Ice Cube - What Can I Do: lyrics and video

Shit, what can I do today?
'89s the number, another summer, police ain't get no dumber
And everything jumped
'Cuz they sent in the troops
Spent a grip and a year tryin' to fight it
Than a midget on his knees, now, I slang keys

I got a baby on the way, damn, it's a mess
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Yes
Got my own crew, it's on brand new
Now I got ends, wavin' to my friends, rollin' in my Benz
Can't wait for '92, so I can get with my crew
Grand theft, brandishing a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon
Everybody, now I gotta start from scratch
Too big for my britches and I got bitches
Got the baking soda, let the water boil, workers all loyal
Takin' 'bout education to battle inflation



Now, I got my ass in Minnesota
For the laws he'll put you in jail for drug using, drug selling
Play at the dome, police are tappin' my mobile phone
Took some advice from my Uncle Fester

Now, it was on from dusk to dawn
Streets dried up, used to think it would last
No, it ain't crack, and everybody's jackin' for a coupe
Bought a house next to Prince, so now, I can kick it
So, where to work at, and niggas smirk at
Known to man to establish America

Now, it was on from dusk to dawn
The white man has broke every law
Phucked up in the pen, now it's ninety-fo
But my arms are 16 inches, niggas, look

No college degree, just a dumb ass G
Breaking and entering and premeditated cold-blooded murder
Dropped out the twelveth 'cuz my wealth is shorter

Damn, what can I do today?
Now, we gonna look and see if this muthaphucker is guilty

Even though I got muscle, that ain't my hustle
Now, it was on from dusk to dawn

And everything jumped, what the f**k can I do today?
They tried to blast me for selling a boulder
Extortion, aggravated assault, mayhem, sodomy of the black man
What you tell me?

Takin' niggas shit in a tussle
Used to get 18 when my G was alive, now a key is 13-5
Today, how you like me now, I'm in the mix?

He'll put you in the federal penitentiary for breaking these same laws
Back in LA and I'm bailin' in the dough
Yeah, you Nigga, who me?
Now, I'm hittin' switches, niggas want my riches
Larceny, rape, racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder
Take a nation of millions to hold me back

No skills to pay the bills
It's 1986 and I got the fix with the chicken and a quota
Welcome to McDonalds, may I please help you?
And everything I own got repossessed

Armed robbery, strong armed robbery, grand
Me say ain't nuttin' poppin' from here to the L B

Now, it was on from dusk to dawn
And everything jumped

Now take a look at the dust
And see, what can I do today?

But he'll put you in the state penitentiary
Infest my hood with crack, 'cuz I'm the mack
But being a king-pin is a thing of the past
Trespassing, embezzlement, purgery, kidnapping, smuggling

Never picked up a book
Lawyer got paid, plea, no contest

And I'm happy 'cuz I only got 36 months

Guilty on every charge
I'm almost home, gettin' excited, indited
Goin' to see the Twins
Already done stack me half a mill ticket
All dressed up in polyester
And everything jumped