Ice Cube - Why We Thugs (Live) Lyrics

[Intro:]
[W.C.:] Can my homeboy tell ya where the f*ck he from?
[Ice Cube:] Aww, yeah.
[Crowd:] [oveation] [screams] [applause] [shouts]
[W.C.:] CAN MY HOMEBOY TELL YA WHERE THE F*CK HE FROM?!
[Crowd:] [great oveation] [screams] [applause] [shouts]
[W.C.:] Ayo, Cube! Let's get this party started, my nigga!
What you tell Perth where the f*ck you from?! [beat starts]

[Ice Cube (W.C.) {Both}:]
I'm from the land of the gang (WHAT?)
Bang since I was little, ain't a goddamn thang (GODDAMN THANG - CHANGED!)
It's the same old sayin'
{BUSH RUN SHIT LIKE SADAAM HUSSEIN!}
I cock and aim, clinically insane
{TO DEAL WITH THIS BULLSHIT DAY TO DAY!}
If I sell some Yay - or smoke some hay.
You bitches wanna throw me up in (PELICAN'S BAAAY!)
Call me an animal up in the system (C'MON)
But who's the animal that (BUILT THIS PRISON, C'MON!)
Who's the animal that invented lower living (INVINTED LOWER LIVING?!)
{THE PROJECTS!} (Thank God for Russell Simmoooooons!)
Thank god for Sugarhill!
{PUTTIN' A DIFFERENT KINDA STEEL} (UP TO YOUR GRIIILL!)
Y'all know what it is, {SCARED FOR YOU OWN KIDS!}
{HOW THESE GHETTO NIGGAZ TAKEN-OVER SHOWBIIIZ?}

[Chorus: Ice Cube & W.C. (Ice Cube) {W.C.}]
They give us guns and drugs,
Then wonder why in the {F*CK WE THUGS!} [scratches]
(You know!) - They wanna count the slugs,
Then come around here and {F*CK WITH US!} [scratches]
(You know!) - They give us guns and drugs,
Then wonder why in the f*ck we thugs! [scratches]
(You know!) - They wanna count the slugs
Then come around here and f*ck with us!

[Ice Cube (W.C.) {Both}]
It's boyz in the hood. (WHAT?) - Toys in the hood. (WHAT?)
Y'all wanna know why there's {NOISE IN THE HOOD!}
Cause there's drugs in the hood. (WHAT?) - Thugs in the hood!
{NIGGA KILLED A CRIP AND A BLOOD IN THE HOOD!} (FOR REAL, DOG!)
Cause when niggaz get tribal
{IT'S ALL ABOUT SURVIVIAL!} (CAUSE NOBODY LIABLE!)
I got caught by five-o
Grandmama {CAME TO COURT} with her (BIBLEEEEEE!)
But when the judge hit the gavel
{NOW I'm TOO FAR FROM MY FAMILY TO TRAVEL!}
{WHAT?!} - I just came unraveled
{SOCKED THE D.A.} (BEFORE YA GOT GAFFLED!)
Owned by C.A. - {STATE PROPERTY!}
Just like the year (FIFTEEN FIFTY-THREE!)
I'm looking for me - {A ONE-WAY TICKET OUt!}
{DON'T UNDASTAND WHAT'S SO} (HARD TO FIGURE OUT!) - LET'S GO!

[Chorus: Ice Cube & W.C. (Ice Cube) {W.C.}]
They give us guns and drugs,
Then wonder why in the {F*CK WE THUGS!} [scratches]
{WHASSUP Y'ALL?} - They wanna count the slugs,
Then come around here and {F*CK WITH US!} [scratches]
(You know!) - They give us guns and drugs,
Then wonder why in the f*ck we thugs! [scratches]
(You know!) - They wanna count the slugs
Then come around here (and f*ck with us!)

[Interlude: W.C.]
Yo! Why don't you break it down for a minute?
Break it down!

[Ice Cube (W.C.) {Both}]
Damn! - I can't take the pressure,
Pulled the four-four up out the {DRESSER!}
Grabbed the weight - up out the {CLOSET!}
Po-po coming but I'm scared to {TOSS IT!}
Y'all know what happened last time I {LOST IT!}
Can't tell you niggaz what the f*ckin' {BOSS DID!}
The game got a {NIGGA EXHAUSTED!}
{GOTTA GO FOR THE PLEA BARGAIN THEY OFFERED!}
(AYO, PUT YOUR HANDS UP!) Twenty years {FOR WHAT?!}
Breaking these {LAWS THAT'S SO CORRUPT!}
Takin' these halls and fillin 'em up
{SOME POWDER KEG SHIT} (THAT'S ABOUT TO ERUPT, WHATTUP?!)
'Ey y'all! I'm about to be stuck
{UNTIL THE YEARS TWO-THOUSAND"!) (WHAT THE F*CK?!)
In the hood, don't press your luck
{CAUSE THESE MOTHAF*CKAS WILL SET YOU UP!} (WHAT THE F*CK Y'ALL?)

[Chorus: Ice Cube & W.C. (Ice Cube) {W.C.}]
They give us guns and drugs,
Then wonder why in the {F*CK WE THUGS!} [scratches]
(You know!) - They wanna count the slugs,
Then come around here and {F*CK WITH US!} [scratches]
(You know!) - They give us guns and drugs,
Then wonder why in the f*ck we thugs! [scratches]
(Yeah!) - They wanna count the slugs (uh!)
Then come around here AND F*CK WITH US!

[Outro: Ice Cube (W.C.) {Both}]
PERTH! - {EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!}
(EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!)
YO PERTH! - {EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!}
(EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!)
EVEN IN PERTH - {EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!}
{EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!}
WE LOVE PERTH! - {EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!}
{EVERY HOOD'S THE SAME!} [beat stops] - Believe that shit!

[Great ovation, screams & shouts]