Текст песни Ice Cube - What Can I Do?(Clean) (Eastside Remix; Edited)
Ta-dow, how you like me now? I'm in the mix
It's 1986 and I got the fix
With a chicken and a quota, got the baking soda
Let the water boil, workers all loyal
Dropped out the twelfth 'cause my wealth is
Shorter than a midget on his knees, now I slang keys
Infest my hood with crack 'cause I'm the mack
Take a nation of millions to hold me back
Too big for my britches and I got the bitches
Now I'm hitting switches, niggas want my riches
Used to get eighteen when my G was alive
Now a ki' is thirteen-five
Eighty-nine's the number, another summer
Police ain't get no dumber
Streets dried up, used to think it would last
But being a kingpin is a thing of the past
They tried to blast me for selling a boulder
Now I got my ass in Minnesota
Got my own crew, it's on, brand new
Damn, what can I do? Ta-dow
Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped
Damn, what can I do? Ta-dow
Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped
Already done stacked me half a meal ticket
Bought a house next to Prince so now I can kick it
Now I got ends, waving to my friends
Rolling in my Benz, going to see the Twins
Play at the Dome, police are tapping
My mobile phone, I'm almost home
Getting excited, indicted
Spent the grip in a year trying to fight it
Lawyer got paid, plead no contest
And everything I own got repossessed
Now take a look at the ducks
And I'm happy 'cause I only got thirty-six months
Never picked up a book
But my arms are 16 inches, nigga, look
Can't wait for '92 so I can get with my crew
And see what can I do, ta-dow
Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped
(And it's on like that)
Fucked up in the pen, now it's '94
Back in L.A. and I'm bailing in the door
Everybody know I gotta start from scratch
So where to work at? And niggas smirk at
Me saying ain't nothing popping from here to the LB
What you tell me? No, it ain't cracking
Everybody's jacking for a Coupe 'cause
They sent in the troops
Even though I got muscle, that ain't my hustle
Taking niggas down in a tussle
No skills to pay the bills
Talking about education to battle inflation
No college degree, just a dumb ass G
(Yeah, you niggas) Who me? I got a baby on the way
Damn, it's a mess
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Yes
Took some advice from my Uncle Fester
All dressed up in polyester
"Welcome to McDonald's, may I please help you?"
What can I do? Ta-dow
Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped
The white man has broke every law known to man to establish America
But he'll put you in a state penitentiary
He'll put you in a federal penitentiary for breaking these same laws
Now, we gon' look and see if this motherfucker's
Guilty for the laws he'll put you in jail for
Drug using, drug selling, armed robbery
Strong-arm robbery, grand larceny
Rape, racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder
Extortion, aggravated assault, mayhem
Sodomy of the black man, trespassing
Embezzlement, perjury, kidnapping
Smuggling, grand theft, brandishing a firearm
Carrying a concealed weapon
Breaking and entering, and premeditated, cold-blooded murder
Guilty on every charge
