Ice Cube

Released: June 6, 2006

Songwriter: Ice Cube DJ Green Lantern Lil Scrappy Lil Jon T.I. Craig Love Big Kuntry King James Phillips

Producer: DJ Green Lantern

[Chorus: Lil Scrappy sample]
My jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that

[Verse 1: Ice Cube]
Everybody in here know what the fuck it is
I'm a gangsta, nigga, and I put that on my kids
I do a movie, homie, do it for some bratty kids
Ain't go no problem with blowin' off their daddy wig
The first rapper to flick it and make it stick (Make it stick)
Now I'm an actor - yeah right - ain't that a bitch?
Believe that shit like it's all an act, trick
You get your ass kicked quicker than a crack bitch
It's automatic even though I'm diplomatic (What's up?)
I ain't tatted but you'll still get your brain splattered
Same niggas that's mad I never been to juvy
Be like, "Yo Cube, nigga, put me in a movie"

[Chorus: Lil Scrappy sample]
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that

[Verse 2: Ice Cube]
See, I'ma ball, I might outlive 'em all
How the fuck you gon' run before you crawl? (How?)
I done seen 'em fly, I done seen 'em fall
I done seen 'em get shot comin' out the mall
I done seen 'em blow up like Kanye West
And fall out the sky faster than a jumbo jet
Crash and burn - rappers, are you humbled yet?
Surreal Life - muthafucka, are you on it yet?
Ice Cube is always in his prime (Fa sho)
Do he sleep? 'Cause he always on the grind
I got a lifetime of icing and gravy
Please don't hate me 'cause I sleep like a baby

[Chorus: Lil Scrappy sample]
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that

[Verse 3: Ice Cube]
Everybody know that I grew up in 1-11
I ain't a Crip but still I am an urban legend
In the hood, I used to count on aggression
Nowadays, a nigga countin' all his blessings
Smith and Wesson'll send your ass straight to heaven
If you think a nigga turned into a reverend
I'm a deacon, bitch, just like Deacon Jones
Come around the corner, break all your freakin' bones
Heard a voice in my head when I was on the corner (Ice Cube)
Do for self, nigga, fuck the state of California
'Cause they'll bury you alive in concrete and steel (For real)
This bullshit is a trap, I'm just being real

[Chorus: (Ice Cube) & Lil Scrappy sample]
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat (You know)
Playa better know that (Come on)
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that (Westside)
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat (Yeah)
Pockets, pockets stay fat (Come on)
Playa better know that
My, my jeans feelin' tight 'cause my pockets stay fat
Pockets, pockets stay fat
Playa better know that

[Outro: Ice Cube]
Get it crackin' in this muthafucka, get it crackin'
Get it crackin' in this muthafucka, get it crackin'
Haha, you know the side, bitch
Haha, all day, all night, bitch
West Coast, muthafucka
West Coast, muthafucka
Puttin' it down, nigga, always and forever
I burn like the sun

Straight outta South Central Los Angeles, Ice Cube became one of the most respected rappers in hip-hop, helping to usher in the era of gangsta rap with N.W.A and as a solo artist. He has gone on to become a mogul in Hollywood but still remains true to the game that brought him his success.

Born O'Shea Jackson on June 15, 1969, Ice Cube got his name from his older brother, who threatened to put him in a freezer and pull him out when he was an ice cube. He began rapping in high school and started his rap career as a member of Stereo Crew, which released the single “She’s a Skag” through Epic Records in 1986, and C.I.A. with the 1987 track “My Posse.” Both groups featured producer Sir Jinx, the cousin of DJ/producer Dr. Dre.

Ice Cube’s big break came when he wrote the song “Boyz n the Hood” for Eazy-E, which led to the formation of N.W.A. as a group. After the release of the 1987 compilation N.W.A. and the Posse, the group released their classic debut Straight Outta Compton in 1988. A financial dispute caused Cube to leave the group in 1989 and start his successful solo career, starting with his 1990 platinum debut Amerikkka’s Most Wanted.

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