A Bird In The Hand (Explicit)

Artist：ice cube

Songs Title：a bird in the hand

Hey look at this I was cleaning out my nest

And I found a book of my old poetry

Fresh out of school cause I was a high school grad

Gots to get a job cuz I was a high school dad

Wish I got paid like I was rappin' to the nation

But thats not likely so here's my application

Pass it to the man at AT&T

Cuz when I was in school I got the a e e

But there's no s e for this youngsta

I didn't have no money so now I have to hunch the

Back like a slave thats what be happenin

But whitey says there's no room for the African

Always knew that I would boycott jeez

But welcome to McDonalds can I take your order please

Gotta sell ya food that might give you cancer

Cuz my baby doesn't take no for an answer

Now I pay taxes that you never give me back

What about diapers bottles and similac

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack

For decent shelter and clothes on my back

Or should I just wait for help from Bush

Or Jesse Jackson and operation Push

If you ask me the whole thing needs a douch

A masengel what the hell cracker sale in the neighborhood

To the whorehouse b**ches

Miss porker little joe or Todd Bridges

Or anybody that he know

So I got me a bird better known as a kilo

Now everybody know I went from po' to a ni**a that got dough

So now you put the feds against me

Cause I couldn't follow the plan of the presidency

I'm never givin' love again

Cuz blacks are too f**kin broke to be republican

Now I remember I used to be cool

Till I stopped fillin' out my W-2

Now senators are gettin' hired

And your plan against the ghetto backfired

So now you got a pep talk

But sorry this is our only room to walk

Cause we don't want a drug push

But a bird in the hand is worth more than the bush

Tell the politicians the hustlers live and let live （yeah）

Tell the politicians the hustlers live and let live （yeah