Act My Age (Feat. Scarface)
Ice Cube
2:46Black isn't power, knowledge is power For you can be black as a crow You can be white as snow And if you don't know and ain't got no dough, you can't go And that's for sho' This one's for the OGs that feel like I feel, yeah I'm clean as they come (clean as they come), mean with the gun (mean with the gun) Me and my team, we gleam with the sun In a beam with the young, rhyme on the drum Let me show you how to make cream out of crumb Get it out the mud, sweat, tears, and blood When you shoot your shot, make sure it ain't a dud Don't shoot a slug inside a thug That'll get your ass stretched out like a rug They finna pull the plug, don't call his phone Homie, what you doin', boy? Don't you see that drone? Don't you see them cameras posted all around your home? Tyrone ain't a clone, what the fuck that nigga on? Twilight Zone, home with the highlights on I micromanage this motherfuckin' microphone West Coast, nigga, is what I condone They call me Black, but I'm really, really Capitone Don't give a fuck what the cops is on I'm gettin' blown, bitch, with my boxers on Before she started, my socks was on She blew 'em off when she turned the rocket on, nigga All work and no play, come and get this work I don't play with these motherfuckin' megahertz All work and no play, come and get this work I don't play with these motherfuckin' megahertz Get it out the mud, pull it out the dirt A nigga ain't playin' when I'm givin' you this work Get it out the mud, pull it out the dirt A nigga ain't playin' when I'm givin' you this work Twenty-four-seven (yeah), three-sixty-five Fuck a day off, every night is the playoffs I work smarter and harder I heard a nigga say, "What?" Make money, drink water, and I'm doin' that (yeah) Always pursuin' that Dog really move the cat (woof), you can't ruin that Vacations don't tempt me 'Cause I'm livin' up in your fuckin' mind, bitch, rent free And it's empty, full of cobwebs Now I see why your motherfuckin' eyes red I work a double shift, plus OT Then I smoke an O-Z where the hoes be I'm the youngest son of Hozie You know the game, pimp (yup) Yo' bitch chose me But I don't want her (nah), you can have her back You's a sperm donor that turned on her I'm a earner with the burner (wow) Nat Turner will make you a great learner The back burner is where you cook (yeah) Most of y'all will never know what it took All work and no play, come and get this work I don't play with these motherfuckin' megahertz All work and no play, come and get this work I don't play with these motherfuckin' megahertz Get it out the mud, pull it out the dirt A nigga ain't playin' when I'm givin' you this work Get it out the mud, pull it out the dirt A nigga ain't playin' when I'm givin' you this work Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, y-y-yeah Yeah, y-yeah (I ain't playin'), y-y-yeah