Released: March 31, 1992

Songwriter: Jermaine Dupri

Producer: Jermaine Dupri

[Mac Daddy]
I went to sleep kinda early on a Friday night
Trying to catch me some z's, instead of caught me a fright
I fell into a dream of me being deep in the game
Slanging, gang banging, you know what I'm saying, right?
Standing on the corner with a mouth full of gums
Fresh from the store, flashing my bankroll
Every day I'm in a Dickies suit, picking up loot
And if I have to, it ain't nothing for me to shoot
'Boom, boom, boom' in the game is how you win
Thirteen now, at fourteen I'm a kingpin
I'm tossing and turning saying, 'Man, when will this dream end?'
Cuz if it don't, I'll probably be choking on a MAC-10
Somebody hit me on the phone
[Telephone rings, picks up the phone]
Hello?
(Hey yo, Kris, man. Casey's got smoked. Yeah, man...)
Man, now I'm tossing and turning for my moke
Cause somebody told me that my homie just got smoked
I'm glad this ain't the real deal 'cause if it was
A nigga like the miggity Mac woulda took weeks, cuz
And I ain't with a stealing, the killing and getting a tag
I never, ever hope I come that close to a body bag
I'm glad we didn't get caught up and did the right thing
Cause that life's a nightmare, a real bad dream

A real bad dream
A real bad dream
A real bad dream
Break 'em off somethin'

Kris Kross

Kris Kross was a 1990s chart-topping platinum-certified American rap duo comprised of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith.

One day in 1990, pre-teens Smith & Kelly were at an Atlanta mall trying to get an autograph from the short-lived trio Silk Tymes Leather when producer Jermaine Dupri was impressed with the boys' look, so he exchanged phone numbers with them. Dupri then spent two years writing music for the group, teaching them to rap, and trying to land them a record deal.

After being turned down several times, eventually Ruffhouse Records signed the duo after hearing “Lil Boys In Da Hood” because they liked the unique perspective of young rappers talking about the ghetto and gang violence.