[William Shatner - Host of Rescue 911]
Blacks who ventured across the unmarked border were often attacked
by teenage members of the new gang called The Spook Hunters,
one of a handful of white gangs active in this time.
It was only natural for L.A.'s newest residents to respond unkind.


[Unknown]

As white attacks started to increase in the mid 1940's and late 1940's

blacks started to organize their clubs really as a defensive mechanism.

And the boss men or the business men and the Snyder boys and all these

clubs in south L.A. really were just sorta defending themselves against

white violence that was coming from Huntington Park and Southgate.



[William Shatner]

The demise of the black panthers in Los Angeles is said to be another

blow to a generation of black teenagers that witnessed many of its role models

assasinated throughout the 1960's.



[Ice Cube] spoken

What I'm sayin in so many words, they shoulda let the panthers

went on because there probably would never have been no crips and no bloods.



[Transition to "Growin' Up" Clean Version]



[Ice Cube]

Ha ha, that's my

Turn it up [echoes]

Uhh, yeah



I hear a beat like this, and think about growin up

House parties, with gangbangers showin up

Represent your hood, everybody throw it up

They say Cube get on the mic, blow it up

I used to lyrical, political

But now you want it sugarcoated like cereal

First I met Dre, then I met Yella (yessir)

Dr. Dre made me rap acapella

Me and Jinx did a show at Dudo's

With K-Dee, I think it was two shows

Then Dre introduced me to E

Cruisin down the street in his red Jeep

He said, yo we should flip it like this

Cause them Boyz N the Hood like the gangsta

I put the pen to the pad, young was raw

And told the world how we felt about the law

It was real



[Chorus 2X: samples + (Cube)]

I see the happiness (all day every day)

I see the pain

Where am I (growin up in the hood)

Back down memory lane



[Ice Cube]

Oh, it's B.W.!

Them on tour and they comin our way

Little one is still tucked away

In that trailer park, just bumpin our tape

Jerry Heller tried to make his escape

I had to bounce, while other got raped

Same turned around and said me

No you cause I'm down with Chuck D

And I'm 'bout to do a movie up, a classic

When I hit the screen, it was magic

Never thought I'd see Eazy in a casket

Thanks for everythang, that's on everythang

I learned a lot of game from you

I like your son, he got his name from you

I tell him everythang that he need to know

If he ask my advice, I won't think twice homey



[Chorus: samples + (Cube)]

I see the happiness (all day every day)

I see the pain

Where am I (growin up in the hood)

Back down memory lane



[Ice Cube]

From Boyz N the Hood , to XXX 2

Everybody wanna know my next move

Fans all around say "We love you Cube!"

I wanna take time to say I love you too

I love all my fans cause they know I'm a man

And not a little boy or some play toy

A lot of say I grew up on you

And let me know if anybody wit you

Cause you talk a lot of about the red, black & blue

And how they treat a called Katrina, did you see her

White folks worry 'bout them misdemeanor

While black people dyin in that God dang arena

Just because I'm actin never stop rappin

It's in my blood homey, I'ma keep the party crackin

Money keep stackin 'til they put me in a casket

Who you think you wit? Here's another classic



[Chorus: samples + (Cube)]

I see the happiness (all day every day)

I see the pain

Where am I (growin up in the hood)

Back down memory lane



[Ice Cube]

I'm Ruthless, I'm Ruthless..

Street Knowledge..

Lench Mob..

Westside..

Uhh..



[Chorus - 1/2]

[samples + (Cube)]

I see the happiness (all day every day)

I see the pain

Where am I (growin up in the hood)

Back down memory lane