INTRO:(COOLIO TALKING) This record goes out to all you fake a**,gangsta baller bueschwa-minded a** House n***as who forget their colour.Put on a suit and tie and escape from The ghetto and don't never come back.Yeah motherf**er,you can run but you Sure can't hide! Deep down in the jungle with a crack to the throat n***as k** n***as for steppin on their toe A girl is a b**h and a lady is a ho When anything goes for a little bit o'docey sh** get cooked by thugs and crooks With the knowledge of a scholar but they don't read books Everyday is a chance that ya life might go So today is a day that ya gotta get paid Slang them ki's,make them g's Do what'cha want but ya sell what'cha please But don't f** ??? where you come from Cos when you do that you're done Remember your n***as and b**hes and your Trojans And take it to your pockets for some fitness When ya get it goin and ya got it goin good Ya better bring back somethin for da hood HOOK 1 Bring back somethin fo da hood motherf**er! Bring back somethin fo da hood! REPEAT LA County what's goin on? 1993 modern day Babylon Peace to the n***as from the street And rest in peace to the others that's six feet deep Welcome to the fool and he strikes when he's back And the snake come around,go around and get ape Top down,slipped on CO-run they none Every (?cisscrack?)-CAINE ain't no fun
Black cop white cop *gun shot* f** the colour of skin make sure he shot *gun shot* Escape from a jail cell,split away from hell And all I want for Christmas is a Glock and some shells Billy Boy takes the pictures,(?Rak watch the room?) Five-I-seven on my switch,we got out early Taddle-tails get dropped an' they get got good So get this stoob n***a for the hood HOOK 2 Get that n***a fo da hood motherf**er! Get that n***a fo da hood! REPEAT INTERLUDE Them n***as ain't playin!(x 3) (What'cha gonna do when you get out of jail?) Get that n***a fo da hood VERSE 3 You must remember dis if you're black and you're rich One push come to shove they'll take your sh** Martin Luther King didn't wear a diamond ring But he had a dream to let freedom reign My homie Red Foxx got played like blocks Pick em up sticks,jacks and hop-scotch ???,aggravation,there's no end to the situation Cos n***as need a place to meet,a place to sleep A place to eat and rest they feet But nobody really even gives a f** That's why so many n***as is maggot'd up,huh You claimin the hood but you don't back it up Fool!And when they catch ya a**,they gonna fu*k you up So when you get it goin and ya got it goin good You better bring back somethin fo da hood REPEAT HOOK 1(x 2) OUTRO Bring back somethin fo da hood MOTHERfu*kER (Haa-aah!Haa-aah!Haa-aah!)