Lost In Tha System

[J-Dee] Woke up, Friday morning feelin damn good Took a shower, got dressed, and rolled out to the neighborhood Had no idea what I was in for so I pulled over, I bought a 40 at the liquor store Popped the top, commenced to start drinkin and all of a sudden, I start thinkin "Damn J-Dee, why did you roll down Florence?" I forgot, I had two warrants (Damn!) Yeah, but like a fool I kept drivin until I ran a red light, and heard a motherf**kin siren One time pulled my black a*s over Put my hands behind my back and it was over I was arrested, because a warrant I wouldn't pay Headed for the county jail, downtown L.A. I got processed, put on my county blues And now I'm smokin a hump, watchin the news in the dayroom A fool jumped up and said, "What set you from?" I didn't say SHIT, I just BOMBED I beat his a*s right down into the concrete turned around and saw the doom squad's feet Yeah, the motherf**kin deputies tryin to do the same thing that they did to Rodney King I stayed strong and kept my self-control that's why my black a*s got tossed in the hole I'm doin thirty days in the hole cause I dissed 'em That's how it is, gettin lost in the system [Ice Cube] Hey homey, you know the way out this motherf**ker? I'm lost G Ay, how you.. ay, where are we goin? [J-Dee] Here I go, on a f**ked up bus ride and yo I'm takin a trip, to a place called Wayside It's on the back side, of Magic Mountain and ain't no rides no games no shows and ain't no water fountain Five, hundred acres of land Plenty niggaz, and you still your own man I stayed down, and ran into a few of my homies They told me, "Watch your back kid and go for self only" cause I wasn't on the, same side they was on And like my nigga Cube said, "Once again it's on" (Yep!) cause shit erupted on the compound A C.O. dropped a pen, I picked it up and stayed straight down until some devil tried to nut up, over the phone He got stuck and it was on Gone, to the hole again for shankin the devil with my motherf**kin ink pen Things gettin kinda rough and disturbin They takin me to court for this motherf**kin servin Since I'm black and I'm supposed to be wrong the prosecution wasn't very long Start stackin months on me like hotcakes And in the morning I was headed upstate for shankin a fool who'll never be my brother The simple fact the motherf**ker had the wrong skin color Yo, I told the judge, don't even try it He gave me a year for startin a riot I told this old-a*s fool, "s*ck my d**k! Givin me a year for this shit!"Yo, he added on another year, cause I dissed him Now here I go gettin lost in the system [Ice Cube] Yo man I'm just tryin to get up out this motherf**ker man I'm lost aight? Which way, how you get back to South Central G? [J-Dee] I went from Chino West, Chino East, Folsum Soledad, even Tahatcha(?) P-C-R-C San Quentin, and even Cochran Lost in the system, and I couldn't stop them Them motherf**kers kept tryin to lose me and some {faggot kept tryin to choose me Stuffed the {faggot and send them on his way kid You know why?Cause I don't play that f**kin gay shit The final pen I was in, was called Blythe And that's where I damn near lost my life by some crazy devil with eyes full of hate The motherf**ker got mad cause I had a release date Yo, this shit is crazy, it can happen to anyway Didn't pay a ticket, look how much time I done but it's alright cause I'm back on the streets Layin down fly rhymes to these funky drum beats And yeah, the day I got out, man I was wishin but I'm back on the streets, still lost in the system I can do that shit over, no? Cause I, I was 'sposed to say Hey shit, yo I can freak that shit yo {*cell door closes*