[Ice Cube] Uh-huh, understand this I don't give a fuck about what y'all talkin' about I ain't tryin' to hear none of that shit Nigga I'm a do what I wanna do When I wanna do it, how I wanna do it And you better hope I don't do it to you Now, I don't care what you got to say I don't care what they got to say Nigga I'm grown Let me tell you a little somethin' about me I was born not to give a fuck, wanna drink, get your cup Turn it up, throw it up, take the world, blow it up Somebody slow it up, roll it up, smoke it up My own can't keep me from loc'n up One ear out the other, one man out to smother The neighborhood, that left me here without my brother You undercovers and you dirty muthafuckers In the hood, that still fuck without rubbers Club hop, bar hop, car shop, nail shop To the mall, spend it all, why not What bills, what rent, don't know what's spent Why you care, do you work for the government? [Chorus] Fuck it homey, I'm a laugh now and cry later Get your paper we can laugh now and cry later All you players you can laugh now and cry later Investigators let you laugh now and cry later [Ice Cube] See I'm a product of this urban decay A nigga dyin' for tomorrow, but live for today A nigga lie steal and borrow, and cheating's okay Don't you tell these muthafuckers that my name is O'Shea Cause I'm a look up my baby's credit, let him regret it 7 months old he's already got a jail record I'm the one to blame, put it in my mama name She's not a drama queen, but I got the bling bling I need the watch and the bracelet and the earrings I need you all to show up at my hearings Tell the judge I'm a nice guy, good guy And I'm a play the sad face when he look nigga [Chorus] Fuck it homey, I'm a laugh now and cry later Get your paper we can laugh now and cry later All you players you can laugh now and cry later Investigators let you laugh now and cry later [Interlude: repeat 2X] "The number you are calling was lost, and cannot be called back" "Your last call return service" [Ice Cube] It's fucked-up, that y'all won't answer my calls Tell mom, at least she can send some drawers These walls, make y'all forget about me I'm comin home, in 2033 But that's irrelevant, did you get the mail I sent What I tell a bitch, you better stay celibate She start lyin' to me, tell me who she ain't fuckin' Never tell me that my homeboys ain't nothin' Bun in the oven, it belong to my cousin Got the nerve, to tell me that you really love me What? I'm a get the ass when a nigga make parole Hit her with my cane, cause a nigga gray and old [Chorus] Fuck it homey, I'm a laugh now and cry later Get your paper we can laugh now and cry later All you players you can laugh now and cry later Investigators let you laugh now and cry later [Outro: Ice Cube] Man, it ain't right man Y'know y'all ain't doin me right man A nigga tryin' to do right man Y'know I'm tryin to change my life man, y'know? I done found the Lord while I'm in here, y'know? I I'm tryin to do right now, I mean Y'know I'm sorry for everythang That I, I I mean y'know That's fucked-up how y'all doin me man Y'all niggas could at least send me somethin "Alright, first four guys, let's go... lock it up."