Ice Cube - Lost in Tha System lyrics
[J-Dee] Woke up, Friday morning feelin damn good Took a shower, got dressed, and rolled out to the neighborhood Had no idea what I was in for So I pulled over, I bought a 40 at the liquor store Popped the top, commenced to start drinkin' And 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 drivin' Until I ran a red light, and heard a motherf**in' siren One time pulled my black a** over Put my hands behind my back and it was over I was arrested, because I warned I wouldn't pay Headed for the county jail, downtown L.A I got processed, put on my county blues And now I'm smokin a hump, watchin the news in the dayroom A fool jumped up and said, "What set you from?" I didn't say sh*t, I just BOMBED I beat his a** right down into the concrete Turned around and saw the doom squad's feet Yeah, the motherf**in deputies Tryin to do the same thing that they did to Rodney King I stayed strong and kept my self-control That's why my black a** got tossed in the hole I'm doin thirty days in the hole cause I dissed 'em That's how it is, gettin lost in the system [MC Eiht] "Westside rulin all world cause I dump" [Ice Cube] Hey homey, you know the way out this motherf**er? I'm lost G Ay, how you.. ay, where are we goin? [J-Dee] Here I go, on a f**ed up bus ride And yo I'm takin' a trip, to a place called Wayside It's on the back side, of Magic Mountain And ain't no rides no games no shows and ain't no water fountain Five, hundred acres of land Plenty n***as, and you still your own man I stayed down, and ran into a few of my homies They told me, "Watch your back, kid, and go for self only" Cause I wasn't on the, same side they was on And like my n***a Cube said, "Once again it's on" (Yep!) Cause sh** erupted on the compound A C.O. dropped a pen, I picked it up and stayed straight down Until some devil tried to nut up, over the phone He got stuck and it was on Gone, to the hole again For shankin' the devil with my motherf**in' ink pen Things gettin' kinda rough and disturbin' They takin' me to court for this motherf**in' servin' Since I'm black and I'm supposed to be wrong The prosecution wasn't very long Start stackin' months on me like hotcakes And in the morning I was headed upstate For shankin' a fool who'll never be my brother The simple fact the motherf**er had the wrong skin color Yo, I told the judge, don't even try it He gave me a year for startin' a riot I told this old-a** fool, "s** my dick! Givin' me a year for this sh**!" Yo He added on another year, cause I dissed him Now here I go gettin' lost in the system [Ice Cube] Yo man I'm just tryin' to get up out this motherf**er, man I'm lost aight? Which way-- How you get back to South Central, G? [J-Dee] I went from Chino West, Chino East, Folsom Soledad, even Tahachapi T-R-C San Quentin, and even Cochran Lost in the system, and I couldn't stop them Them motherf**ers kept tryin' to lose me And some {f*g} kept tryin' to choose me Stuffed the {f*g} and send him on his way kid You know why? Cause I don't play that f**in' gay sh** The final pen I was in, was called Blythe And that's where I damn near lost my life By some crazy devil with eyes full of hate The motherf**er got mad cause I had a release date Yo, this sh** is crazy, it can happen to anyway Didn't pay a ticket, look how much time I done But it's alright cause I'm back on the streets Layin' down fly rhymes to these funky drum beats And yeah, the day I got out, man I was wishin' But I'm back on the streets, still lost in the system I can do that sh** over, no? Cause I, I was supposed to say Hey sh**, yo I can freak that sh** yo {*cell door closes*}