Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ice Cube
Performer
Angie Stone
Background Vocals
Eddie Kendricks
Sampled Artist
John Murphy
Performer
Keith David
Spoken Word
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Background Vocals
Shareef Jackson
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
O'Shea Jackson
Songwriter
Teak Underdue
Songwriter
Dejon Underdue
Songwriter
Harold Davis
Songwriter
Herman Griffith
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
David "Dizmix" Lopez
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Fuck school, ****, I'ma be a dope dealer
I'ma be a killer, yup an urban guerrilla
I'ma stack scrilla, yeah, buy me a villa
Sell a five oh to my Auntie Priscilla
I don't give a fuck that she look like thriller
Hit that shit one more time and fuck around and kill her
'Cause I got the heart of a Pittsburgh Steeler
Black **** draped in gold with a nine milla
Love money, love jail, love that penitentiary mail
Love the way these **** smell
Keep coming back, can't you tell
Love to see my mama cry
Love to see my babies struggle
Love to see my woman juggle nuts 'cause she got the hustle
I don't give a fuck how my life go
Now I'm a slave man to this cave man without Geico
Everybody wanna car
Michael a psycho
But he ain't never came through the hood with a rifle
Gunning **** down 'cause they don't got the right clothes
Hit the wrong person 'cause we shoot just like hoes
First I was blood thirsty, Mr. Mr. controversy
Now I wanna beg for mercy
Should of took my ass to first
[Verse 2]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
[Verse 3]
Fuck school, ****, If I grow a little taller
Everybody tell me I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna be a baller
So fuck that thinking, fuck that thinking
Fuck them Lincolns, I want Franklins
Come back through here with my crew
I'm gonna have my own shoe
I'm gonna be that little fool
Coming in your living room
Starting point guard, ****, fresh outta middle school
Either is the NBA, or is the NFL
I dunno what else I can do to keep my ass self outta jail
I wanna be like Tiger Woods, swing that club
Make you sick
I wanna be like Pacman jones
I wanna be like Michael Vick
I wanna be like Barry Bonds
I wanna be like OJ Simpson
Leaders feel, leaders prison, tell you mother fuckers where to kiss 'em
I wanna be all broke'd up
Moving all old and slow
I wanna be a alcoholic,
Just like Barway Joe
I wanna be a side show
Kinda like Iron Mike
Used to have a few Bentley's now I just ride a bike
[Verse 4]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
[Verse 5]
Fuck school, ****, they ain't trying to educate me
All they give a fuck is what I memorize lately
I'm gonna have to teach me self
Clock that money, get that wealth
I wanna be like Santa Claus
I don't wanna be no fucking elf
No kid left behind, buddy get the run around
Can't you mother fuckers see that they trying to dumb us down
Don't trust the government, president is for sale
He don't give a fuck about a ****, just an oil well
Sell crack, go to jail, bust a rap, go to hell
Do I got to sell my soul if I wanna go to Yale
Go kiss Oprah's ass if you wanna be Gail
I rather have my ass kissed up in Bloomingdale
You can go be a pimp, you can go be a hoe
But you only gonna get paid off what you know
If you don't know shit then you can't work for me
'Cause you read your first book in the penitentiary
[Verse 6]
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
If you don't wanna shake that hood mentality
How the fuck we supposed to change our reality
Written by: De Jon Lamont Underdue, Dejon Underdue, Harold Davis, Herman Griffith, O'Shea Jackson, Teak Underdue