“Latent Print Rap”

(This lyrical perspective involving fingerprints was submitted by Bill Leo--LASD, with permission of the author)

by OFFICER ROBERT “BUBBA” NORRIS
Los Angeles Police Department

Latent Fingerprints is what I do;
So don't commit no crime or I'll get you.

When I sling my dust I do it well;
I put a whole lot of chumps deep in jail.

You thought you got away because you weren't seen;
But you left your fingerprints all over the scene.

I found your pinky, your index, your ring & your thumb;
As I was snatching them up I said boy this chump is dumb.

People work hard for the stuff they get;
And it's thieves like you who make me mad as heck.

You used an old woman's money for the dope you bought;
But I found your prints & you'll soon be caught.

You looked real stupid when you took the stand;
Telling the judge & the jury that wasn't your hand.

Thieves, you're on notice & this is no brag;
I will get you with my silver, black or mag.

Armed with my powder & my brush in hand;
I'll see to it, you wind up in the can.

You were really dumb when you handled that glass;
Because you left'em -- I got'em & that's your ass.

Unlike your tongue, your prints don't lie;
So your jive ass story will not fly.

When you saw the police, you turned & ran away;
But someday soon you'll make their day.

(Editor--—A passing thought, maybe we should have a SCAFO version of Star Search at our next meeting.  Then again, maybe we should let that thought just pass on by.)

This article was originally published in “THE PRINT”
Volume 11(4), July/August 1995, pg 13
and has been obtained from the online library provided by the
Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers
www.scafo.org