Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ice Cube
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bernard Worrell
Songwriter
David Lee Spradley
Songwriter
Garry Marshall Shider
Songwriter
George Clinton, Jr.
Songwriter
O'Shea Jackson
Songwriter
Quincy Jones
Songwriter
William Earl Collins
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ice Cube
Executive Producer
Kris Solemn
Mastering Engineer
Q D III
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Why oh why must you swoop through the hood
Like everybody from the hood is up to no good
You think all the girls around here are tricking
Up there looking like super chicken
At night I see your light through my bedroom window
But I ain't got shit but the pad and pencil
I can't wait till I hear you say
I'm going down, mayday, mayday
I'm gonna clown
'Cause every time that the pigs have got me
Y'all rub it in with the flying nazi
Military force, but we don't want ya
Standing on my roof with a rocket launcher
So fly like an eagle
But don't follow us where ever we go
The shit that I'm saying, make sure it's heard
Motherfuck you and you punk ass ghetto bird
[Verse 2]
Run, run, run, from the ghetto bird
Run, run, run, from the ghetto bird
[Verse 3]
Now, my homey's here to lick on a trick for a Rolex
And let me try the four next
Now the four I was driving is hotter than July
Looked up and didn't see a ribbon in the sky
Saw a chopper with numbers on the bottom
Calling all cars, I think we've got 'em
I hit the gas and I mashed past Inglewood
I think I drove through every single hood
South Central, Compton, and Watts
Long Beach, bust a you, here come the cops
Wish I had a genie with about three wishes
Metal flake green on D's I look suspicious
You know that I'm running, shit, I hear it humming
Fuck, I see it coming
Is it a bird, yup
Is it a plane, no
I hit me a right on El Segundo
Wanted to holla, had to ditch the Impala
Let's see if they would folla
Me, hit a fence, hit a fence, and another
Met me a baby pitbull and his mother
Ran up in some people's house and looked out the window
I wish it was my kin folk
Had to pull a strap on a fool named Louis the third
'Cause I'm getting chased by the ghetto bird
[Verse 4]
Just put his hat off, he combed his hair, then put his hat back on
So, he's a acting nonchalant, up there in that cockpit
Going 115 miles an hour, with the, uh, police chasing him
They're not gonna be real happy when they catch up with him
No matter what the scene, with the uh
The uh, they hate, they hate a big mouth even worse
[Verse 5]
Officer Bird's on his way, and I don't want to see him
Could you please give me the keys to the B.M.?
See I didn't want to gank you
But don't make me bank you, thank you
Tried to get to the hood, and you might guess
That a fool like me'a shot Cyrus
Incognito, ghetto eagle
Saying fuck, where did he go
I bust me a left from Rubellon
Park the 7-35 and I'm bailing
Went to my home girl's house, and got a hug man
She helped me run like Harriet Tubman
Looked out the window by the black bed
I saw the pigs and the four on a flatbed
Then the light from the bird hit me in the face
I closed the blinds 'cause I didn't want to catch a case
All that night, I heard the bird circle
While I was eating fish and watching Urkel
She said I could sleep on the couch
By 2AM I was digging her out
Fuck the ghetto bird
[Verse 6]
Which way is he going now? Ok, now, now
He's actually southbound, on a service street, and uh
Gee whiz, uh, I'm gonna get my maps out here to figure out which
Surface street he suddenly turned off on
Uh, the Sheriffs, are, are, well I know that
Sheriffs ground units got thrown off
[Verse 7]
Motherfuck you and your punk ass ghetto bird
Written by: Ice Cube, Q D III