Ice Cube - Alive On Arrival(1991)

[00:00.43] Down at the best spot
[00:06.12] Its me and JD and they sellin more birds than a pet shop
[00:09.67] The spot's hot and everybody nervous
[00:12.82] That's when the blue car served us
[00:14.83] Oh why did fools had to let loose
[00:17.44] Heard six pops from a deuce deuce
[00:19.93] Big Tom had to push us
[00:21.89] 13 niggaz runnin straight to the bushes
[00:24.79] For they gats so they could draw down
[00:27.09] But why a motherfucker like me had to fall down
[00:29.96] Not known why I dropped out
[00:31.86] Fuck it, still can't afford to get popped out
[00:35.03] So now I gotta jet
[00:36.64] Only ran one block, but my shirt soakin wet
[00:40.04] Tryin to see if we got him
[00:42.02] Looked down at my sweatshirt red at the bottom
[00:44.97] Didn't panic but I still looked cracked out
[00:47.68] Yelled to the homies then I blacked out
[00:50.60] Woke up in the back of a tray
[00:57.54] On my way, to MLK
[01:00.00] That the county hospital jack
[01:02.57] Where niggaz die over a little scratch
[01:05.36] Still sittin in the trauma center
[01:07.87] In my back is where the bullet entered
[01:10.17] Yo nurse I'm gettin kind of warm
[01:12.13] Bitch still made me fill out the fuckin form
[01:15.50] Coughin up blood on my hands and knees
[01:18.23] Then I heard "freeze nigger don't move"
[01:20.10] Yo, I didn't do a thing
[01:22.32] Didn't wanna go out like my man Rodney King
[01:25.63] Still got gaffled
[01:27.44] Internal bleeding as the bullet starts to travel
[01:30.94] Now I'm handcuffed
[01:32.51] Being asked information on my gang affiliation
[01:35.76] I don't bang, I rock the good rhymes
[01:38.18] And I'm a victim of neighborhood crime
[01:40.46] I need to see a MD
[01:52.99] And ya'll mothafuckers giving me the third degree
[01:55.97] Look at the waiting room
[01:58.15] Its filled to the rim like the county jail day room
[02:00.98] Nobody gettin help
[02:02.54] Since we poor
[02:04.32] The hospital move slow
[02:06.02] Now I'm layed out
[02:07.68] People steppin over me to get closer to the tv
[02:11.07] Just like a piece of dog shit
[02:13.74] Now will I die on this nappy ass carpet
[02:16.17] One hour done passed
[02:17.85] Done watched two episodes of M*A*S*H
[02:21.45] And when I'm almost through
[02:23.00] They call my name and put me on ICU
[02:26.66] Halfway dead
[02:27.71] No respect and handcuffed to the bed
[02:31.47] Now the trauma starts
[02:33.33] Cause the bullet must be just a hair from my heart
[02:35.99] So I begin the ass kissin
[02:38.51] Just to get looked at by an overworked physician
[02:41.54] Got the chills, but my temperatures 103
[02:43.82] Only got a band-aid and an IV
[02:46.51] That's when I start cussin
[02:48.96] Police steady askin me who did the bustin
[02:51.96] Why oh why can't I get help
[02:58.55] Cause I'm black, I gots to go for self
[03:02.11] Too many black bodies the hospital housin
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[03:09.57] So at 10 P.M. I was Audi 5000