Ice Cube - Growin Up lyrics

[Ice Cube] Ha ha, that's my sh** Turn it up {*echoes*} Uhh, yeah I hear a beat like this, and think about growin up House parties, with g**ners showin up Represent your hood, everybody throw it up They say Cube get on the mic, n***a blow it up I used to be lyrical, political But now you want it sugarcoated like cereal First I met Dre, then I met Yella (yessir) Dr. Dre made me rap acapella Me and Jinx did a show at Dooto's With K-Dee, I think it was two shows Then Dre introduced me to E Cruisin down the street in his red Jeep He said, yo n***as we should flip it like this Cause them _Boyz N the Hood_ like the gangsta sh** I put the pen to the pad, young n***a was raw And told the world how we felt about the law It was real [Hook 2X: samples] + (Cube) I see the happiness (all day every day) I see the pain Where am I (growin up in the hood) Back down memory lane [Ice Cube] Oh sh**, it's N.W.A.! Them n***as on tour and they comin our way Lil' Eminem is still tucked away In that trailer park, just bumpin our tape Jerry Heller tried to make his escape I had to bounce, while other n***as got raped Same n***as turned around and said f** me No fu*k YOU cause I'm down with Chuck D And I'm 'bout to do a movie up, a cla**ic When I hit the screen, n***a it was magic Never thought I'd see Eazy in a casket Thanks for everythang, that's on everythang I learned a lot of game from you I like your son, he got his name from you I tell him everythang that he need to know If he ask my advice, I won't think twice homey [Hook] [Ice Cube] From _Boyz N the Hood_, to _XXX 2_ Everybody wanna know my next move Fans all around say "We love you Cube!" I wanna take time to say I love you too I love all my fans cause they know I'm a man And not a little boy or some f**in play toy A lot of n***as say I grew up on you And let me know if anybody f** wit'chu Cause you talk a lot of sh** about the red, black & blue And how they treat a n***a called Katrina, did you see her White folks worry 'bout them f**in misdemeanor While black people dyin in that God damn arena Just because I'm actin n***a never stop rappin It's in my blood homey, I'mma keep the party crackin Money keep stackin 'til they put me in a casket Who you think you f**in wit? Here's another cla**ic [Hook] [Ice Cube] I'm Ruthless, I'm Ruthless.. Street Knowledge.. Lench Mob.. Westside.. Uhh.. [Hook] - 1/2