Ice Cube - Hood Mentality

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Song Lyrics

[Ice Cube]
Fuck school nigga, I`ma be a dope dealer
I`ma be a killa, yep a urban guerrilla
I`ma stack scrilla, yeah buy me a villa
Sell a 5-0 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 nigga draped in gold, with a nine milla
Love money, love jail, love that penitentiary mail
Love the way these niggaz smell, keep comin` 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 to hustle
I don`t give a fuck how my life go
Now I`m a slave man to this caveman without Geico
Everybody wanna call Michael a psycho
But he ain`t never came through the hood with a rifle
Gunnin` niggaz 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 have took my ass to Berkeley

[Chorus - X2]
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?

[Ice Cube]
Fuck school nigga, if I grow a little taller
Everybody tell me I`m gon` do it, I`m gon` be a baller
So fuck that thinkin`, fuck that thank and fuck them Lincoln`s, I want Franklin`s
Come back through here with my crew, I`m gon` have my own shoe
I`m gon` be that little fool comin` in your living room
Starting point guard nigga, fresh out of middle school
Either it`s the NBA or it`s the NFL
I don`t know what else I can do to keep my ass up out of 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 O.J. Simpson)
Leave this field, leave this prison, tell you motherfuckers where to kiss `em
I wanna be all broke up, movin` all old and slow
I wanna be a alcoholic just like Broadway Joe
I wanna be a sideshow, kinda like Iron Mike
Used to have a few Bentleys, now I just ride a bike

[Chorus - X2]
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?

[Ice Cube]
Fuck school nigga, they ain`t tryin` to educate me
All they give a fuck is what I memorized lately
I`m gon` have to teach myself, clock that money, get that wealth
I wanna be like Santa Claus, I don`t wanna be no fuckin` elf
No kid left behind but he get the run-around
Can`t you motherfuckers see that they tryin` to dumb us down?
Don`t trust the government, President is for sale
He don`t give a fuck about a nigga, just a 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`d rather have my ass kissed up in Bloomingdale
You can go be a pimp, you can go be a hoe
But you only gon` 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

[Chorus - X2]
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?

Release History

01 January 2008

Raw Footage

1. What Is A Pyroclastic Flow (0:54)
2. I Got My Locs On (feat. Young Jeezy) (3:43)
3. It Takes a Nation (3:26)
4. Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (4:42)
5. Hood Mentality (5:11)
6. Why Me (feat. Musiq Soulchild) (4:01)
7. Cold Places (4:13)
8. Jack N The Box (4:23)
9. Do Ya Thang (4:04)
10. Thank God (5:28)
11. Here He Come (feat. Doughboy) (4:33)
12. Get Money, Spend Money, No Money (4:08)
13. Get Used to It (feat. WC & The Game) (4:25)
14. Tomorrow (3:41)
15. Stand Tall (3:46)
16. Take Me Away (feat. Butch Cassidy) (4:03)