Growin' Up

[00:00.43] Ha ha, that's my shit
[00:06.15] Turn it up
[00:08.61] Uh, yeah
[00:09.31] I hear a beat like this and think about growin' up
[00:11.64] House parties with gangbangers showin' up
[00:16.90] Represent your hood, everybody throw it up
[00:20.35] They say, Cube, get on the mic, nigga, blow it up
[00:21.92] I used to be lyrical, political
[00:25.37] But now you want it sugarcoated, like cereal
[00:27.61] First I met Dre, then I met Yella
[00:30.23] Dr. Dre made me rap acapella
[00:32.82] Me and Jinx did a show at Dudo's
[00:35.73] With K-Dee, I think it was two shows
[00:38.51] Then Dre introduced me to E
[00:41.34] Cruisin' down the street in his red Jeep
[00:43.88] He said, "Yo, niggaz, we should flip it like this
[00:46.50] 'Cause them 'Boyz N the Hood' like the gangsta shit"
[00:49.88] I put the pen to the pad, young nigga was raw
[00:51.98] And told the world how we felt about the law
[00:54.75] It was real
[00:55.94] I see the happiness, all day every day
[00:59.09] I see the pain
[01:01.44] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[01:04.31] Back down memory lane
[01:07.00] I see the happiness, all day, every day
[01:10.05] I see the pain
[01:13.43] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[01:17.72] Back down memory lane
[01:19.14] Oh, shit, it's N.W.A.
[01:20.49] Them niggaz on tour and they comin' our way
[01:22.34] Little Eminem is still tucked away
[01:24.68] In that trailer park, just bumpin' our tape
[01:27.84] Jerry Heller tried to make his escape
[01:30.44] I had to bounce, while other niggaz got raped
[01:33.49] Same niggaz turned around and said fuck me
[01:36.39] No, fuck you, 'cause I'm down with Chuck D
[01:39.25] And I'm 'bout to do a movie up, a classic
[01:41.84] When I hit the screen, nigga, it was magic
[01:44.61] Never thought I'd see Eazy in a casket
[01:47.73] Thanks for everythang, that's on everythang
[01:50.46] I learned a lot of game from you
[01:52.75] I like your son, he got his name from you
[01:55.25] I tell him everythang that he need to know
[01:57.70] If he ask my advice, I won't think twice, homey
[02:01.46] I see the happiness, all day every day
[02:05.00] I see the pain
[02:07.79] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[02:10.56] Back down memory lane
[02:12.58] I see the happiness, all day, every day
[02:16.27] I see the pain
[02:19.32] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[02:21.43] Back down memory lane
[02:23.57] From 'Boyz N the Hood', to XXX, too
[02:26.06] Everybody wanna know my next move
[02:28.54] Fans all around say, "We love you, Cube"
[02:31.66] I wanna take time to say, I love you, too
[02:34.12] I love all my fans 'cause they know I'm a man
[02:36.66] And not a little boy or some fuckin' play toy
[02:39.58] A lot of niggaz say, I grew up on you
[02:42.26] And let me know if anybody fuck wit'chu
[02:45.05] 'Cause you talk a lot of shit about the red, black and blue
[02:47.93] And how they treat a nigga called Katrina, did you see her?
[02:50.84] White folks worry 'bout them fuckin' misdemeanor
[02:53.40] While black people dyin' in that God damn arena
[02:56.48] Just because I'm actin', nigga, never stop rappin'
[02:59.04] It's in my blood, homey, I'ma keep the party crackin'
[03:06.79] Money keep stackin 'til they put me in a casket
[03:08.73] Who you think you fuckin' wit? Here's another classic
[03:09.78] I see the happiness, all day every day
[03:11.51] I see the pain
[03:14.36] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[03:17.15] Back down memory lane
[03:21.26] I see the happiness, all day, every day
[03:22.72] I see the pain
[03:25.05] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[03:27.83] Back down memory lane
[03:30.02] I'm Ruthless, I'm Ruthlesso
[03:33.34] Street Knowledge, Lench Mob
[03:37.10] Westside, uh
[03:40.80] I see the happiness, all day every day
[03:44.61] I see the pain
[03:46.82] Where am I? Growin' up in the hood
[03:49.53] Back down memory lane
[03:51.29] Uh, that shit, huh
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