作词 : Johnson, Young, Young

Freeze said the man cruising 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 doing time until the judgement day

And he said Don't tell me no lies give me alibis

'Cause if you cross my path you'll be doing life

It's a dirty lie

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 shakedown

(It's more like a set-up)

Take a dime said the man
You can make one call

You got 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 decides

Double parole if you survive

It's a dirty lie
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 shakedown

Law is gonna get you this time

And throw away the key

Shake you down shake you down
Another shakedown
Another nervous shakedown
We got a shakedown

And it's another shakedown
Well it's a shakedown

Another nervous shakedown
Shake you down shake you down

And it's a nervous shakedown
Well it's a shakedown

Another nervous shakedown

Shake you down shake you down

And it's another shakedown

It's a shakedown

It's a shakedown on you yes