Endangered Species (Tales From the Darkside)

"At the bottom of our news tonight

There's been a new animal aimed at the direction of falling off the face of the Earth

Yes, young black teenagers are reported to be the oldest

And the newest creatures added to the endangered species list

As of now, the government has not made steps to preserve the Blacks

When asked why, a top law official adds, 'because they make good game'"

(A young nigga got it bad 'cause I'm brown)

Peace? Hahaha, don't make me laugh!

All I hear is motherfuckers rappin' succotash

Livin' large, tellin' me to get out the gang

I'm a nigga, gotta live by the trigga

How the fuck do you figure?

That I can say "Peace" and the gunshots will cease?

Every cop killer goes ignored

They just send another nigga to the morgue

A point scored, they could give a fuck about us

They rather catch us with guns and white powder

If I was old, they'd probably be a friend of me

Since I'm young, they consider me the enemy

They kill ten of me to get the job correct

To serve, protect, and break a nigga's neck

'Cause I'm the one with the trunk of funk

And "Fuck tha Police" in the tape deck

You should listen to me 'cause there's more to see

Call my neighborhood a ghetto 'cause it houses minorities

The other color don't know you can run but not hide

These are tales from the darkside

All of us are endangered, damn!

(A young nigga got it bad 'cause I'm brown)

(A young nigga got it bad 'cause I'm brown)

You wanna free Africa? I'll stare at ya

'Cause we ain't got it too good in America

I can't fuck with them overseas

My homeboy died over keys

Of cocaine, it was plain and simple

The nine millimeter went to the temple

Was the sound I put the bitch down

And ran to the schoolyard bathroom

Looked in the trash can, yo it had room

So I ducked my ass in it for a minute

Covered with trash, I had to lay back

Mad as fuck, thinkin' about the payback

Tonight the crew gonna have a little fun

I went home and cut the barrel of my shotgun

It's gettin' critical - I stole a 5.0

I let it go - drive real slow

I yelled out "Ice Cube, sucka"

The shotgun kicked, and it murdered motherfuckers

I told you last album

"When I got a sawed-off, bodies are hauled off"

It's a shame, that niggas die young

But to the light side it don't matter none

It'll be a drive by homicide

But to me its just another tale from the Darkside

Standing in the middle of war, the minute we flex

When we die, we won't make Jet

Ebony can't see to the light side

The term they apply to us is a nigga

Call it what you want, 'cause I'm comin' from the corner

Same applies to a Ph.D.

Who's black, don't wanna roll, sells his soul

Watch his head go rollin'

Who the fuck are they foolin'?

Nobody knows, but I suppose the color of my clothes

Matches the color of the one on my face

As they wonder what's under my waist

(Standin' on the verge) of them gettin' brown

That's a fact, got a fear of the bozack

Run, run, run, their ass off, they can not hide

Yeah, Cube, they can't fuck with the Darkside!