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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ice Cube
Ice Cube
Lead Vocals
Son Of Beserk
Son Of Beserk
Background Vocals
Vincent Henry
Vincent Henry
Saxophone
Tim "Timteo" Rollins
Tim "Timteo" Rollins
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
St. Clair Pinckney
St. Clair Pinckney
Songwriter
James Brown
James Brown
Songwriter
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
Songwriter
Ice Cube
Ice Cube
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sir Jinx
Sir Jinx
Producer
The Bomb Squad
The Bomb Squad
Producer
Chris Champion
Chris Champion
Assistant Engineer
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
Engineer
Dan Wood
Dan Wood
Engineer
Howie Weinberg
Howie Weinberg
Mastering Engineer
Nick Sansano
Nick Sansano
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
(One of these motherfucker's different)
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
[Verse 2]
Who's the mack?
Is it some brother in a big hat
Thinking he can get any bitch with a good rap? (Yeah)
Rolling in a fucked-up Lincoln
Leaning to the side
So it looks like he's sinking
Into that leopard interior
This **** think every girl's inferior
To his tongue, get a dumb bitch sprung
As she selling more butt
And don't even get a cut of the money
His name is Sonny
And he know the play
And hope to God that he don't find a runaway
That's looking to become a star
He'll have your ass in and out of every car
With every Ron and Rick
Sucking every John's dick
Come short of the money, get your ass kicked
You don't like it, but you still call him unc
Last night, the **** put your ass in the trunk
You wanna leave, but Sonny start talking fast
And it make you wanna go and sell more ass
He's getting rich, you his bitch, and it's like that
Now ask yourself
Who's the mack?
[Verse 3]
Who's the mack?
Is it that fool that wanna pump your gas?
Give you a sad story and you give him cash
He start macking and macking and you're sucking
Quick to say, "I'm down on my luck", and
You give him a dollar or a quarter and he's on his way
Then you see his sorry ass the next day
Are you the one getting played like a sucker?
Or do you say, "Get a job, motherfucker"?
Every day the story gets better
He's wearing dirty pants and a funky-ass sweater
He claims he wants to get something to eat (Right on)
But every day, you find yourself getting beat
He gets your money and he run across the street
Don't look both ways 'cause he's in a daze
And almost get his ass hit for the crack
Now ask yourself
Who's the mack?
[Verse 4]
(One of these motherfucker's definitely different)
Who's the mack?
Is it that **** in the club
Asking, have you ever been in a hot tub?
I know the game, so I watch it unfold
When I see the boy pinned to your earlobe
He's talking shit and you crack a smile
When he tell you that he can go buck wild
For a girl like you, and make it feel good
You know it's drama, but it sounds real good
He start dragging, and hopefully he can start tagging
The pussy so he can keep bragging
He say, I'ma leave, baby, can you go with me?
You wanna do it, but you're feeling like an H-O-E
You grab his hand, you leave, and it's over
'Cause the **** ain't nothing but a rover
You knew the game, and you still ended up on your back
Now ask yourself
Who's the mack?
[Verse 5]
Macking is a game, and everybody's playing
And as long as you believe what they saying
Consider them a M-A-C-K and with no delay
They are gonna get all the play
But when it comes to me, save the drama for your mama
It's Ice Cube, and you know that I'm a
Mack in my own right
When it comes to rhyme and rap
'Cause all I do is kick facts
Unlike Iceberg Slim
And all of them be claiming P-I-M-P
No, I'm not going out that way
I'm just a straight up N-I-double G-A
Next time you get over on a fool
And you did the shit like real smooth
Thank Ice Cube for giving up the facts
And ask yourself
Who's the mack?
[Verse 6]
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Straight gangsta mack
Written by: Fred Wesley, James Brown, O'Shea Jackson, St. Clair Pinckney
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