Ry Cooder Follow

'King of the Street'

music by Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner

lyrics by Ice T and Ice Cube
(sampled dialogue from the film 'Trespass')

King of the street or somethin'
Ain't nobody king of the street
It's all about survivin'
It's all about gettin' yours
It ain't about takin' no chances
And it damn sure ain't about jeapordizin' your whole motherfuckin' crew!

(Gang?) (Gang?)
I am a businessman (You think we some punk ass gang?)
These are my associates
(Gang?) (Gang?)
I am a businessman (You think we some punk ass gang?)

You got to be philosopical about this shit
It's all crazy, as long as you know it's crazy you alright!
As soon as you try to make logic out of this,
It's fucked up, it don't make no sense.

See, the white man makes dope, right?
And then he gives it to us.
Then he wants to buy it from us, right?
And then he puts us in jail when we sell it to him!
Man, it don't make no fuckin' sense.

King of the street or somethin'
Ain't nobody king of the street
It's all about survivin'
It's all about gettin' yours
Only thing a man's got is his family and his pride.
That's all he's got.

(Awright, awright, 'Mister Leader Man', so what's yo plan?)
I am a businessman
These are my associates
I am a businessman (Gang?)
These are my associates (You think we some punk ass gang?)

Hey motherfucker, what the fuck you doin'?!

Let me tell you somethin' man
Ain't nobody king of the street
It's all about survivin'
It's all about gettin' yours

I been hustlin' ever since I was seven
I been out here, ya' know what I'm sayin'?
Pimp, convict, thief...
I'm just a young brother out here tryin' to get paid.

(Gang?) (Gang?) (Gang?)
I'm a businessman
(Gang?) These are my associates
(You think we some punk ass gang?)