Columbia Law Revue

Free Lunch

to “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley

I took your pizza – but I didn't eat your Roti-roll
Oh no, oh
I took your pizza – but I didn't eat your Roti-roll
Ooh ooh yeah

Every law-school ethnic club
Is trying to keep me out
They say that I've been taking a toll
On their budget at Roti-Roll, on their budget at Roti-Roll -- But I say

Oh!
I took your pizza
(but I swear I am half Indian)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I took your pizza, Oh Lord
(but I swear I am half Japanese)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

I try to be a global citizen—
So let's—get along—
But if you happen to be serving Roti Roll,
I say, "Let's get along in a hurry,
Because next door I hear they've got curry."

And so—and so—I took bacon from the Jews!

I took your pizza
(but I swear I am half Indian)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I took your pizza, Oh Lord
(but I swear I am half Mexican)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

I went to protest Ahmadenijad,
And I tried to be polite
But I threw rocks at his head when he didn't bring bread
Not a morsel, not a bite—
He violated our human rights! (boys humping)

And I say—if the food's free why should I pay?

I took your pizza
(but I swear I am half *mumble mumble mumble, while stuffing food in mouth*)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I took your pizza, Oh Lord
(but I swear I am half *mumble mumble mumble, while stuffing food in mouth*)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

SIPA failed to understand
A Columbia student's brain
If CLS did the job, we'd disperse the mob
By feeding them Persian kabob
In the Bronx, go pick up your Kabob

I took your pizza – but I didn't eat your Roti-roll
Oh no, oh
I took your pizza – but I didn't eat your Roti-roll
Ooh ooh yeah

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

Sheriff John Brown always hated me;
For what I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
But one day the bottom will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.

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