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(I don't know if you can, but can you get an order for Ons, that's O-N-S,
Junior Market, the address is 1934 East Anaheim, all the windows are
Busted out,... if he wants to)
April 26th, 1992
There was a riot on the streets
Tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV
While I was participating in some anarchy
First spot we hit it was my liquor store
I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford
With red lights flashin', time to retire
And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire
Next stop we hit, it was the music shop,
It only took one brick to make the window drop
Finally we got our own P.A.
Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today?
(Call fire... respond Mobil station. Alamidos in Anaheim, it's uhh flaming up good)
When we returned to the pad to unload everything
It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings
So once again we filled the van until it was full
Since that day my livin' room's been much more comfortable
Cause everybody in the hood has had it up to here
It's getting harder, and harder, and harder each and every year
Some kids went in a store with their mother
I saw her when she came out she was gettin' some Pampers
They said it was for the black man
They said it was for the mexican
But not for the white man
But if you look at the streets, it wasn't about Rodney King
It's this fucked-up situation and these fucked-up police
It's about comin' up and stayin' on top
And screamin' 1-8-7 on a mother fuckin' cop
It's ain't in the paper, it's on the wall
National guard
Smoke from all around
(Units be advised of an attempt 211 to arrest now at 938 Temple, 9-3-8
Temple, many subjects with bats trying to get inside the CB's House, they're trying to kill him)
Cuz' as long as I'm alive, I'ma live illegal
Let it burn
Wanna let it burn, wanna let it burn
Wanna wanna let it burn
(I feel insane)
Riots on the streets of Miami
Whoa, riots on the streets of Chicago
On the streets of Long Beach
In San Francisco
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
Tuskaloosa, Alabama
Cleveland, Ohio
Fountain Valley, Paramount, Vista Buelle
Eugene, Oregon
Eureka, California
Hesperia
Santa Barbara
Winnemucca, Nevada
Phoenix, Arizona
San Diego
Lakeland, Florida
Fuckin' 29 Palms
(Need a unit to, structure fire and numerous subjects looting)
(10-15 to get rid of this looter)
Junior Market, the address is 1934 East Anaheim, all the windows are
Busted out,... if he wants to)
April 26th, 1992
There was a riot on the streets
Tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV
While I was participating in some anarchy
First spot we hit it was my liquor store
I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford
With red lights flashin', time to retire
And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire
Next stop we hit, it was the music shop,
It only took one brick to make the window drop
Finally we got our own P.A.
Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today?
(Call fire... respond Mobil station. Alamidos in Anaheim, it's uhh flaming up good)
When we returned to the pad to unload everything
It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings
So once again we filled the van until it was full
Since that day my livin' room's been much more comfortable
Cause everybody in the hood has had it up to here
It's getting harder, and harder, and harder each and every year
Some kids went in a store with their mother
I saw her when she came out she was gettin' some Pampers
They said it was for the black man
They said it was for the mexican
But not for the white man
But if you look at the streets, it wasn't about Rodney King
It's this fucked-up situation and these fucked-up police
It's about comin' up and stayin' on top
And screamin' 1-8-7 on a mother fuckin' cop
It's ain't in the paper, it's on the wall
National guard
Smoke from all around
(Units be advised of an attempt 211 to arrest now at 938 Temple, 9-3-8
Temple, many subjects with bats trying to get inside the CB's House, they're trying to kill him)
Cuz' as long as I'm alive, I'ma live illegal
Let it burn
Wanna let it burn, wanna let it burn
Wanna wanna let it burn
(I feel insane)
Riots on the streets of Miami
Whoa, riots on the streets of Chicago
On the streets of Long Beach
In San Francisco
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
Tuskaloosa, Alabama
Cleveland, Ohio
Fountain Valley, Paramount, Vista Buelle
Eugene, Oregon
Eureka, California
Hesperia
Santa Barbara
Winnemucca, Nevada
Phoenix, Arizona
San Diego
Lakeland, Florida
Fuckin' 29 Palms
(Need a unit to, structure fire and numerous subjects looting)
(10-15 to get rid of this looter)
Lyrics submitted by The Big Andowski
Track duration: 03:53
"April 29, 1992 (Miami)" as written by Bradley James Nowell, Lawrence Krsone Parker, Marshall Raymond Goodman, Mike Happoldt
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Brings up a picture of the liquor store that got looted in the song.
I tl;dr'd most of this, so if someone else answered this question then excuse me. What I want to know is this...did Brad really participate in the riots? Did he cop a bunch of gear at the liquor, music, and furniture stores? Man, that has been bugging me for years, since the first time I ever heard this song.
BTW, concerning the discrepancy between the title and the lyrics, it's said that Brad simply messed up the lyrics to the song, but since this particular take sounded so good they decided to keep it. That's why the title, and the date of the actual start of rioting, is April 29...whilst the lyrics actually say April 26.
I found this video to reflect what the current college generation is going through...worth a watch or two
1934 E Anaheim
Long Beach, CA 90813
A & Cherry Liquor is 1936, so apparently the building in the police chatter is now a parking lot.
Was the damage so severe they simply razed the place?