"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 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 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 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 CHORUS Law is gonna get you this time And throw away the key CHORUS Shake you down, shake you down 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 It's a shakedown It's a shakedown on - you, yes