If you’re ever being held by the NYPD against your will, try spitting a few bars to earn your freedom. That’s what one Brooklyn man claims happened to him back in 2011.

In a federal lawsuit outlined by the New York Post, 28 year-old Quinshon Shingles claims cops arrived to his cousin Tyriek Fortune’s apartment and demanded to search the place. Fortune’s mother refused to allow the officers to enter without a warrant. The cops agreed to come back with one. However, instead of coming back with the warrant, the officers convinced the building super to give them keys to the apartment. Once inside Shingles’ cousin’s apartment, the officers handcuffed Shingles, Fortune and a friend before searching the home.

After searching the home thoroughly, the officers were unable to find anything illegal in the apartment, but they weren’t ready to let the guys go just yet. Once they discovered Shingles was an aspiring rapper, they demanded he drop a few bars in order to go free.

“They said, ‘Rap something if you want to go home,’ ” Shingles said. “I was scared. I was nervous. I didn’t want to got o jail.”

Once the NYPD officers were satisfied with Shingles, who goes by the rap name Sauce Da Boss (I wish I was kidding), and his lyrical abilities, they removed his handcuffs and told him he was free to go. His cousin and his friend, however, remained handcuffed.

“I felt like they were humiliating me,” said Shingles to The Post on Tuesday. “They were all Caucasian officers, and I’m a black man, and they had me performing for my freedom. I was really upset.”

Shingles and his friend are now suing the NYPD for false imprisonment and illegal search. It’s going to be tough trying to wiggle your way out of this one, NYPD.