Released on March 21, 2000
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[Intro: Krayzie Bone & Ice Cube ]
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop, until we drop
Krayzie Bone and Ice Cube
The best thing in life is life (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Get your mind right, and get your gri nd right (We gotta keep goin')
Hey, young thugs (We gotta keep goin')
Get your mind right, and get your grind right
Hey, young thugs
Get your mind right, and get your grind right
[Verse 1: Ice Cube]
Look into my eyes if you wanna know me
Before you hypnotized, homie, what do you see? (What do you see?)
A figure that's just a little bigger than dealers
A hustler countin' figures ain't pulled no triggas
Can you dig us? We be the ultimate lick
We's the hitters, that make the ultimate hits
Kinda floss-ey (Haha), kinda boss-ey
It's gotta be done my way, do what the [fuck] I say (Hah)
Top of the pyramid, homie, what I tell you
If you leave this Westside umbrella, you hit the cellar (Ahh)
Bring me my slippers, black robe, and my globe
And I could rule the world with my eyes closed
(With my eyes closed)
[Chorus: Krayzie Bone & Ice Cube ]
See, the mission's to get what we don't got
Until we filthy rich and on top
You betta go get it, it's yours
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop until we drop (Drop, drop)
Krayzie Bone and Ice Cube
See, the mission's to get what we don't got
Until we filthy rich and on top
You betta go get it, it's yours
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop until we drop (Drop, drop)
[Verse 2: Ice Cube]
To all the little homies that's watchin' TV
I see you tryna be a OG like me
Chasin' dreams, pullin' mo' schemes for wealth
But the best thing in life is health, be yourself, playa
[Fuck] television, it'll keep yo' a-- wishin' forever (Forever)
You'll never get yo' life together
Don't talk about death, I got too much life to live (Uh)
Too many orders to give, what it is, showbiz (Showbiz)
Taught you what a trick and a hoe is (What?)
Showed you what a Six-ty Fo' is (What?)
Lord knows, "In God We Trust"
And everybody in the world wanna be like us (Everybody)
[Chorus: Krayzie Bone]
See, the mission's to get what we don't got
Until we filthy rich and on top (On top)
You betta go get it, it's yours
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop until we drop (Drop, drop, drop)
See, the mission's to get what we don't got
Until we filthy rich and on top (On top)
You betta go get it, it's yours
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop until we drop (Drop, drop, drop)
[Verse 3: Ice Cube]
To the kids of the world that's waitin' for wealth
Waitin' for health, you better do for self
Homie, that's yo' last cup
Forget about the fast buck; boy, get yo' a-- up (Get yo a-- up)
People use yo' brain to gain
Do something that ain't never been done; and we can spend hun's (Uh-huh)
Wipe our a-- with twenties, light our joints with ones
Throw away the guns, have nuttin' but fun (Uh)
And homey we could do that sh--! (Yeah)
Police have a fit, when yo' paper's legit
We gotta get off the phone, we gotta teach our own
Send your baby to school and she'll come back grown
We got to talk to our grandmas
And she'll help us through them dark halls, and them pitfalls
Everybody know we got the world to gain
We got to stop the pain, Lord, stop the rain (Lord, stop the rain)
[Chorus: Krayzie Bone & Ice Cube ]
See, the mission's to get what we don't got
Until we filthy rich and on top (On top)
You betta go get it, it's yours
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop until we drop (Drop, drop, drop)
Krayzie Bone and Ice Cube
See, the mission's to get what we don't got
Until we filthy rich and on top (On top)
You betta go get it, it's yours
Nigga, the mission's to get what you don't got
The struggle it don't stop until we drop (Drop, drop, drop)
[Outro: Ice Cube & Krayzie Bone ]
Keep goin', little homie, why you slowin'?
Keep rollin', little homie, why you slowin'? ( You gotta keep rollin', rollin' )
Keep rollin', little homie, why you slowin'? ( Nigga, keep rollin', rollin' )
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' ( You gotta keep rollin', rollin' )
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
Yeah, young thug, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
(Get your mind right, and get your grind right)
Yeah, young thug, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours (Ice Cube)
Hey young thugs, the world is yours (You gotta keep rollin', rollin')
(The best thing in life is life)
Hey young thugs, the world is yours (Nigga, keep rollin', rollin')
(I got to say it twice)
Yeah, young thug, the world is yours (You gotta keep rollin', rollin')
(The best thing in life is life)
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
(Get your mind right, and get your grind right)
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours
Hey, young thugs, the world is yours (You gotta keep rollin', rollin')
Yeah, young thugs, the world is yours
Krayzie Bone here interpolates and references “Hey Young World” by Slick Rick, from his first album, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, from 1988.
What Ice Cube is saying is that he mostly became rich (counting figures) without dealing drugs, and firing no guns (pulling triggers). And the same would happen if people did the same.