[helicopter flying overhead]   "Outside the South Central area, few cared about the violence   because - it didn't affect them." - Tom Brokaw      "Break 'em off somethin" - [Ice Cube]      [Chorus]   "Back to the criminal set... but they can't catch me yet" - Ice Cube   Don't trip you might break your neck {"break 'em off somethin"}   And get wet from the reign of the tec, I {"break 'em off somethin"}   "Back to the criminal set... but they can't catch me yet" - Ice Cube   Your gum bumpin gon' lead to gun bumpin {"break 'em off somethin"}   I'm the one when the party is jumpin to {"break 'em off somethin"}      [Xzibit]   I heard the O.G.'s they don't hit   And I'm the only one left from the West that you can't fuck with   But lately I've been feelin like Will Smith   Why bother with rap when I can get 20 mill' on a flick?   Y'all niggaz just started some shit, the underdog   Makin songs for them hogs, and them Bloods and Crips   For the shah by the mall with a Muslim scent   After all, who do you call to rock your shit? {"break 'em off somethin"}   Bust the ghetto bird, circle above, reminisce   of the dust kicked up, the dirt swept under the rug   Duct tape, ski-mask, tape recorders   Cue Kaze, ready to blaze and bakin soda   First learned how to cook in a coffee pot   Made the block get hot like lava rock   Got love for the block cause I came from that   But I ain't afraid to go right back {"break 'em off somethin"}      [Chorus]      [Xzibit]   It's a, suicide it's a suicide   If you ever get the heart to try fuckin with mines   No change, I'm poppin the nine, you ridin the pine {"break 'em off somethin"}   The heavy metal knock you out of your mind {"break 'em off somethin"}   Now how many really gon' ride, when the war start?   Eaten alive by these hollow-tip darts   My 12 gauge'll tear you apart, don't get caught at the light   the house party or the neighborhood park   Mr. X marks the spot then pops the mark   Turn your whole neighborhood to a parkin lot   I paid the cost to be the boss   and will do my time standin up 'til I get an appeal   These weapons too real to conceal, so why bother   Semper fidelis, I learned from my father   I always stay faithful to myself and grow   But when I catch that ass after the show - {"break 'em off somethin"}      [Chorus]      [Xzibit]   I'm slick and slippery   On a high-speed chase all the way to the victory   Y'all niggaz is stone cold mysteries   Too weak, can't stand in the ring with me   Put a pussy back in his place, straightlaced   With a Strong Arm Steady gang up in your face   I run a race with the West to my back   While you're the reason why they say niggaz in the West can't rap   Ever since the white Concourse 'Llac, I've been unmatched   A avalanche in the hood on attack   Just hardcore actual facts, never wait   Just react when them killers come at you with gats   Had to dig the knife out of my back, now I'm back on track   Hittin laps, 'bout to widen the gap yo   It ain't the long fall from the top that got 'em   It was the sharp sudden stop at the bottom, haha {"break 'em off somethin"}      [Chorus]