Ice Cube - Why We Thugs (Album Version) Lyrics
[Intro:]Yeah.Every hood's the same.Every hood's the same.Come on.[Chorus:]They give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with usThey give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with us.[Verse 1:]I'm from the land of the gang bangSince I was little, ain't a god damn thing changedIt's the same ol sameBush run shit like Sadaam HussienI ***** & aim, clinically insaneTo deal with this bullshit day to dayIf I sell some yay or smoke some hayYou *****es wanna throw me up in pelican's bayCall me an animal up in the system.But who's the animal that built this prison?Who's the animal that invented lower livin'?The projects, thank God for Russell SimmonsThank God for SugarhillI'm puttin' a different kind of steel up to my grillY'all know what it is, scared for your own kidsHow these ghetto niggas taken over showbiz.[Chorus:]They give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with usThey give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with us.[Verse 2:]It's boys in the hood, it's toys in the hoodY'all wanna know why there's noise in the hood'Cause there's drugs in the hood, thugs in the hoodNigga killed a crip & a blood in the hood, for real'Cause when niggas get tribalIt's all about survival, nobody liableI got caught by 5 ohGrandmama came to court with her bibleBut when the judge hit the gavelNow I'm too far from my family to travel (*****)I just came unraveledSocked the D.A. before I got gaffledOwned by C.A, State PropertyJust like the year 1553Lookin' for me, a 1 way ticket out.Don't understand, what's so hard to figure out?[Chorus:]They give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with usThey give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with us.[Verse 3:]Damn, I can't take the pressurePulled the .44 up out the dresserGrabbed the weight up out the closetPo-po comin' but I'm scared to toss itY'all know what happened last time I lost itCan't tell you niggas what the *****in' boss didThe game got a nigga exhaustedGotta go for the plea bargain they offered.20 years for what?Breakin' these laws that's so corruptTakin' these halls & fillin' 'em upSome powder keg shit that's about to eruptHey y'all, I'm about to be stuckUntil the year 2000. What the *****?In the hood, don't press your luck'Cause these mutha*****ers will set you up, word up.[Chorus:]They give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with usThey give us guns & drugsThen wonder Why in the ***** We ThugsThey wanna count the slugsThen come around here & ***** with us.[Outro:]Every hood's the same. [3X]Every hood's the same. [2X]Stop trippin' on it.Every hood's the same. [3X]Every hood's the same. [2X]
