Da Lench Mob - Lost In Tha System Lyrics
[J-Dee]Woke up, Friday morning feelin damn goodTook a shower, got dressed, and rolled out to the neighborhoodHad no idea what I was in forso I pulled over, I bought a 40 at the liquor storePopped the top, commenced to start drinkinand all of a sudden, I start thinkin"Damn J-Dee, why did you roll down Florence?"I forgot, I had two warrants (Damn!)Yeah, but like a fool I kept drivinuntil I ran a red light, and heard a mother*****in sirenOne time pulled my black ass overPut my hands behind my back and it was overI was arrested, because a warrant I wouldn't payHeaded for the county jail, downtown L.A.I got processed, put on my county bluesAnd now I'm smokin a hump, watchin the news in the dayroomA fool jumped up and said, "What set you from?"I didn't say SHIT, I just BOMBEDI beat his ass right down into the concreteturned around and saw the doom squad's feetYeah, the mother*****in deputiestryin to do the same thing that they did to Rodney KingI stayed strong and kept my self-controlthat's why my black ass got tossed in the holeI'm doin thirty days in the hole cause I dissed 'emThat's how it is, gettin lost in the system[Ice Cube]Hey homey, you know the way out this mother*****er?I'm lost GAy, how you.. ay, where are we goin?[J-Dee]Here I go, on a *****ed up bus rideand yo I'm takin a trip, to a place called WaysideIt's on the back side, of Magic Mountainand ain't no rides no games no shows and ain't no water fountainFive, hundred acres of landPlenty niggaz, and you still your own manI stayed down, and ran into a few of my homiesThey told me, "Watch your back kid and go for self only"cause I wasn't on the, same side they was onAnd like my nigga Cube said, "Once again it's on" (Yep!)cause shit erupted on the compoundA C.O. dropped a pen, I picked it up and stayed straight downuntil some devil tried to nut up, over the phoneHe got stuck and it was onGone, to the hole againfor shankin the devil with my mother*****in ink penThings gettin kinda rough and disturbinThey takin me to court for this mother*****in servinSince I'm black and I'm supposed to be wrongthe prosecution wasn't very longStart stackin months on me like hotcakesAnd in the morning I was headed upstatefor shankin a fool who'll never be my brotherThe simple fact the mother*****er had the wrong skin colorYo, I told the judge, don't even try itHe gave me a year for startin a riotI told this old-ass fool, "Suck my dick!Givin me a year for this shit!"Yo,he added on another year, cause I dissed himNow here I go gettin lost in the system[Ice Cube]Yo man I'm just tryin to get up out this mother*****er manI'm lost aight?Which way, how you get back to South Central G?[J-Dee]I went from Chino West, Chino East, FolsumSoledad, even Tahatcha(?) P-C-R-CSan Quentin, and even CochranLost in the system, and I couldn't stop themThem mother*****ers kept tryin to lose meand some {faggot kept tryin to choose meStuffed the {faggot and send them on his way kidYou know why?Cause I don't play that *****in gay shitThe final pen I was in, was called BlytheAnd that's where I damn near lost my lifeby some crazy devil with eyes full of hateThe mother*****er got mad cause I had a release dateYo, this shit is crazy, it can happen to anywayDidn't pay a ticket, look how much time I donebut it's alright cause I'm back on the streetsLayin down fly rhymes to these funky drum beatsAnd yeah, the day I got out, man I was wishinbut I'm back on the streets, still lost in the systemI can do that shit over, no?Cause I, I was 'sposed to sayHey shit, yo I can freak that shit yo{*cell door closes*
