[Verse 1: Ice Cube] Here's a little something about a brotha like me Never shoulda been let out the penititary Ice Cube would like to say That I'm a crazy motha from around the way Since I was a youth, I smoked weed out Now I'm the type of punk that you read about Doin' a crime or two, that's what the hell I do You don't like how I'm livin well [garbled]! This is a crew, and I'm in it My man Dre'll knock you out in a minute With a right left, right left you're toothless And then you say -- damn they ruthless! We'll make you say it again [damn] N.W.A's messing up the program And then you realize we don't care We don't just say no, we're too busy saying: "Yeah" About drinking straight out the eight bottle Tell the truth -- do I look like a role model? To a kid looking up to me Life ain't nothin but girls and money Cause I'm the type of brotha that's built to last We had some in the present, some in the past But I don't give a damn cause I keep bailing Yo, tell em what they yelling [Hook] Gangsta gangsta, that's what they're yelling (It's not about a salary, it's all about reality) Gangsta, Gangsta (He'll tell you exactly how he feel, and don't want a thing back) [Verse 2: Ice Cube] Homies all standing around, just hanging Some dope-dealing, some gang-banging We decide to roll and we deep See a s**a on Daytons and we creep Real slow, and before you know I had my AK pointed in the window Check it in, punk, or I might blast He got scared and hit the gas We tried to catch him, but you all know You can't catch a five point oh, so We headed right back to the fort Sweatin' all the girls in the biker shorts We didn't get no play, from the ladies With six thugs in a car are you crazy? She was scared, and it was showing We all said [garbled] and kept going To the hood, and we was fin to Look for somethin' else to get into Like a new female, or in fact A bum rush, but we call it rat pack On a s**a for nothin' at all Ice Cube'll go stupid when I'm full of eight ball I might stumble, but still won't lose Now I'm dressed in the county blues Cause I'm the type of brotha that's built to last We had some in the present, some in the past But I don't give a damn cause I keep bailin' Yo, tell em what they yellin' [Interlude: Dr. Dre (MC Ren)] Wait a minute, wait a minute, cut this (Man whatcha gonna do now?) "What we're gonna do right here is go way back" How far you goin back? "Way back" "As we go a lil somethin like this" [Ice Cube] Here's a lil gangsta, short in size A t-shirt and Levi's is his only disguise Built like a tank yet hard to hit Ice Cube and Eazy E [Dre:] cold rockin' it [Verse 3: Eazy E (MC Ren)] Well I'm Eazy E the one they're talkin about s**a tried to roll the dice and just crapped out Police tried to roll, so it's time to go I creeped away real slow and jumped in the six-fo' With the "Diamond in the back, sun-roof top" Diggin' the scene with the gangsta lean Cause I'm the E, I don't slang or bang I just knock s**as out like it ain't no thang And all the ladies, you know I'm talkin to you "We love you Eazy!" Yeah, I love you too Because you see, you know I gotta be legit (So let me tell you stupid s**as who you're messing with] Cause I'm the type of brotha that's built to last We had some in the present, some in the past But I don't give a damn cause I keep bailin' Yo, tell em what they yellin' [Hook] Gangsta, Gangsta, that's what they're yelling (It's not about a salary, it's all about reality) Gangsta, Gangsta (He'll...up you and yours, and anything that gets in his way) Gangsta, Gangsta, that's what they're yelling (It's not about a salary, it's all about reality) Gangsta, Gangsta (He'll just call you a low-life mother..., and talk about your funky ways)