[airline attendant]
This is the final boarding call for flight 1259
departing from Los Angeles, final destination to St. Louis

Thank you

[Ice Cube]

Damn G, the spot's gettin hot
So how the $#&@ am I supposed to make a knot?
Police looking at ^!$$%z through a microscope

In L.A. everybody and they momma sell dope
They trying to stop it
So what the $#&@ can I do to make a profit?

Catch a flight to St. Louis
That's cool, cause nobody knew us
We stepped off the plane

Four gang bangers, professional crack slangers
Rented a car at wholesale
Drove to the ghetto, and checked in a motel

Unpacked and I grab the three-eighty
Cause where we stayin, ^!$$%z look shady
But they can't fade South Central

Cause bustin a cap is fundamental
Checkin out every block close
Seein which one will clock the most

Yeah this is the one no doubt
Bust a U Bone, and let's clear these ^!$$%z out


Ay ay man, whassup ^!$$%?
Yo, well this Lench Mob ^!$$%!
[gun shots]


Now clearin em out meant casualties
Still had the L.A. mentality

Bust a cap, and out of there in a hurry
Wouldn't you know, a driveby in Missouri
Them fools got popped

Took their corner next day, set up shop
And it's better than slangin in the Valley
Triple the profit makin more than I did in Cali

Breakin off rocks like Barney Rubble
Cause them mark-ass ^!$$%z don't want trouble
And we ain't on edge when we do work

Police don't recognize the khakis and the sweatshirts
Getting (*##$es and they can't stand a
Nineteen-ninety-one Tony Montana

Now the %#@!'s like a war
of gang violence, where it was never seen before
Punks whirl when the gat bust

Four jheri curl ^!$$%z kickin up dust
And some of them are even lookin up to us
Wearing our colors and talkin that gang fuss

Giving up much love
Dyin for a street, that they ain't even heard of
But other mother$#&@ers want to stand strong

So you know the phrase, once again it's on

[TV announcer]

Top of the news tonight, gangs from South Central
Los Angeles which are known for their driveby shootings
have migrated into East St. Louis

leaving three dead and two others injured
No arrests have been made
Police say this is a nationwide trend

with similar incidents occuring in Texas, Michigan, and Oklahoma
(female voice repeating in background:
"If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere")


[Ice Cube]
BOOM, my homie got shot he's a goner black

St. Louis ^!$$%z want they corner back
Shooting in snowy weather
It's illegal business, ^!$$%z still can't stick together

$#&@in police got the four-one-one
that L.A. ain't all, surf and sun
But we ain't thinkin, bout the boys

Feudin, like the Hatfields and McCoys
Now the %#@!'s gettin tricky
Cause now they lookin for the colors and the khakis
Damn, the spot's gettin hot from the battle
About to pack up and start slangin in Seattle

But the NARCs, raid about six in the morning
Try to catch a ^!$$% while he's yawnin
Put his glock to my chest as I paused
Went to jail in my mother$#&@in drawers
Tryin to give me, fifty-seven years

Face'll be full of those tattooed tears
It's the same old story and the same old ^!$$% stuck
And the public defender ain't givin a $#&@
The fool must be sparkin
Talkin about a double life plea bargain

You got to deal with the Crips and Bloods by hand G
Plus the Black Guerilla family
And the white pride don't like Northside
And it's a riot if any more ^!$$%z die
No parole or probation

Now this is a young man's summer vacation
No chance for rehabilitation
Cause look at the mother$#&@in years that I'm facin
I'ma end it like this cause you know what's up
My life is $#&@ed