Ice Cube - A Bird In The Hand

(big bird: sesame street)

Hey look at this! i was cleaning out my nest

And i found a book of my old poetry



(ice cube)

Fresh out of school cause i was a high school grad

Gots to get a job cuz i was a high school dad

Wish i got paid like i was rappin' to the nation

But thats not likely, so here's my application

Pass it to the man at at&t

Cuz when i was in school i got the a. e. e.

But there's no s. e. for this youngsta

I didn't have no money so now i have to hunch the

Back like a slave, thats what be happenin

But whitey says there's no room for the african

Always knew that i would boycott, jeez

But welcome to mcdonalds can i take your order please

Gotta sell ya food that might give you cancer

Cuz my baby doesn't take no for an answer

Now i pay taxes that you never give me back

What about diapers, bottles, and similac

Do i gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack

For decent shelter and clothes on my back?

Or should i just wait for help from bush

Or jesse jackson, and operation push

If you ask me the whole thing needs a douch

A masengel what the hell cracker sale in the neighborhood

To the whorehouse bitches,

Miss porker, little joe or todd bridges

Or anybody that he know

So i got me a bird, better known as a kilo

Now everybody know i went from po' to a nigga that got dough

So now you put the feds against me

Cause i couldn't follow the plan of the presidency

I'm never givin' love again

Cuz blacks are too fuckin broke to be republican

Now i remember i used to be cool

Till i stopped fillin' out my w-2

Now senators are gettin' hired

And your plan against the ghetto backfired

So now you got a pep talk

But sorry, this is our only room to walk

Cause we don't want a drug push

But a bird in the hand is worth more than the bush



Tell the politicians, the hustlers: live and let live (yeah)

Tell the politicians, the hustlers: live and let live (yeah)