Crow Sheryl What Can I Do For You Lyrics

What Can I Do For You Lyrics

By Ice Cube
In any country, prison is where society sends it's
failures
But in this country, society itself is failing.
Today, how you
like me now, I'm in the mix?
It's 1986 and I got the fix with the chicken
and a quota
Got the baking soda, let the water boil, workers all
loyal
Dropped out the twelveth
Cuz my wealth is shorter than a midget on
his knees
Now I slang keys
Infest my hood with crack, cuz I'm the
mack
Take a nation of millions to hold me back
Too big for my britches,
and I got bitches
Now I'm hittin' switches, niggas want my riches
Used to
get 18 when my G was alive, now a key is 13-5
'89s the number, another
summer
Police ain't get no dumber
Streets dried up, used to think it
would last
But being a king-pin is a thing of the past
They tried to
blast me for selling a boulder
Now I got my ass in Minnesota
Got my own
crew, it's on brand new
Damn, what can I do?
Today...
Already done
stack me half a mill ticket
Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick
it
Now I got ends, wavin' to my friends, rollin' in my Benz
Goin' to see
the Twins, play at the dome
Police are tappin' my mobile phone
I'm almost
home
Gettin' excited, indited, spent a grip and a year tryin' to fight
it
Lawyer got paid, plea, no contest
And everything I own got
repossessed
Now take a look at the dust
And I'm happy cuz I only got 36
months
Never picked up a book
But my arms are 16 inches, niggas
look
Can't wait for '92 so I can get with my crew
And see, what can I
do?
Today...
Phucked up in the pen, now it's ninety-fo
Back in LA, and
I'm bailin' in the dough
Everybody, now I gotta start from scratch
So
where to work at, and niggas smirk at
Me say ain't nuttin' poppin from here
to the LB
What you tell me?
No it ain't crack, and everybody's jackin'
for a coupe
Cuz, they sent in the troops
Even tho I got muscle, that
ain't my hustle
Takin' niggas sh*t in a tussle
No skills to pay the
bills
Takin' 'bout education to battle inflashion
No college degree, just
a dumb ass G
(Yeah you Nigga, who me?)
I got a baby on the way, damn it's
a mess
Have you ever been convicted of a felony?  Yes
Took some advice
from my Uncle Fester
All dressed up in polyester
Welcome to McDonalds may
I please help you?
sh*t, what can I do?
Today...
The white man has
broke every law known to man to establish AmeriKKKa.
But he'll put you in
the state penitentary, he'll put you in the federal
penitentary for breaking
these same laws.  Now we gonna look and see if
this muthaphucker is guilty
for the laws he'll put you in jail for :
Drug using, drug selling, armed
robbery, strong armed robbery, grand
larceny, rape, racketering, conspiracy
to commit murder, extortion,
aggravated assault, mayhem, sodomy of the black
man, trespassing,
embezzelment, purgery, kidnapping, smuggling, grand theft,
brandishing
a firearm, carrying a conceled weapon, breaking and entering,
and
premeditated cold-blooded murder.
Guilty on every charge.