Ice Cube - What Can I Do? Lyrics
Intro: [sampled announcer]In any country, prison is where society sends its failuresBut in this country, society itself is failing.Verse one:Today, how you like me now, Im in the mix?Its 1986 and I got the fix with the chicken and a quotaGot the baking soda, let the water boil, workers all loyalDropped out the twelvethCuz my wealth is shorter than a midget on his kneesNow I slang keysInfest my hood with crack, cuz Im the mackTake a nation of millions to hold me backToo big for my britches, and I got *****esNow Im hittin switches, niggas want my richesUsed to get 18 when my g was alive, now a key is 13-589s the number, another summerPolice aint get no dumberStreets dried up, used to think it would lastBut being a king-pin is a thing of the pastThey tried to blast me for selling a boulderNow I got my ass in minnesotaGot my own crew, its on brand newDamn, what can I do?Today...Verse two:Already done stack me half a mill ticketBought a house next to prince, so now I can kick itNow I got ends, wavin to my friends, rollin in my benzGoin to see the twins, play at the domePolice are tappin my mobile phoneIm almost homeGettin excited, indited, spent a grip and a year tryin to fight itLawyer got paid, plea, no contestAnd everything I own got repossessedNow take a look at the dustAnd Im happy cuz I only got 36 monthsNever picked up a bookBut my arms are 16 inches, niggas lookCant wait for 92 so I can get with my crewAnd see, what can I do?Today...Verse three:Phucked up in the pen, now its ninety-foBack in la, and Im bailin in the doughEverybody, now I gotta start from scratchSo where to work at, and niggas smirk atMe say aint nuttin poppin from here to the lbWhat you tell me?No it aint crack, and everybodys jackin for a coupeCuz, they sent in the troopsEven tho I got muscle, that aint my hustleTakin niggas sh*t in a tussleNo skills to pay the billsTakin bout education to battle inflashionNo college degree, just a dumb ass g(yeah you nigga, who me? )I got a baby on the way, damn its a messHave you ever been convicted of a felony? yesTook some advice from my uncle festerAll dressed up in polyesterWelcome to mcdonalds may I please help you?Sh*t, what can I do?Today...Outro:The white man has broke every law known to man to establish amerikkka.But hell put you in the state penitentary, hell put you in the federalPenitentary for breaking these same laws. now we gonna look and see ifThis muthaphucker is guilty for the laws hell put you in jail for :Drug using, drug selling, armed robbery, strong armed robbery, grandLarceny, rape, racketering, conspiracy to commit murder, extortion,Aggravated assault, mayhem, sodomy of the black man, trespassing,Embezzelment, purgery, kidnapping, smuggling, grand theft, brandishingA firearm, carrying a conceled weapon, breaking and entering, andPremeditated cold-blooded murder.Guilty on every charge.
