Ice Cube - True To The Game(1991)

[00:00.34] Ay, yeah you, motherfucker
[00:02.38] You know who I'm talking to
[00:03.74] Yeah, you that motherfucker that betrayed your homeboys and you ain't
[00:08.88] Shit
[00:09.64] Yeah, you about to get your motherfucking ghetto pass revoked,
[00:12.84] Motherfucker
[00:13.69] Punk-ass mark, bitch-made
[00:18.50] Punk-ass trick in a basket
[00:23.25] You got caught up in the mix...
[00:33.24] It's the nigga ya love to hate with a new song
[00:36.81] So what really goes on
[00:39.44] Nothing but a come-up, but ain't that a bitch
[00:42.96] They hate to see a young nigga rich
[00:45.25] But I refuse to switch even though
[00:47.65] Cause I can't move to the snow
[00:50.90] Cause soon as y'all get some dough
[00:52.76] Ya wanna put a white bitch on your elbow
[00:55.70] Moving out your neighborhood
[00:57.69] But I walk through the ghetto and the flavor's good
[01:01.26] Little kids jumping on me
[01:03.18] But you, you wanna be white and corny
[01:06.08] Living way out
[01:07.92] "Nigger go home" spray-painted on your house
[01:11.32] Trying to be white or a jew
[01:13.87] But ask yourself, who are they to be equal to?
[01:16.76] Get the hell out
[01:18.34] Stop being an uncle tom, you little sell-out
[01:21.96] House nigga scum
[01:23.81] Give something back to the place where you made it from
[01:27.36] Before you end up broke
[01:29.08] Fuck around and get your ghetto pass revoked
[01:32.46] I ain't saying no names, you know who you are
[01:35.15] You little punk, be true to the game
[01:37.33] Break
[01:38.34] Yeah, motherfucker
[01:39.00] Yeah, you thought we forgot, huh?
[01:40.98] Yeah, get a little money and moves out the neighborhood and shit
[01:44.14] But you still ain't shit...
[01:47.19] When you first start rhyming
[01:49.43] It started off slow and then you start climbing
[01:53.28] But it wasn't fast enough I guess
[01:55.81] So you gave your other style a test
[01:58.46] You was hardcore hip-hop
[02:00.55] Now look at yourself, boy you done flip-flopped
[02:03.96] Giving our music away to the mainstream
[02:06.42] Don't you know they ain't down with the team
[02:09.05] They just sent they boss over
[02:11.43] Put a bug in your ear and now you crossed over
[02:14.32] On mtv but they don't care
[02:16.84] They'll have a new nigga next year
[02:19.30] You out in the cold
[02:21.50] No more white fans and no more soul
[02:24.61] And you might have a heart attack
[02:26.62] When you find out the black folks don't want you back
[02:30.44] And you know what's worse?
[02:31.89] You was just like the nigga in the first verse
[02:34.99] Stop selling out your race
[02:37.67] And wipe that stupid-ass smile off your face
[02:40.46] Niggas always gotta show they teeth
[02:43.20] Now I'm a be brief
[02:44.73] Be true to the game
[02:46.44] Break
[02:47.16] Yeah motherfucker
[02:47.89] I see you got your fancy cars and shit
[02:49.58] But you know what?
[02:50.50] You still ain't shit
[02:51.99] That's right, I caught you slipping
[02:53.56] You know I could've gat you
[02:54.74] Yeah, but I didn't even trip...
[02:56.49] A message to the oreo cookie
[02:58.29] Find a mirror and take a look, g
[03:01.33] Do you like what you see?
[03:03.30] But you're quick to point the finger at me
[03:06.56] You wanna be the big fish, you little guppy
[03:09.19] Black man can't be no yuppie
[03:11.87] You put on your suit and tie and your big clothes
[03:15.09] You don't associate with the negroes
[03:17.74] You wanna be just like jack
[03:19.60] But jack is calling you a nigga behind your back
[03:22.31] So back off genius
[03:24.39] I don't need you to correct my broken english
[03:28.21] You know that's right
[03:29.82] You ain't white
[03:31.10] So stop holding your ass tight
[03:33.23] Cause you can't pass
[03:34.95] So why you keep trying to pass?
[03:36.60] With your black ass
[03:38.42] Mister big
[03:40.22] But in reality, you're shorter than a midge
[03:43.35] You only got yourself to blame
[03:45.62] Get a grip, oreo and be true to the game
[03:59.06] And ice cube practices what he preaches
[04:02.50] He continues to live in south central los angeles
[04:05.09] And he puts his money into projects that improve the neighborhood...
[04:08.55] Be true to the game!
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