Ice-T Retaliation Lyrics

(Intro: Ice-T)
Every year the same s___ happens
More f___in' funerals, dead homies
n____s out here killin' each other
I don't know why
And when it happens to you
just can't turn the other f___in' cheek
Gotta get back for your dead n____s
Yeah I'm caught up to

(Ice-T)
Sometimes I sit and wonder
how many m_________ers gonna die this summer
Gunshots from the hummer
Now the sawed-off riot pumps lead across your beds
They said: "Mama, less you wouldn't strike back"
mack ten, eleven, twelve, hit us and then puts us to hell
They started it, there's no way to mend it, we'll end it
My crew'll hit the matresses, G.O.D.
Father style - all prepared to get buckwild
Half my n____s ball, other half ain't got it all
They stay up at nights waitin' on a combat call
Drinkin' hard liquor, smokin' mad loop and s___
So high, sometimes I even gotta load they clips
I ain't mad at them though, they dumps the ammo
in you, suspend you in here, hell yeah
It's the time that the real n____s live for retaliation
Move on 'em, show, improve on 'em
All you punk b____es just stand back and watch
Me, I'm oilin' up the Heckler & Gotch
I gots no love, for them busters, who put the work in
I can still see my f___in' boys' body jerkin'
I ran over to him, put my hand on his chest
Hole like an apple in the side of his neck
His eyes glanced up, his body jerked once more
There's nothin' else to do but to go to war
Slide the hollow-tips in the chrome four-four
Roll down the windows, hang the heat out the door
Catch all the f___in' bodies that I can tonight
Double-back on your b____ crew, broad daylight

(Chorus: Ice-T)
There's no innocence allowed in these ghetto streets
Grab your guns, buck 'em off, when ya hit your leak
Tell me what would you do if they killed your best friend?
Could you keep your cool, would the wounds mend?
If I said "peace", I'll be a m_________in' liar
("I'm lettin' off until my arms tired" - cut and scratched*)Retaliation

(Ice-T)
Been packin' straps so long I gots some permanent bruise in my leg
Better that than dead
Now it's time to show you what I'm trained for in this
Rally up the wolfpack-attack relentless
Make ya understand it was the wrong crew ya f___ with
Now it's on b____es, guys are darker than s___
You musta not a known when you f___in' hit that day
Or maybe you di, you're dyin' anyway
And not just you, some of your family
To tell you the truth any f___in' body we see
You might just wanna turn yourself into me
To save your hood pain of my crews' treachery
You f___ed up, we know who you are, where ya live
We got your place ran up to a cop on the tick
We'll hit your block so hard, you'll swear it was an earthquake
Squeeze off the fully-auto, make your whole crib shake
I know you're breathin' hard, livin' on your last day
Or maybe, you're laughin', thinkin' that you got away
I don't give a f___, I won't sleep
Till one of us lays me and my n____
That's the fear of these triggers
If ya smart, ya probably make a break out of state
We'll just s_____ your kid, grab your f___in' b____ and wait
I'll catch ya down South, lay your a__ out straight
There's no where to run, it's time to meet your make
You got one chance, arm your whole d___ crew
I couldn't stop my f___in' n____s if I wanted to

("Lettin' off until my arms tired" - *cut and scratched*)