Once Upon A Time In The Projects-Ice Cube

[ti:Once Upon A Time In The Projects] [ar:Ice Cube] [al:THE GREATEST HITS] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.59]Once upon a time in the projects yo [00:04.75]I damn near had to wreck a ho [00:07.33]I knocked on the door - [00:09.15]Who is it [00:10.41]Its ice cube [00:10.97]Come to pay a little visit to ya [00:12.71]And whats up with [00:13.48]The niggers in the parking lot [00:16.07]She said f**k em [00:16.95]Cause they get sparked alot [00:18.83]I sat on the couch [00:20.73]But it wasnt stable [00:21.55]And then I put [00:23.34]My nikes on the coffee table [00:25.46]Her brother walked in [00:26.93]Hes into gangbangin [00:27.50]Cause he walked up [00:28.99]And said what set you claimin [00:32.52]I don't bang [00:33.56]I write the good rhymes [00:34.96]The whole scenery reminded [00:35.89]Me of good times [00:36.95] [00:37.92]I hate to feel bad but I'm in a rut [00:41.10]By a young ni**a that [00:42.55]Needs to pull his pants up [00:44.91] [00:50.91]Her mother came in with [00:52.58]A joint in her mouth [00:53.79]And fired up the sess [00:55.07]It was sess no doubt [00:56.65]She said please excuse [00:57.60]My house and all that [00:59.06]I said yeah cause [01:00.12]I was buzzed from the contact [01:02.83]Lookin at a f**ked up black and white [01:05.96]Her moms bitchin cause [01:07.05]The county check wasnt right [01:08.91]She had another brother [01:10.22]That was three years old [01:12.55]And had a bad case of [01:14.10]The runny nose [01:15.70]He asked me who [01:16.58]I was then I had to pause [01:18.54]It smelled like he took a sh*t [01:20.27]In his little drawers [01:21.61]I saw her sister that [01:22.79]Needs get her a** kicked [01:24.63]Only thirteen and already pregnant [01:25.85]I grabbed the forty [01:28.59]Out the bag and took a swig [01:30.81]Cause I was getting [01:31.85]Overwhelmed by bebe kids [01:33.85]They were runnin and [01:34.87]Playin and cursin and yellin [01:37.02]And tellin and look at [01:38.17]This young punk bailin [01:40.21]I heard a knock on [01:41.44]The door without the password [01:43.29]And her moms got the 12 guage mossberg [01:46.46]The ni**a said yo [01:48.49]Whats for sale [01:49.71]And the b**ch came out [01:50.98]With a bag of ya-yo [01:52.05]She made the drop [01:54.27]And got the 20 dollars [01:55.75]From a smoked out fool [01:56.90]With ring around the collar [01:58.52]The girl I was waiting for came out [02:00.36]I said b**ch I didnt know [02:02.82]This was a crack house [02:04.75]I got my coat and suddenly [02:07.99](police breaking into house annoucing themselves) [02:11.00]The cop busted in and [02:12.22]Had a mac-10 pointed to my dome [02:14.14]And I said to myself once again its on [02:17.68]He threw me on the carpet [02:19.39]No slap jumped back [02:20.22]Stomped on my head [02:22.23]And put his knee in my back [02:24.17]First he tried to wrap me up [02:26.77]Slap me up rough me up [02:28.41]They couldn't do it so they cuffed me up [02:30.45]I said f**k how much abuse [02:31.70]Can a ni**a take [02:32.68]Hey yo officer [02:33.49]You're making a big mistake [02:36.24]Since I had on a shirt that [02:38.84]Said I was d**e [02:40.33]He thought I was selling base [02:41.58]And couldn't hear my case [02:42.65]He said get out my face [02:43.96]I musta had a grudge [02:45.49]His reply tell that bullshit to the judge [02:48.17]The girl I was with wasnt sayin nothin [02:51.73]I said aiyyo b**ch you better [02:53.89]Tell em somethin [02:54.41]She started draggin [02:55.40]And all of a sudden [02:57.54]We all got tossed [02:58.89]In the patty wagon [03:00.48]Now I beat the rap [03:01.98]But that ain't the point [03:04.18]I had a warrant so [03:05.44]I spent 2 weeks in the joint [03:07.41]Now the story [03:08.18]You heard has one little object [03:10.55]Don't f**k with [03:11.67]A b**ch from the projects [03:14.10]Once Upon A Time In The Projects - Ice Cube