What Can I Do?

In any country
Prison is where society sends its failures
But in this country
Society itself is failing

Tadow, how you like me now, I'm in the mix?
It's 1986, and I got the fix with the chicken and a quota
Got the baking soda, let the water boil, workers all loyal
Dropped out the twelfth, 'cause my wealth is shorter than a midget on his knees
Now I slang keys
Infest my hood with crack, 'cause I'm the mack
Take a nation of millions to hold me back
Too big for my britches, and I got bitches

Now I'm hittin' switches, niggas want my riches
Used to get 18 when my G was alive, now a key is 13-5
'89s the number, another summer
Police ain't get no dumber
Streets dried up, used to think it would last
But being a kingpin is a thing of the past
They tried to blast me for sellin' a boulder
Now I got my ass in Minnesota
Got my own crew, it's on brand-new
Damn, what can I do?

Tadow
(Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped)
What the fuck can I do?
Tadow
(Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped)

Already done stack me half a meal ticket
Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick it
Now I got ends, wavin' to my friends, rollin' in my Benz
Goin' to see the Twins, play at the dome
Police are tappin' my mobile phone
I'm almost home
Gettin' excited, indicted
Spent a grip and a year tryin' to fight it
Lawyer got paid, plea, no contest

And everything I own got repossessed
Now take a look at the dust
And I'm happy 'cause I only got 36 months
Never picked up a book
But my arms are 16 inches, niggas look
Can't wait for '92 so I can get with my crew
And see, what can I do?

Tadow
(Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped)

Fucked up in the pen, now it's ninety-fo'
Back in LA, and I'm bailin' in the dough
Everybody, now I gotta start from scratch
So where to work at, and niggas smirk at
Me say ain't nuttin' popping from here to the LB
What you tell me?
No it ain't crack, and everybody's jackin' for a coupe
'Cause they sent in the troops
Even though I got muscle, that ain't my hustle

Takin' niggas' shit in a tussle
No skills to pay the bills
Talkin' about education to battle inflation
No college degree, just a dumb ass G
(Yeah, you, nigga), who me?
I got a baby on the way, damn, it's a mess

"Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" Yes
Took some advice from my Uncle Fester
All dressed up in polyester
Welcome to McDonald's, may I please help you?
Shit, what can I do?

Tadow
(Now it was on from dusk to dawn and everything jumped)

The white man has broke every law known to man to establish America
But he'll put you in the state penitentiary
He'll put you in the federal penitentiary for breaking these same laws
Now, we gonna look and see if this motherfucker
Is guilty for the laws, he'll put you in jail for
Drug using, drug selling, armed robbery, strong-armed robbery
Grand larceny, rape, racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder

Extortion, aggravated assault, mayhem, sodomy of the black man
Trespassing, embezzlement, perjury, kidnapping, smuggling
Grand theft, brandishing a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon
Breaking and entering, and premeditated cold-blooded murder
Guilty on every charge

Hey yo, whatsup homie?
Why you just sitting here looking up in the sky?
Waitin' on the lord
Waiting on the Lord?
That's right, waiting on my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ
So, you ain't gon' do nothing with your life
But sit here and wait for Jesus to fall out the sky?
That's right
Alright then