Ice Cube - Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside) (Explicit) (Feat. Chuck D)(2003)

[00:00.17] "At the bottom of our news tonight
[00:01.87] There's been a new animal aimed at the direction of falling off the face of the Earth
[00:05.93] Yes, young black teenagers are reported to be the oldest
[00:09.70] And the newest creatures added to the endangered species list
[00:13.03] As of now, the government has not made steps to preserve the Blacks
[00:16.50] When asked why, a top law official adds, 'because they make good game'"
[00:24.62] (A young nigga got it bad 'cause I'm brown)
[00:28.73] Peace? Hahaha, don't make me laugh!
[00:31.04] All I hear is motherfuckers rappin' succotash
[00:33.24] Livin' large, tellin' me to get out the gang
[00:35.41] I'm a nigga, gotta live by the trigga
[00:37.16] How the fuck do you figure?
[00:39.18] That I can say "Peace" and the gunshots will cease?
[00:41.96] Every cop killer goes ignored
[00:43.89] They just send another nigga to the morgue
[00:45.87] A point scored, they could give a fuck about us
[00:48.05] They rather catch us with guns and white powder
[00:50.28] If I was old, they'd probably be a friend of me
[00:52.24] Since I'm young, they consider me the enemy
[00:54.62] They kill ten of me to get the job correct
[00:56.62] To serve, protect, and break a nigga's neck
[00:59.18] 'Cause I'm the one with the trunk of funk
[01:00.87] And "Fuck tha Police" in the tape deck
[01:02.84] You should listen to me 'cause there's more to see
[01:04.96] Call my neighborhood a ghetto 'cause it houses minorities
[01:07.45] The other color don't know you can run but not hide
[01:10.24] These are tales from the darkside
[01:11.60] All of us are endangered, damn!
[01:14.06] (A young nigga got it bad 'cause I'm brown)
[01:17.91] (A young nigga got it bad 'cause I'm brown)
[01:22.97]
[01:30.77] You wanna free Africa? I'll stare at ya
[01:33.43] 'Cause we ain't got it too good in America
[01:35.58] I can't fuck with them overseas
[01:37.91] My homeboy died over keys
[01:39.44] Of cocaine, it was plain and simple
[01:41.32] The nine millimeter went to the temple
[01:43.81] Was the sound I put the bitch down
[01:46.56] And ran to the schoolyard bathroom
[01:48.56] Looked in the trash can, yo it had room
[01:50.75] So I ducked my ass in it for a minute
[01:52.41] Covered with trash, I had to lay back
[01:54.07] Mad as fuck, thinkin' about the payback
[01:56.62] Tonight the crew gonna have a little fun
[01:58.89] I went home and cut the barrel of my shotgun
[02:01.03] It's gettin' critical - I stole a 5.0
[02:03.22] I let it go - drive real slow
[02:05.17] I yelled out "Ice Cube, sucka"
[02:06.89] The shotgun kicked, and it murdered motherfuckers
[02:09.91] I told you last album
[02:11.51] "When I got a sawed-off, bodies are hauled off"
[02:14.02] It's a shame, that niggas die young
[02:16.02] But to the light side it don't matter none
[02:18.20] It'll be a drive by homicide
[02:20.59] But to me its just another tale from the Darkside
[02:24.36] Standing in the middle of war, the minute we flex
[02:27.16] When we die, we won't make Jet
[02:29.34] Ebony can't see to the light side
[02:31.01] The term they apply to us is a nigga
[02:33.87] Call it what you want, 'cause I'm comin' from the corner
[02:35.62] Same applies to a Ph.D.
[02:37.72] Who's black, don't wanna roll, sells his soul
[02:40.35] Watch his head go rollin'
[02:42.65] Who the fuck are they foolin'?
[02:44.21] Nobody knows, but I suppose the color of my clothes
[02:47.05] Matches the color of the one on my face
[02:48.48] As they wonder what's under my waist
[02:50.03] (Standin' on the verge) of them gettin' brown
[02:52.56] That's a fact, got a fear of the bozack
[02:54.45] Run, run, run, their ass off, they can not hide
[02:56.99] Yeah, Cube, they can't fuck with the Darkside!
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