INTRO:(COOLIO TALKING) This record goes out to all you fake ass gangsta baller Bueschwa minded ass House niggas who forget their colo. Put on a suit and tie and escape From The ghetto and don't never come back.Yeah motherfucker you can run but You Sure can't hide! Deep down in the jungle where the crack dealers grow, Niggas kill niggas for Steppin on their toe, A girl is a bitch and a lady is a ho When anything goes for a little bit of doe, see Shit get cooked by thugs and crooks With the knowledge of a scholar but they don't read books Everyday is a chance that ya life might go So today is a day that ya gotta get paid Slang them ki's,make them g's Do what'cha want but ya sell what'cha please But don't forger where you come from Cuz when you do that you're done Remember your niggas and bitches and the Trojans And take it to your pockets for some fitness When ya get it goin and ya got it goin good Ya better bring back somethin for da hood HOOK 1 Bring back somethin fo da hood motherfucker! Bring back somethin fo da hood! REPEAT LA County what's goin on? 1993 modern day Babylon Peace to the niggas from the street And rest in peace to the others that's six feet deep Welcome to the fool and he strikes when he's back And he expects to come around,go around and get ate Top down,slipped on CO-run they none Every (?cisscrack?)-CAINE ain't no fun Black cop white cop *gun shot* Fuck the colour of skin make sure he shot *gun shot* Escape from a jail cell,split away from hell And all I want for Christmas is a Glock and some shells Billy Boy takes the pictures,what you got ot worry, Five-I-seven on my switch,we Got out early Taddle-tails get dropped an' they get got good So get this stoob nigga for the hood HOOK 2 Get that nigga fo da hood motherfucker! Get that nigga fo da hood! REPEAT INTERLUDE Them niggas ain't playin!(x 4) What'cha gonna do when you get out of jail? Get that nigga fo da hood VERSE 3 You must remember dis if you're black and you're rich One push come to shove they'll take your shit Martin Luther King didn't wear a diamond ring But he had a dream to let freedom reign My homie Red Foxx got played like blocks Pick em up sticks,jacks and hop-scotch What station?,aggravation,there's no end to the situation Cuz niggas need a place to meet,a place to sleep A place to eat and rest they feet But nobody really even gives a fuck That's why so many niggas is maggot'd up,huh You claimin the hood but you don't back it up Fool!And when they catch ya ass,they gonna FUCK you up So when you get it goin and ya got it goin good You better bring back somethin fo da hood REPEAT HOOK 1(x 2) OUTRO Bring back somethin fo da hood MOTHERFUCKER (Haa-aah!Haa-aah!Haa-aah!)