Once upon a time in the projects, yo
I damn near had to wreck a hoe
I knocked on the door, "Who is it?"
It`s Ice Cube, come to pay a little visit to ya

And what`s up with the ni**ers in the parking lot?
She said, "F**k `em," `cause they get sparked alot
I sat on the couch but it wasn`t stable
And then I put my Nikes on the coffee table
Her brother came in, he`s into gangbangin`
`Cause he walked up and said, "What set you claimin`?"

I don`t bang, I write the good rhymes
The whole scenery reminded me of Good Times
I don`t like to feel bad but I`m in a rut
By a young ni**a that need to pull his pants up

He threw up a set and then he was gone
I`m thinkin` to myself, "Won`t this bitch bring her ass on?"
Her mother came in with a joint in her mouth
And fired up the sess, it was sess, no doubt
She said, "Please excuse my house," and all that
I said, "Yeah" `cause I was buzzed from the contact

Lookin` at a f**ked up black and white
Her mom`s bitchin` `cause the county check wasn`t right
She had another brother that was three years old
And had a bad case of the runny nose

He asked me who I was then I had to pause
It smelled like he took a s**t in his little drawers
I saw her sister who really needs her ass kicked
Only thirteen and already pregnant
I grabbed my forty out the bag and took a swig
`Cause I was getting overwhelmed by BeBe Kids

They was runnin` and yellin` and playin` and cussin`
And tellin` and look at this young punk bailin`
I heard a knock on the door without the password
And her mom`s got the 12 gauge Mossberg

The ni**a said, "Yo, what`s for sale?"
And the bitch came out with a bag of ya-yo
She made the drop and got the 20 dollars
From a smoked out fool with ring around the collar
The girl I was waiting for came out
I said, "Bitch, I didn`t know this was a crack house"
I got my coat and suddenly

The cop busted in and had a Mac-10 pointed at my dome
And I said to myself, "Once again, it`s on"
He threw me on the carpet and wasn`t cuttin` no slack
Jumped on my head and put his knee on my back

First he tried to slap me up, wrap me up, rough me up
They couldn`t do it so they cuffed me up
I said, "F**k, how much abuse can a ni**a take
Hey, yo officer, you`re making a big mistake"
Since I had on a shirt that said I was dope
He thought I was selling base and couldn`t hear my case

He said, "Get out my face," I musta had a grudge
His reply, "Tell that bulls**t to the judge"
The girl I was with wasn`t sayin` nothin`
I said, "Aye yo bitch, you better tell `em somethin`"

She started draggin` and all of a sudden
We all got tossed in the patty wagon
Now I beat the rap but that ain`t the point
I had a warrant so I spent two weeks in the joint
Now the story you heard has one little object
Don`t f**k with a bitch from the projects