[Intro: Ice Cube]

The motherfucking world is a ghetto

Clips and heavy metal

[Hook]

I got my stash up in a box, I keep it locked

When I got my eyes on a fox, I keep 'em locked

On patrol on my block, I keep it locked

And I'm loyal to a fault, I keep it locked

I keep it locked

[Verse 1]

We’ve got you nailed to a sign post

Have you seen this man?

Now you know he’s never been lost before

Out the back door

Like a midnight whore

But without the honor

And we don’t know why

You decided to lie

But we accept that you felt the need to defy

None the less you have a debt that we need to correct

And thus we put this plan into effect

[Hook]

I got my stash up in a box, I keep it locked

When I got my eyes on a fox, I keep 'em locked

On patrol on my block, I keep it locked

And I'm loyal to a fault, I keep it locked

I keep it locked

[Chorus]

I always told myself I’d stay true to this crew

Look what you sacrificed following that fool inside you

I knew it would get back to me, I’d be the one to make you bleed

I always told myself I’d stay true to this crew

[Verse 2]

Now we on you but we stay close

But we want to know more

Like maybe you cut in a sly partner

Acting like a grifter

But playing it like a shop lifter

But without the honor

And now you want our mercy

It’s locked away there is no key

[Hook]

I got my stash up in a box, I keep it locked

When I got my eyes on a fox, I keep 'em locked

On patrol on my block, I keep it locked

And I'm loyal to a fault, I keep it locked

I keep it locked

[Chorus]

I always told myself I’d stay true to this crew

Look what you sacrificed following that fool inside you

I knew it would get back to me, I’d be the one to make you bleed

I always told myself I’d stay true to this crew