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Ice Cube
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In any country, prison is where society sends it's failures
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But in this country, society itself is failing.
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[Verse One:]
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Today, how you like me now, I'm in the mix?
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It's 1986 and I got the fix with the chicken and a quota
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Got the baking soda, let the water boil, workers all loyal
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Dropped out the twelveth
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Cuz my wealth is shorter than a midget on his knees
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Now I slang keys
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Infest my hood with crack, cuz I'm the mack
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Take a nation of millions to hold me back
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Too big for my britches, and I got bitches
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Now I'm hittin' switches, niggas want my riches
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Used to get 18 when my G was alive, now a key is 13-5
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'89s the number, another summer
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Police ain't get no dumber
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Streets dried up, used to think it would last
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But being a king-pin is a thing of the past
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They tried to blast me for selling a boulder
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Now I got my ass in Minnesota
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Got my own crew, it's on brand new
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Damn, what can I do?
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Today...
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[Verse Two:]
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Already done stack me half a mill ticket
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Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick it
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Now I got ends, wavin' to my friends, rollin' in my Benz
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Goin' to see the Twins, play at the dome
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Police are tappin' my mobile phone
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I'm almost home
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Gettin' excited, indited, spent a grip and a year tryin' to fight it
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Lawyer got paid, plea, no contest
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And everything I own got repossessed
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Now take a look at the dust
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And I'm happy cuz I only got 36 months
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Never picked up a book
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But my arms are 16 inches, niggas look
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Can't wait for '92 so I can get with my crew
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And see, what can I do?
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Today...
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[Verse Three:]
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Phucked up in the pen, now it's ninety-fo
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Back in LA, and I'm bailin' in the dough
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Everybody, now I gotta start from scratch
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So where to work at, and niggas smirk at
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Me say ain't nuttin' poppin from here to the LB
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What you tell me?
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No it ain't crack, and everybody's jackin' for a coupe
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Cuz, they sent in the troops
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Even tho I got muscle, that ain't my hustle
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Takin' niggas sh*t in a tussle
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No skills to pay the bills
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Takin' 'bout education to battle inflashion
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No college degree, just a dumb ass G
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(Yeah you Nigga, who me?)
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I got a baby on the way, damn it's a mess
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Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Yes
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Took some advice from my Uncle Fester
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All dressed up in polyester
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Welcome to McDonalds may I please help you?
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sh*t, what can I do?
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Today...
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[Outro:]
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The white man has broke every law known to man to establish AmeriKKKa.
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But he'll put you in the state penitentary, he'll put you in the federal
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penitentary for breaking these same laws. Now we gonna look and see if
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this muthaphucker is guilty for the laws he'll put you in jail for :
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Drug using, drug selling, armed robbery, strong armed robbery, grand
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larceny, rape, racketering, conspiracy to commit murder, extortion,
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aggravated assault, mayhem, sodomy of the black man, trespassing,
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embezzelment, purgery, kidnapping, smuggling, grand theft, brandishing
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a firearm, carrying a conceled weapon, breaking and entering, and
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premeditated cold-blooded murder.
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Guilty on every charge.
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Ice Cube What Can I Do
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