Author Barbara Ehrenreich in the article “...Or Is It Creative Freedom?” states that Ice T on the same album vocalizes, “‘Goddamn what a brotha gotta do/To get a message through/To the red, white and blue?”’(185). Ehrenreich mentions this set of lyrics from Ice T’s additional song reveals that not only does “Cop Killer” a have fierce message, so do numerous other songs, even on the same album. Even though Ice T’s librettos have similar parlance, this does not designate every song to be about savagery and rage. “Yes, Cop Killer is irresponsible and vile. But Ice T is a right about some things as he is righteous about the rest. And Ultimately, he's not even dangerous--least of all to the white power structure his songs condemn”(Ehrenreich 185).
