A Bird In The Hand Lyrics

The song A Bird In The Hand is performed by Ice Cube in the album named Death Certificate in the year 2009 .



Say, look at this, I've been cleaning out my nest
And I found an old book of my poetry

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 by rappin' to the nation
But that's not likely, so here's my application

Pa*s 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 gotta punch the clock

Gotta slave and be half a man
The whitey says there's no room for the African
Always knew that I would clock G's
But welcome to McDonald's, may I take your order, please?

Gotta serve ya food that might give you cancer
'Cuz my son 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 have to 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 douche
A Ma*singill, what the hell crackers sell in the neighborhood?
To the corner house bitches
Miss Porker, Little Joe and 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
But blacks are too f**kin' 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 a Bush

Tell the politicians, the hustlers
Live and let live, yeah
Tell the politicians, the hustlers
Live and let live, yeah



Ice Cube - Death Certificate

Feb 2009

  1. The Funeral
  2. The Wrong N**** To F*** Wit
  3. Robin Lench
  4. Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out
  5. Look Who's Burnin'
  6. A Bird In The Hand
  7. Man's Best Friend
  8. Alive On Arrival
  9. Death
  10. The Birth
  11. I Wanna Kill Sam
  12. Horny Lil' Devil
  13. Black Korea
  14. True To The Game
  15. Color Blind
  16. Doing Dumb Sh**
  17. Us
  18. No Vaseline
  19. How To Survive In South Central
  20. My Summer Vacation [Explicit]
  21. Steady Mobbin' [Explicit]

A Bird In The Hand