[helicopter flying overhead]
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"Outside the South Central area, few cared about the violence
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because - it didn't affect them." - Tom Brokaw
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"Break 'em off somethin" - [Ice Cube]
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[Chorus]
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"Back to the criminal set... but they can't catch me yet" - Ice Cube
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Don't trip you might break your neck {"break 'em off somethin"}
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And get wet from the reign of the tec, I {"break 'em off somethin"}
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"Back to the criminal set... but they can't catch me yet" - Ice Cube
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Your gum bumpin gon' lead to gun bumpin {"break 'em off somethin"}
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I'm the one when the party is jumpin to {"break 'em off somethin"}
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[Xzibit]
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I heard the O.G.'s they don't hit
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And I'm the only one left from the West that you can't fuck with
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But lately I've been feelin like Will Smith
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Why bother with rap when I can get 20 mill' on a flick?
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Y'all niggaz just started some shit, the underdog
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Makin songs for them hogs, and them Bloods and Crips
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For the shah by the mall with a Muslim scent
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After all, who do you call to rock your shit? {"break 'em off somethin"}
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Bust the ghetto bird, circle above, reminisce
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of the dust kicked up, the dirt swept under the rug
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Duct tape, ski-mask, tape recorders
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Cue Kaze, ready to blaze and bakin soda
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First learned how to cook in a coffee pot
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Made the block get hot like lava rock
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Got love for the block cause I came from that
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But I ain't afraid to go right back {"break 'em off somethin"}
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[Chorus]
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[Xzibit]
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It's a, suicide it's a suicide
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If you ever get the heart to try fuckin with mines
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No change, I'm poppin the nine, you ridin the pine {"break 'em off somethin"}
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The heavy metal knock you out of your mind {"break 'em off somethin"}
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Now how many really gon' ride, when the war start?
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Eaten alive by these hollow-tip darts
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My 12 gauge'll tear you apart, don't get caught at the light
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the house party or the neighborhood park
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Mr. X marks the spot then pops the mark
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Turn your whole neighborhood to a parkin lot
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I paid the cost to be the boss
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and will do my time standin up 'til I get an appeal
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These weapons too real to conceal, so why bother
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Semper fidelis, I learned from my father
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I always stay faithful to myself and grow
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But when I catch that ass after the show - {"break 'em off somethin"}
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[Chorus]
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[Xzibit]
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I'm slick and slippery
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On a high-speed chase all the way to the victory
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Y'all niggaz is stone cold mysteries
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Too weak, can't stand in the ring with me
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Put a pussy back in his place, straightlaced
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With a Strong Arm Steady gang up in your face
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I run a race with the West to my back
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While you're the reason why they say niggaz in the West can't rap
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Ever since the white Concourse 'Llac, I've been unmatched
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A avalanche in the hood on attack
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Just hardcore actual facts, never wait
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Just react when them killers come at you with gats
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Had to dig the knife out of my back, now I'm back on track
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Hittin laps, 'bout to widen the gap yo
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It ain't the long fall from the top that got 'em
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It was the sharp sudden stop at the bottom, haha {"break 'em off somethin"}
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[Chorus]
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Criminal Set
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Xzibit |