Once Upon A Time In The Projects

Once upon a time in the projects yo

I damn near had to wreck a ho

I knocked on the door -

Who is it

Its ice cube

Come to pay a little visit to ya

And whats up with

The niggers in the parking lot

She said f**k em

Cause they get sparked alot

I sat on the couch

But it wasnt stable

And then I put

My nikes on the coffee table

Her brother walked in

Hes into gangbangin

Cause he walked up

And said what set you claimin

I don't bang

I write the good rhymes

The whole scenery reminded

Me of good times

I hate to feel bad but I'm in a rut

By a young ni**a that

Needs to pull his pants up

Her mother came in with

A joint in her mouth

And fired up the sess

It was sess no doubt

She said please excuse

My house and all that

I said yeah cause

I was buzzed from the contact

Lookin at a f**ked up black and white

Her moms bitchin cause

The county check wasnt right

She had another brother

That was three years old

And had a bad case of

The runny nose

He asked me who

I was then I had to pause

It smelled like he took a sh*t

In his little drawers

I saw her sister that

Needs get her a** kicked

Only thirteen and already pregnant

I grabbed the forty

Out the bag and took a swig

Cause I was getting

Overwhelmed by bebe kids

They were runnin and

Playin and cursin and yellin

And tellin and look at

This young punk bailin

I heard a knock on

The door without the password

And her moms got the 12 guage mossberg

The ni**a said yo

Whats for sale

And the b**ch came out

With a bag of ya-yo

She made the drop

And got the 20 dollars

From a smoked out fool

With ring around the collar

The girl I was waiting for came out

I said b**ch I didnt know

This was a crack house

I got my coat and suddenly

(police breaking into house annoucing themselves)

The cop busted in and

Had a mac-10 pointed to my dome

And I said to myself once again its on

He threw me on the carpet

No slap jumped back

Stomped on my head

And put his knee in my back

First he tried to wrap me up

Slap me up rough me up

They couldn't do it so they cuffed me up

I said f**k how much abuse

Can a ni**a take

Hey yo officer

You're making a big mistake

Since I had on a shirt that

Said I was d**e

He thought I was selling base

And couldn't hear my case

He said get out my face

I musta had a grudge

His reply tell that b******t to the judge

The girl I was with wasnt sayin nothin

I said aiyyo b**ch you better

Tell em somethin

She started draggin

And all of a sudden

We all got tossed

In the patty wagon

Now I beat the rap

But that ain't the point

I had a warrant so

I spent 2 weeks in the joint

Now the story

You heard has one little object

Don't f**k with

A b**ch from the projects

Once Upon A Time In The Projects - Ice Cube