Get ‘Em Up

His driver’s license said James he went by Jim A gangster wanna be and baby that was him He stole his uncle’s 44 last Friday night Said if I wanted in we’d have to plan this thing just right We’ll need the gloves, we’ll need the bags a couple masks We’ll need to steal a car with windows tinted black He picked the nearest bank on main and 17th We wrote down every line from every movie that we’d seen Screamin’ This is a robbery now get down on the floor We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (yeah) We want your cash open the safe get off the phone Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home Get ‘em up Then get down Reach for the sky Then go ahead and kiss the ground Get ‘em up Then get down Reach for the sky Then go ahead and kiss the ground Get ‘em up Get ‘em get ‘em up The fresh restored mustang small block 302 Drove by the bank a dozen times this afternoon The only parking spot was half a bock away Gave us time to practice just exactly what to say Screamin’ This is a robbery now get down on the floor We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (yeah) We want your cash open the safe get off the phone Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home Get ‘em up Then get down Reach for the sky Then go ahead and kiss the ground Get ‘em up Then get down Reach for the sky Then go ahead and kiss the ground Get ‘em up Get ‘em get ‘em up Get ‘em get ‘em up The only thing I wish that one of us had known That it was Sunday and the god damn bank was closed Too bad we didn't see the cops across the street We dropped our guns and tried to run and there went all our dreams Screamin’ This is a robbery now get down on the floor We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (yeah) We wanted easy, straight and now we’ll never know Somebody call my mom and tell her I ain’t coming home Get ‘em up Then get down Reach for the sky Then go ahead and kiss the ground Get ‘em up Then get down Reach for the sky Then go ahead and kiss the ground Get ‘em up