Boyz-n-the Hood

Album: N.W.A. And The Posse (1987)
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  • Hey yo man, remember that shit Eazy did a while back
    Motherfuckers said it wasn't gonna work
    That crazy shit, yeah the stupid shit
    Hey yo Eazy! (Yo!)
    Hey man why don't you come off the piano for a minute
    And bust this crazy shit

    Woke up quick at about noon
    Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon
    I gotta get drunk before the day begins
    Before my mother starts bitchin' about my friends
    About to go and damn near went blind
    Young niggaz at the pad throwin' up gang signs
    Ran in the house and grabbed my clip
    With the Mac-10 on the side of my hip
    Bailed outside and pointed my weapon
    Just as I thought, the fools kept steppin'
    Jumped in the fo' hit the juice on my ride
    I got front back and side to side
    Then I let the Alpine play
    Bumpin' new shit by NWA
    It was "Gangsta Gangsta" at the top of the list
    Then I played my own shit, it went somethin' like this

    Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo'
    Jockin' the bitches, slappin' the hoes
    Went to the park to get the scoop
    Knuckleheads out there cold shootin' some hoops
    A car pulls up, who can it be?
    A fresh El Camino rolled, Kilo G
    He rolls down his window and he started to say
    It's all about makin' that GTA

    'Cause the boyz n tha hood are always hard
    You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
    Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
    Don't quote me boy, 'cause I ain't sayin' shit

    Down on B's in the place to give me the pace
    He said my man JB is on freebase
    The boy JB was a friend of mine
    Til I caught him in my car tryin' to steal my Alpine
    Chased him up the street to call a truce
    The silly motherfucker pull out a deuce-deuce
    Little did he know I had a loaded 12 gauge
    One sucker dead, LA Times front page

    'Cause the boyz n tha hood are always hard
    You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
    Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
    Don't quote me boy, 'cause I ain't sayin' shit

    Bored as hell and I wanna get ill
    So I went to a spot where my homeboys chill
    The fellows out there, makin' that dollar
    I pulled up in my 6-4 Impala
    They greet me with a 40 and I start drinkin'
    And from the 8-ball my breath starts stinkin'
    Left to get my girl, to rock that body
    Before I left I hit the Bacardi
    Went to her house to get her out of the pad
    Dumb hoe says something stupid that made me mad
    She said somethin' that I couldn't believe
    So I grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy ass weave
    She started talkin' shit, wouldn't you know?
    Reached back like a pimp and slapped the hoe
    Her father jumped up and he started to shout
    So I threw a right-cross and knocked his old ass out

    'Cause the boyz n tha hood are always hard
    You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
    Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
    Don't quote me boy, 'cause I ain't sayin' shit

    I'm rollin' hard now I'm under control
    Then wrapped the six-fo' round the telephone poll
    I looked at my car and I said, "Oh brother
    I throw it in the gutter and go buy another"
    Walkin home and I see the G ride
    Now Kat is drivin Kilo on the side
    As they busted a U, they got pulled over
    An undercover cop in a dark green Nova
    Kat got beat for resistin arrest
    He socked the pig in the head for rippin his Guess
    Now G is cut for doin the crime
    For defense on the boy, he'll do some time

    'Cause the boyz n tha hood are always hard
    You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
    Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
    Don't quote me boy, 'cause I ain't sayin' shit

    I went to get them out but there was no bail
    The fellaz start to riot in the county jail
    Two days later in municipal court
    Kilo G on trial straight cold cut a fork
    "Disruption of the court", said the judge
    On a six year sentence my man didn't budge
    Bailiff came over to turn him in
    Kilo G looked up and gave a grin
    He yelled out "fire!", then came Suzi
    The bitch came in with a sub-machine uzi
    Police shot the bitch but didn't hurt her
    Both up state for attempted murder

    'Cause the boyz n tha hood are always hard
    You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
    Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
    Don't quote me boy, 'cause I ain't sayin' shit Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Tyler from Missourii really wish easy was still alive man he tupac biggie jmx rip to the legends man.
  • Fujiko from Lexington, KyThe song was penned by Ice Cube, but given to Eazy-E for another project. The group it was handed to turned down the song, so Eazy-E decided to cut it (with Dr. Dre in the producer's chair).
  • Kenny from Toronto, CanadaA Texas rock band called Dynamite Hack did a cover of this. That version sounds like something Bob Dylan would sing.
  • Dave from Birmingham , EnglandEazy Is a legend started Gansta Rap RIP EAZY-E
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