement day`
And he said `Don`t tell me no lies, give me alibise
`Cause if you cross my path, you`ll be doin` life`
It`s a dirty lie
Chorus:
It`s a shakedown
And it`s a nervous shakedown
A nervous shakedown
Another nervous shakedown
It`s a shakedown
And it`s a nervous shakedown
We got a shakedown
Another nervous shakedwon
It`s more like a set - up
`Take a dime`, said the man , `you can make one call
You get a one - way ticket to the County Hall`
Well, the judge looked high and I looked low
And when he smiled at me it was a one - man -show
He said `Two to five, the jury dicides
Double parole if you survive
It`s a dirty life