Niggas used to come and get me when it was time to just greet with an enemy Pass the Hennessy and give me energy Packed a gat in the small of my back Where these niggas at? I clear the whole pack Talkin' *** cause I'm down for my set I'm a vet, smokin' on a wet cigarette Who these niggas think they are? Wishin' on a ghetto star I represent my tall men I start bussin' and they scatter like water bugs Cause these west side niggas is harder thugs Enslave us but nothing can save us From Fort Ben Davis, shootin' at your neighbors Cause sometimes I feel like a nut Don't give a ***, wanna open you up Hot rocks fly from the back seat And buster ass niggas run like a track meet And if you caught in the middle, bleed more than a little Killer King is the hospital Feelin' numb from the bullets I hum And when they hit, black mothers have fits I don't give a *** Fool, I'm a vet, you can bet That I can dance underwater and not get wet It's rainin' bullets and I'm still dead My house shoes get wet from the dew on the grass Up early in the morning, takin' out the trash Feelin' like a loser, alcohol abuser Two youngsters roll up on the beach cruiser One on the pedals, the other on the handlebars Tryin' to be ghetto stars, they said Are you from the west side? Guess it's so I said hell yeah, and who wanna know? Me, in slo-mo, faux faux slugs Face down in the mud, puddle full of blood Left for dead, the pain start to spread Now I can't feel my legs I meet Dr. Who at King Drew Medical center, as I enter ICU He said the bullet hit a nerve that was vital I said I can't move my legs, he said don't try to Now this ain't the end, my friend But you'll probably never walk again I sit there motionless, holdin' this Pain inside, contemplatin' suicide At night I jerk and jerk, but my dick don't work It don't even hurt Now who'd ever thought a nigga rude as Ice Cube? I be pissin' through a tube, fool I'm a vet Fool I'm a vet, you can bet That I could dance underwater and not get wet It's rainin' bullets and I'm still there Young ghetto nigga in a wheelchair *** a VA, they need a GA Gang hospital for a cripple, now I'm drinkin' Ripple Same corner, same hood, I'm still there With bandanas tied to my wheelchair To all the hood rat hoes, I'm fired They mad cause my tongue get tired, now Everybody wanna put they dope on me Sayin' I won't get searched by the LAPD I'm sittin' on the 3rd wave, deuce 5 Dependin' on that to keep my ass alive I don't got bolts but my arms about a 1-6 With ***in' legs, lookin' like toothpicks Sometimes I can't deal Got to beg the BGs to roll me up the hill Put me on the porch, now I'm on the torch Smokin' cocaine just to maintain Nothin' to gain, nothin' to lose And last night, I couldn't make it to the bathroom Feelin' like a two-year-old You can't get a sip from the brew I hold It's the only friend to a stranger A.K.A. handicapped gangbanger There's a lot in my life I regret Becomin' a ghetto vet Fool I'm a vet, you can bet That I could dance underwater and not get wet It's rainin' bullets and I'm still dead Young ghetto nigga in a wheelchair Fool I'm a vet, you can bet That I could dance underwater and not get wet It's rainin' bullets and I'm still dead Young ghetto nigga in a wheelchair Life Yeah Life Yeah Life Life Dedicated to all the ghetto vets For every nigga that done took one for the hood My whole life flashin' from my eyes, man It's goin' down, it's goin' down