They give us guns and drugs
Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs
Ice Cube quotes
- Quotes
- 19
- Lyrics
- 12
- Interviews
- 7
12 lyrics and 7 interviews. Struggle leads on 5 lines, with justice, craft, wit and life on 4 each. It Was a Good Day (3) is the page's lightest stretch: waking up, thanking God, a triple-double. Others, such as Endangered Species and Why We Thugs, take on injustice and race. The interviews (The Believer in 2003, HUNGER in 2023) are about government causing the problems, music as a mirror, and a view on AI re-creating dead artists.
If I was old, they'd probably be a friend of me
Since I'm young, they consider me the enemy
They kill ten of me to get the job correct
Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
Now I remember, I used to be cool
'Til I stopped fillin' out my W-2
Last week, fucked around and got a triple-double
Freakin' niggas every way like MJ
I can't believe today was a good day (Shit)
Fresh out of school 'cause I was a high school grad
Gots to get a job 'cause I was a high school dad
Use your brain, not your back
Use your brain, not a gat
would you go back and change a masterpiece because of one lyric? No, don’t touch it!
All young people want to be old one day. That’s the dream career. If the Rolling Stones can get up there and still do it at 80, then why can’t rappers?
AI re-creations of dead artists are being puppeteered by an executive. Who wants that shit?
You can be the richest man in the world, but if you are unhealthy, your money means nothing!
I got my grub on, but didn't pig out
Finally got a call from a girl I wanna dig out (What's up?)
Hooked it up for later as I hit the door
Thinkin', "Will I live another twenty-four?"
Just wakin' up in the mornin', gotta thank God
I don't know, but today seems kinda odd
No barkin' from the dog, no smog
And mama cooked the breakfast with no hog (Damn)
Got you a college boy, who was worse than me
And he probably fucked the whole university
Damn, G, the spot's gettin' hot
So how the fuck am I supposed to make a knot?
Police looking at niggas through a microscope
In L.A. everybody and they mama sell dope
Goddamn, I'm glad y'all set it off
Used to be hard, now you're just wet and soft
Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music.
With N.W.A., I think our biggest legacy is that we made it alright for you to say whatever you wanted to say on your record, and be whoever you wanted to be on your record.
People wanna know how come
I got a gat and I'm lookin' out the window like Malcolm
Ready to bring that noise
Kinda trigger happy like the Geto Boys