It Takes a Nation - Lyrics - Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined N.W.A . After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer, director, actor, and producer in cinema. Additionally, he has served as one of the producers of the Showtime television series Barbershop and the TBS series Are We There Yet?, both of which are based upon the films in which he portrayed the lead character. As of July 2014, Ice Cube has sold over 38 million records in the United States.
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There are seven known wonders of the world, you about to witness the eighth, muthafucka...
I got King Kong in my trunk, King Kong in my doors
My nuts play ping-pong from the noise;
You can hear me from a block away
I'm sitting next to your *** and can't hear what you got to say
My *** is loud, my ears is ringing
My paint job is wet, my chrome is gleaming
I feel like a vet ballin' on these rookies
An old-school bully, you must have played hooky
I bring it like a ***, my aggression is depressing
Don't give a muthafucka time to learn his lesson
A lunatic, y'all know what I represent
The only rapper that wanna fist-fight the president
It Take A Nation of *** to hold us back
It Take A Nation of *** to hold us back
It Take A Nation of *** to hold us back
It Take A Nation of *** to hold us back
When I *** this it's dangerous, *** go brainless
So *** this with the four-five stainless
And understand that you looking at the famous
West-coast rapper who act like an ***
Hollywood, they thought they could tame this
Pit-bull, but I know what the game is
Them *** cheat like an NBA ref
If you smoke one? They'll electrocute you to death
I got god on my intellect, Godzilla by the neck
When the *** come through, who you wanna holler at
Ghostwriters hit the deck, when ya boi got a tech
Where the *** is Africa-Bamabata at
We need to take it back, *** Viacom
Clear Clear Channel and Radio One
You muthafuckas programmed by the programmers
That's why you getting locked up by the dope slammers, not me
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
They music so fluffy, I'm a stay gutter
That *** is kinda popcorn, my *** is so butter
My style never change in 22 summers
Straight independent and doing my numbers
This *** don't sell, you know I'm still paid
So sour-*** ***, can drink lemonade
I'm doin it for the love, You doing it because
You need that advancement to spend on them dubs
I don't need a penny, but I need many
Don't worry bout ma money boi, cause I got plenty
You muthafuckas worry 'bout flossing so much
You don't know the fundamentals, you forgot how to brush
These thirty-two teeth will give your *** grief
Bite you like a fat burger if you got beef
So whose it gonna be, your favourite MC
Your scared of the government, they scared of me, now what?
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
It take a nation of *** to hold us back
It take a nation of *** and streets of crack
So young, so angry... damn that rap music
