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How to Survive in South Central [*]
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Ice Cube
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"And now, the wonderous world of.."
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"Hey, come to Los Angeles!
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You and your family can have peace and tranquility.
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Enjoy the refinement.."
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"Hey Bone, hey nigga where you at though?"
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"Hello, my name is Elaine
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And I'll be your tour guide through South Central Los Angeles"
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How to survive in South Central (what you do?)
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A place where bustin a cap is fundamental
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No, you can't find the shit in a handbook
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Take a close look, at a rap crook
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Rule number one: get yourself a gun
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A nine in your ass'll be fine
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Keep it in your glove comparment
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Cause jackers (yo) they love to start shit
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Now if you're white you can trust the police
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But if you're black they ain't nothin but beasts
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Watch out for the kill
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Don't make a false move and keep your hands on the steering wheel
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And don't get smart
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Answer all questions, and that's your first lesson
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On stayin alive
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In South Central, yeah, that's how you survive
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"Hi this is Elaine again.
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Are you enjoying your stay in South Central Los Angeles,
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Or is somebody taking your things? Have you witneesed a driveby?
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Okay, make sure you have your camcorder ready
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To witness the extracurricular activities on blacks by the police,
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So you and your family can enjoy this tape, over and over again."
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"This is Los Angeles." "This is Los Angeles."
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Rule number two: don't trust nobody
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Especially a bitch, with a hooker's body
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Cause it ain't nuttin but a trap
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And females'll get jacked and kidnapped
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You'll wind up dead
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Just to be safe don't wear no blue or red
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Cause most niggaz get got
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In either L.A., Compton or Watts
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Pissed-off black human beings
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So I think you better skip the sight-seeing
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And if you're nuttin but a mark
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Make sure that you're in before dark
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But if you need some affection mate
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Make sure the bitch ain't a section eight
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Cause if so that's a monkey-wrench hoe
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And you won't survive in South Central
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"Now you realize it's not all that it's cracked up to be.
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You realize that it's fucked up!
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It ain't nothin like the shit you saw on TV.
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Palm trees and blonde bitches?
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I'd advise to you to pack your shit and get the fuck on;
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Punk motherfucker!"
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And you need your ass straight smoked
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Yo I want to say whassup to DJ Chilly Chill
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Sir Jinx, aiyyo Cube these motherfuckers don't know what time it is
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So show these motherfuckers what's happenin
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Tell these motherfuckers, don't fuck around in South Central
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God damnit!
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Rule number three: don't get caught up
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Cause niggaz are doing anything that's thought up
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And they got a vice
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On everything from dope, to stolen merchandise
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We discern
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Cause South Central L.A., is one big yearn
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Waitin for a brother like you to catch a disease
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And start slangin ki's
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To an undercover or the wrong brother
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And they'll smother, a out of town motherfucker
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So don't take your life for granted
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Cause it's the craziest place on the planet
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In L.A. heroes don't fly through the sky of stars
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They live behind bars
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So everybody's doin a little dirt
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And it's the youngsters puttin in the most work
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So be alert and stay calm
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As you enter, the concrete Vietnam
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You say, the strong survive
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Shit, the strong even die, in South Central
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Yeah you bitches, you think I forgot about your ass,
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You tramp-ass hoes? You better watch out.
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And for you so called baller-ass niggaz,
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You know what time it is. South Central ain't no joke.
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Got to keep your gat at all times motherfuckers.
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Better keep one in the chamber and nine in the clip god damnit.
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You'll sho' get got, just like that.
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This ain't no joke motherfuckers.
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Now I want to send a shout-out to E-Dog, the engineer,
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Puttin his two cents in..
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"This is Los Angeles."
How To Survive In South Central
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