Same Old Song and Dance Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PFG 9000 

Cover art for Same Old Song and Dance lyrics by Aerosmith

The court system is designed against poor people?

"Gotcha with the cocaine they found with your gun" ...sounds more like it's designed against dirtbags, according to these lyrics.

Or maybe it's a reference to the fact that a lot of times police would plant evidence on people to make it easier to convict them of a crime. Police corruption and whatnot.

I remember my father told me a story when he was working in a certain part of the US as a security guard at night, the cops there told him that they would carry an unregistered firearm to plant on the victim. A lot of people say that would be corruption, and in many cases it's true, but on the other hand, when you're working in...

Or maybe it's a reference to the fact that a lot of times police would plant evidence on people to make it easier to convict them of a crime. Police corruption and whatnot.

I remember my father told me a story when he was working in a certain part of the US as a security guard at night, the cops there told him that they would carry an unregistered firearm to plant on the victim. A lot of people say that would be corruption, and in many cases it's true, but on the other hand, when you're working in...

Gotcha with the cocaine they found with your gun No smoothy face lawyer to getcha undone

This is a reference to Richie Supa, a friend of Steven's who got busted for dealing. Richie wrote Chip Away the Stone.