This is a song about Rodney King
Look at him bring that cross
Into that little room
With Picasso’s bullfight pictures

Rodney King’s head sprung a leak
He’s gotta speak his mind, he
Does it all the time
With Picasso’s bullfight pictures

Martin Luther’s waiting for him there
With a servant and some dreadlocks in his hair

They threw Rodney King in the ring
He got tossed on the horn
From the day he was born
Like Picasso’s bullfight pictures

Holy battle fought in his name
Such a shame he never got
Some VCRs but he got
Picasso’s bullfight pictures

Some connection with John Wilkes Booth
Something bout some love of the truth

Macaroni cola in the south
Wait for the billion dollar
Poli-tician to speak
Out the corner of his mouth

Television saviour on at seven
Up the mountain speak your piece
But at least he gets to keep
Picasso’s bullfight pictures

Beautiful sunny day
Before you cross the street look both ways

This is a song about Rodney King
Look at him bring that cross
Into that little room
With Picasso’s bullfight pictures…

(lyrics: Dan Bern)