[Ice Cube]
f*** school n****, I'ma be a dope dealer
I'ma be a killa, yep a urban guerrilla
I'ma stack scrilla, yeah buy me a villa
Sell a 5-0 to my auntie Priscilla
I don't give a f*** that she look like "Thriller"
Hit that s*** one more time and f*** around and kill her
Cause I got the heart of a Pittsburgh Steeler
Black n**** draped in gold, with a nine milla
Love money, love jail, love that penitentiary mail
Love the way these n***** smell, keep comin' back, can't you tell?
Love to see my mama cry, love to see my babies struggle
Love to see my woman juggle nuts 'cause she got to hustle
I don't give a f*** how my life go
Now I'm a slave man to this caveman without Geico
Everybody wanna call Michael a psycho
But he ain't never came through the hood with a rifle
Gunnin' n***** down 'cause they don't got the right clothes
Hit the wrong person 'cause we shoot just like hoes
First I was blood thirsty, Mr.-Mr. Controversy
Now I wanna beg for mercy, should have took my a** to Berkeley
[Chorus - x2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
[Ice Cube]
f*** school n****, if I grow a little taller
Everybody tell me I'm gon' do it, I'm gon' be a baller
So f*** that thinkin', f*** that thank and f*** them Lincoln's, I want Franklin's
Come back through here with my crew, I'm gon' have my own shoe
I'm gon' be that little fool comin' in your living room
Starting point guard n****, fresh out of middle school
Either it's the NBA or it's the NFL
I don't know what else I can do to keep my a** up out of jail
I wanna be like Tiger Woods, swing that club, make you sick
(I wanna be like Pacman Jones), (I wanna be like Michael Vick)
I wanna be like Barry Bonds, (I wanna be like O.J. Simpson)
Leave this field, leave this prison, tell you m************ where to kiss 'em
I wanna be all broke up, movin' all old and slow
I wanna be a alcoholic just like Broadway Joe
I wanna be a sideshow, kinda like Iron Mike
Used to have a few Bentleys, now I just ride a bike
[Chorus - x2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
[Ice Cube]
f*** school n****, they ain't tryin' to educate me
All they give a f*** is what I memorized lately
I'm gon' have to teach myself, clock that money, get that wealth
I wanna be like Santa Claus, I don't wanna be no f*****' elf
No kid left behind but he get the run-around
Can't you m************ see that they tryin' to dumb us down?
Don't trust the government, President is for sale
He don't give a f*** about a n****, just a oil well
Sell crack, go to jail, bust a rap, go to hell
Do I got to sell my soul if I wanna go to Yale?
Go kiss Oprah's a** if you wanna be Gail
I'd rather have my a** kissed up in Bloomingdale
You can go be a pimp, you can go be a hoe
But you only gon' get paid off what you know
If you don't know s***, then you can't work for me
Cause you read your first book in the penitentiary
[Chorus - x2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
f*** school n****, I'ma be a dope dealer
I'ma be a killa, yep a urban guerrilla
I'ma stack scrilla, yeah buy me a villa
Sell a 5-0 to my auntie Priscilla
I don't give a f*** that she look like "Thriller"
Hit that s*** one more time and f*** around and kill her
Cause I got the heart of a Pittsburgh Steeler
Black n**** draped in gold, with a nine milla
Love money, love jail, love that penitentiary mail
Love the way these n***** smell, keep comin' back, can't you tell?
Love to see my mama cry, love to see my babies struggle
Love to see my woman juggle nuts 'cause she got to hustle
I don't give a f*** how my life go
Now I'm a slave man to this caveman without Geico
Everybody wanna call Michael a psycho
But he ain't never came through the hood with a rifle
Gunnin' n***** down 'cause they don't got the right clothes
Hit the wrong person 'cause we shoot just like hoes
First I was blood thirsty, Mr.-Mr. Controversy
Now I wanna beg for mercy, should have took my a** to Berkeley
[Chorus - x2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
[Ice Cube]
f*** school n****, if I grow a little taller
Everybody tell me I'm gon' do it, I'm gon' be a baller
So f*** that thinkin', f*** that thank and f*** them Lincoln's, I want Franklin's
Come back through here with my crew, I'm gon' have my own shoe
I'm gon' be that little fool comin' in your living room
Starting point guard n****, fresh out of middle school
Either it's the NBA or it's the NFL
I don't know what else I can do to keep my a** up out of jail
I wanna be like Tiger Woods, swing that club, make you sick
(I wanna be like Pacman Jones), (I wanna be like Michael Vick)
I wanna be like Barry Bonds, (I wanna be like O.J. Simpson)
Leave this field, leave this prison, tell you m************ where to kiss 'em
I wanna be all broke up, movin' all old and slow
I wanna be a alcoholic just like Broadway Joe
I wanna be a sideshow, kinda like Iron Mike
Used to have a few Bentleys, now I just ride a bike
[Chorus - x2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
[Ice Cube]
f*** school n****, they ain't tryin' to educate me
All they give a f*** is what I memorized lately
I'm gon' have to teach myself, clock that money, get that wealth
I wanna be like Santa Claus, I don't wanna be no f*****' elf
No kid left behind but he get the run-around
Can't you m************ see that they tryin' to dumb us down?
Don't trust the government, President is for sale
He don't give a f*** about a n****, just a oil well
Sell crack, go to jail, bust a rap, go to hell
Do I got to sell my soul if I wanna go to Yale?
Go kiss Oprah's a** if you wanna be Gail
I'd rather have my a** kissed up in Bloomingdale
You can go be a pimp, you can go be a hoe
But you only gon' get paid off what you know
If you don't know s***, then you can't work for me
Cause you read your first book in the penitentiary
[Chorus - x2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f*** we supposed to change our reality?