O.G. Original Gangster Ice-T

[00:16.27] Ten years ago [00:20.80] I used to listen to rappers flow [00:21.70] Talkin' bout the way [00:23.51] They rocked the mic at the disco [00:24.41] I liked how that shit was goin' down [00:25.31] Dreamt about ripping the mic with my own sound [00:28.93] So I tried to write rhymes [00:29.84] Somethin' like them, my boys said [00:31.65] "That ain't you Ice [00:32.55] That shit sounds like them." [00:33.45] So I sat back, thought up a new track [00:34.36] Didn'T fantasize, kicked the pure [00:37.98] Facts. Motherfuckers got scared [00:39.79] Cause they weas unprepaired [00:40.70] Who would tell it how it relly was? [00:41.60] Who dared? [00:43.40] A motherfucker from the West Coast [00:44.30] L.A. South Central fool [00:46.12] Where the Crips and the Bloods play [00:47.92] When I wrote about parties [00:48.82] It didn't fit [00:49.73] Six in the Mornin' [00:50.63] That was the real shit [00:52.45] O.G. Original Gangster [00:54.25] O.G. Original Gangster [00:56.97] O.G. Original Gangster [00:58.78] O.G. Original Gangster [01:01.54] O.G. Original Gangster [01:03.35] O.G. Original Gangster [01:06.06] O.G. Original Gangster [01:08.78] O.G. Original Gangster [01:10.58] O.G. Original Gangster [01:12.39] When I wrote about parties [01:13.30] Someone always died [01:14.20] When I tried to write happy [01:15.10] Yo I knew I lied, I lived a life of crime [01:16.94] Why play ya blind? [01:17.86] A simple look [01:18.75] And anyone with two cents [01:19.67] Would know I'm [01:20.56] A hardcore player fromhe streets [01:21.46] Rappin' bout hardcore topics [01:23.27] Over hardcore drum beats [01:25.08] A little different [01:25.98] Than the average though [01:26.89] Jet you thru the fast lane [01:27.79] Drop ya on death row [01:29.61] Cause anybody who's been there [01:30.51] Knows that life ain't sho lovely [01:33.23] On the blood-soaked fast track [01:34.13] That invincible shit don't work [01:35.94] Throw ya in a joint [01:37.75] You'll be comin' out feet first [01:38.65] So I blst the mic with my style [01:40.45] Sometimes I'm ill [01:42.26] The other times buck wild [01:44.07] But the science is always there [01:44.97] I'd be a true sucker [01:46.78] If I acted like I didn'T care [01:47.68] I rap for brothers just like myself [01:50.41] Dazed by the game [01:51.31] In a quest for extreme wealth [01:53.12] But I kick it to you hard and real [01:54.93] One wrong move, and you caps peeled [01:57.64] I ain't no super hero [01:58.53] I ain't no Marvel Comic [01:59.44] But when it comes to game I'm atomic [02:02.16] At droppin' it straight [02:03.06] Point blank and untwisted [02:03.98] No imagination needed, cause I lived it [02:06.68] This ain't no fuckin' joke [02:08.49] This shit is real to me [02:09.39] I'm Ice-T [02:10.30] O.G. Original Gangster [02:13.01] O.G. Original Gangster [02:13.91] O.G. Original Gangster [02:16.62] O.G. Original Gangster [02:18.43] O.G. Original Gangster [02:21.19] O.G. Original Gangster [02:22.08] O.G. Original Gangster [02:22.98] O.G. Original Gangster [02:23.89] O.G. Original Gangster [02:24.79] Two weeks ago I was out at the disco [02:25.70] Two brothers stepped up to me [02:26.60] And said [02:28.41] "Hey yo, Ice [02:30.22] We don't think you're down [02:32.03] What set ya claimin'?" [02:33.83] E drew the Glock, yo my set's aimin'! [02:34.74] Dumb motherfucker [02:35.64] Try to roll on me, please! [02:36.55] I'm protected by a thousand emcees [02:37.45] And hoodlums and hustlers [02:38.38] And bangers with Jeri curls [02:39.28] We won't even count the girls [02:40.18] Cause they got my back [02:41.09] And I got theirs too [02:41.99] Fight for the streets [02:42.89] When I'm on Oprah or Donahue [02:43.79] They try to sweat a nigga [02:45.60] But they just didn'T figure [02:46.50] What my wit's as quick as a hair trigger [02:48.31] "He's not your everyday-type [02:51.02] Prankster." [02:51.93] I'm Ice-T, the original gangster [02:56.45] So step to me [03:12.72] If you think that you're ready to [03:14.53] Got on your bullet proof? [03:15.43] Well mine's goin' right thru [03:16.34] This ain't no game to me [03:18.16] It's hollow fame to me [03:19.06] Without respect frome streets [03:20.87] So I don't claim be [03:21.77] The hardest motherfucker on earth [03:22.67] Catch me slippin, I can even get worked [03:26.29] But I don'T slip that often [03:27.20] There's a coffin [03:28.10] Waitin' for the brother [03:29.00] Who comes off soft when [03:30.79] The real fuckin' shit goes down [03:31.70] Take a look around [03:33.52] All them pussies can be found [03:35.31] They talk a mean fight [03:36.22] But fight like hoes [03:37.12] I'm from South Central, fool [03:38.96] Where everything goes [03:39.88] Snatch you out your car so fast [03:41.67] You'll get whiplash [03:42.58] Numbers on your roof top [03:43.48] For when the copters pass [03:45.29] Gang bangers [03:46.19] Don't carry no switch blades [03:47.11] Every kid's got a Tec 9 or a [03:48.01] Hand grenade [03:49.84] Thirty-seven killed [03:50.75] Last week in a crack war [03:51.65] Hostges tied up [03:52.55] And shot in a liquor store [03:54.36] Nobody gives a fuck [03:56.16] "The children have to go to school." [03:57.97] Well, moms, good luck [03:58.87] Cause the shit's fucked up bad [03:59.79] I use my pad and pen [04:01.60] And my lyrics break out mad [04:03.40] I try to write about fun [04:04.31] Andthe goodtimes [04:05.23] But the pen yanks away and explodes [04:07.05] And destroys the rhyme [04:07.95] Maybe it's just cause of where I'm from [04:10.67] L.A. that was a shot gun! [04:12.48] O.G. Original Gangster [04:15.19] O.G. Original Gangster [04:17.89] O.G. Original Gangster [04:19.71] O.G. Original Gangster [04:21.52] O.G. Original Gangster [04:24.22] O.G. Original Gangster [04:26.93] O.G. Original Gangster [04:28.74] O.G. Original Gangster [04:31.45] O.G. Original Gangster [04:33.26]