Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals) Lowell george (guitar, vocals) Roy estrada (bass) Don preston (keyboards) Buzz gardner (trumpet) Ian underwood (alto saxophone) Bunk gardner (tenor saxophone) Motorhead sherwood (baritone saxophone) Jimmy carl black (drums) Arthur tripp (drums) Well Iв'm about to get up sick From watchin my t.v. Been checkinв' out the news Until my eyeballs fail to see I mean to say that every day Is just another rotten mess And when itв's gonna change, my friend Is anybodyв's guess So Iв'm watching and Iв'm waiting Hopinв' for the best Even think I go to praying Every time I hear them sayinв' That thereв's no way to delay That trouble cominв' everyday No way to delay That trouble cominв' every day Wednesday I watched the riot Iв've seen the cops out on the street Watch them throwing rocks and stuff and choking in the heat Listen to reports About the whiskey passinв' round Seen the smoke and fire And the market burninв' down Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn They stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust в'n burn And Iв'm watching and Iв'm waitin hopinв' for the best Even think I go to prayinв' Every time I hear em sayinв' That thereв's no way to delay That trouble cominв' every day No way to delay That trouble cominв' everyday You can cool it You can heat it Cause baby I donв't need it Take your t.v. tube and eat it And all that phony stuff on sports And all those unconfirmed reports You know I watch that rotten box Until my head begin to hurt From checkinв' out the way The newsmen say they get the dirt Before the guys on channel so and so And further they assert That any show they litter up They bring you news if it comes up They say that if the place blows up They will be the first to tell Cause the boys they got downtown Working hard and doin swell And if anybody gets the news Before it hits the streets They say that no one blams it faster Their coverage canв't be beat And if another woman driver Gets machine gunned from her seat Theyв'll send some joker with a brownie And youll see it all complete So Iв'm watching and Iв'm waiting Hopin for the best Even think I go to praying Every time I hear them saying That thereв's no way to delay That trouble cominв' everyday No way to delay That trouble cominв' every day Well Iв've seen the fires burninв' And the local people turninв' All the merchants and the shops Who use to sell their brooms and mops And every other household item Watch the mob just turn and bite em And they say it serve them right Because a few of them are white And itв's the same across the nation Black and white discrimination Yell and you can understand me And all that other crap they hand me In the papers and t.v. And all that mass stupidity That seems to grow more everyday These time of year some asshole say He wants to go and do you in Cause the color of your skin Just donв't appeal to him No matter if itв's black or white Because heв's out for blood tonight