ICE CUBE LYRICS - Penitentiary

"Penitentiary"



"Attention all nigga rows and nigga hoes

We've decided to rob this motherfucker the legal way

Nobs injecting ourselves to become property on the stock

In the penal system. In the justice system"



Penitentiary, I hear you calling me [x4]



[Verse 1]

As the world turns, it burns while it's spinning

Coming to a fucked-up ending

I can't wait till the day everything in the hood is straight

And I can hit the purty gates

Until then, the pen is unfair

Slave ships in the middle of nowhere (ma)

I lets my goddamn hair grow (ma)

Bellin' in court, lookin' like a scarecrow

On Capital Hill, they them passed a bill

Coming at me with a fucked-up deal (nah)

The judge gave me a 'L'

But y'all can't tell

I wait and cry in my cell

Convicted negro, superhero

Speaker at our house

Takin' lyrics in my mouth

Bitches in the south showin' ass (mm)

Mix a lot, got hoes puttin titties on the glass

We blast in the west for example

And rap about this shit over funkadelic samples

Yo' babies see me kill a fool on TV (Wilson!)

And straight call me a G



[Chorus]

Penitentiary, I hear you calling me

Penitentiary, I hear you calling me

Thinkin' of illegal ways to get paid

But it ain't shit, got to be legit



[Bridge]

South-central L. A.

You can buy your game from the C. I.A., hey-hey

And South-central L. A.

You can buy your game from the C. I.A. baby



[Verse 2]

When the evil outweighs the good

And you only give a fuck about rucks

The Earth will self-destruct (Bitch)

Fuck the ozone layer, bitch I'm a playa (Bitch)

Plus we got a black mayor

I get sex when I shows flex (Booom!)

Porbey Rolex (Booom!)

Which hoe is next? (Booom!)

Would you like a piece of me? Not a mate

Calling you a hoe 'cos I'm fucking on the first day (uh)

My world is a one-mile radius

I swear every other hood is the shadiest (uh)

Could the crips and bloods be all rotten

When the trilateral commission is plottin'?

What you gonna do when the Earth erupts?

Some niggaz gettin' nuts outa carafel cups (punk)

Fool you on master's woe

But won't even think about, sucking Bob Doe (punk)

Asshole from the Senate

How can you relate to a project tennant?

Motherfuck you and not the courtman, no corrections

Tryina' get a section of this west-side connection



[Chorus (x2)]

[Bridge]



Just because you gotta stay

You ain't gotta rot away

We gon' come and get you one day

[repeat until fade]