Now is the on y'all
Stand tall, live your to the limit haterism seem like a fuckin' epidemic And at Ice Cube, I ain't no gimmick I'm straight from the hood, I got to it now
Every day I think about my And all the crazy shit we do to one I ain't your blood brother, but I'm your 'cause Let's take it to the love and how it was brother
If not, we gon' these triggers Show the world we to be called niggaz I make a fuck up like Don Bow on his knees, and me yo' highness
You can too, you got the to Don't let motherfuckin' system devour you I won't pretend or act like I'm you But check it out I understand you goin' through
But remember, brothers and You can still stand be thankful For you got
I know what motherfuckers thinkin' Here comes rapper with a song about hope All you wanna hear is a song about And how a nigga got mo' than the Pope But he'll never you when he drop the soap
No, Ice Cube is here to you a note 'Cause some of our folk used to hang ropes And some of our people used to from trees Now the only hangin' motherfuckers is deez
So, get your right and I'ma rhyme right Fuck the limelight and a blind I'm the sunlight, too to look When it's all said and I should write the book
You too for school, too old to know? Get your ass off the grassroots and let 'em I understand, it ain't no love But little kids, it no Santa Claus
But remember, and sisters You can stand tall, stand up Just be thankful, For what you got,
I was born in the mud but I out clean 'til the government tried to intervene Tried to lock me up I was only nineteen Don't ever, ever let 'em kill your dream
I make shit raw that off the law If you want some fake shit this off If you want some I know you can feel this Maybe we can this just like an illness
on black, I got'cho back People don't that we know how to act Just because our is filled with crack And the CIA won't it back
Never on top, always on the Never put your trust in Hillary I can tell you now, it's gon' turn out rotten Keep on pushin', get 'em we got 'em
But remember, brothers and You can still stand tall, up be thankful, f'real For you got
Raise your hand if you of this bullshit In the belly of the empire