Geto Boys

Featuring: Ice Cube

Songwriter: Ice Cube Scarface Willie D Bushwick Bill

[Intro: Audience watching TV]
Ha ha ha ha
That's my favorite Malt liquor
Alright!

Kick that shit ------] Eazy-E

Who is it? ---------] DJ Pooh

[Ice cube]
Yes, it's the S-T crooked I-D-E-S
I make a mess unless
Sucking' through it like a G-O
Ice Cube with G to the E, to the T-O

[Scarface]
Now here comes dude
I play the game where there's no rules
Homies on the cut say I'm a fool
Cause I drink brew

[Bushwick Bill]
Quick to bust a cap on the Ides blow
Bushwick gonna go with the flow
'til the Ides loads

[Willie D]
Here I come
Willie D, that's me
Rollin' with 5th Ward, South Park and South Central, Gee
And St. Ides when I party
By the twelve pack case of becardy

[Scarface]
A six pack of forty Ack'
Gets the real bounce
I drink brew, but y'all I drink it by the twelve ounce

[Willie D]
They say Beer makes fail

[Bushwick Bill]
But St. Ides is straight, so it really don't matter

[Willie D]
So keep eye on the price
Next time go shoppin, grab the St. Ides
And buy the real Malt liquor
And tell them that The Geto Boys and Cube sent ya

Geto Boys is a rap group hailing from Houston, Texas, best known as the flagship artists on Rap-A-Lot Records with the classic lineup of Scarface, Willie D, and Bushwick Bill. The group caused controversy over their gangsta rap content but they are credited with being pioneers in putting Southern rap on the hip-hop map.

The initial group consisted of Bushwick Bill, DJ Ready Red, Prince Johnny C, and Sire Jukebox, who were featured on their 1988 debut album Making Trouble. Following the album’s lack of success, Rap-A-Lot CEO J. Prince replaced Prince Johnny C and Sire Jukebox with Willie D and Scarface (who went by “Akshen” at the time). This lineup was in place for the group’s second album Grip It! On That Other Level, which received critical acclaim, including a spot on The Source’s Top 100 Rap Albums of All Time list. Their breakthrough third album, We Can’t Be Stopped, was released in 1991 and featured their biggest single, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me.”

After that album, the three members released solo projects and Willie D was replaced by Big Mike for the group’s fourth album, Till Death Do Us Part. Scarface, Willie D, and Bushwick Bill reunited in 1996 for The Resurrection, but Bushwick wasn’t involved in the group’s 1998 release, Da Good, Da Bad & Da Ugly—however, he came back to complete the trio for the group’s next album, 2005’s The Foundation.

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