Hood Took Me Under lyrics

[Verse 1: MC Eiht]
I got another gang story to tell, peep
About how a Black n*gga was born in hell
And right then and there it's no hope
'Cause a n*gga can't escape the gangs and the dope, damn
And when it's black on black, that makes it sh*tty
Can't survive in the Compton city
And fool let's bet
'Cause when you grow up in the hood, you gots to claim a set
Geah, it's not that you want to but you have to
Don't be a mark 'cause n*ggas might laugh you
Straight off the motherf*ckin' block
Can't deal with bustas so they asses get clocked, geah
Who gives a f*ck about another?
Only got love for my f*ckin' gang brothers, geah
But I'm young so nobody would wonder
That the hood would take me under

[Chorus]
"Always strapped and eager to peel a cap"
"The hood done took me under"
"Always strapped and eager to peel a cap"
"The hood done took me under"

[Verse 2: MC Eiht]
Now I'm a few ages older
Got hair on my nuts and I'm a little bit bolder
And puttin' in work, I has to do my f*ckin' part
I'm down for the hood and it's planted in the heart, fool
At school slappin' on the girls asses
f*ck the white education so I skip a lot of classes
'Cause ain't no teaching a n*gga white reality
Teach me the motherf*ckin' gang mentality
Pop, pop, pop drops the sucker
If he's from another hood I gots to shoot the motherf*cker
Geah, I'm in it to win it and can't quit
Fool, and ready die for this sh*t
One-times can't fade the gang tough
Putting my foot in your ass to make times rough
I'm the neighborhood terror but I never wondered
That the hood would take me under
[Chorus]
"Always strapped and eager to peel a cap"
"The hood done took me under"
"Always strapped and eager to peel a cap"
"The hood done took me under"
"Police is hot but I'm watching my back"
"The hood done took me under"
"Police is hot but I'm watching my back"
"The hood done took me under"

[Verse 3: MC Eiht]
I guess I'll watch my back 'cause n*ggas jeffin'
Times heard this brother pulled a 1-87
Who I thought was my homie dropped the dime
So I gotta peel his cap with the .9
Fool, if it's on then it's on, f*ck it, G
Because how the odds are looking, fool, it's either him or me
So I loads up the strap and I step
'Cause my brain cells are dead and all I think is death
Revenge, geah, that's what it's all about
See the sucker, take the motherf*cker out
Stare the fool down with the eye contact
He try to swing so I draw on him with the gat
Blast was the sound that one-times heard-a
n*gga, twenty-five to life for the murder
Was it worth it I've always wondered
Maybe if the hood didn't take me under
[Outro: MC Eiht]
Geah, this going out to all the n*ggas
It's going out to my n*ggas
It's going out to all the n*ggas
My n*gga Mike T made it
Geah, mmm