[{"id":33953714,"name":"A Bird In The Hand","trackName":"A Bird In The Hand","artistName":"ICE CUBE","albumName":"A Bird In The Hand","duration":132.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Say, look at this\nI've been cleaning out my nest, and I found an old book of my poetry\n\n\nFresh out of school 'cause I was a high school grad\nGots to get a job 'cause I was a high school dad\nWish I got paid by rappin' to the nation\nBut that's not likely, so here's my application\nPass it to the man at AT&T\n'Cause when I was in school I got the A.E.E\nBut there's no SC for this youngsta\nI didn't have no money, so now I gotta punch the\nClock, gotta slave, and be half a man\nBut whitey says there's no room for the African\nAlways knew that I would clock G's\nBut welcome to McDonald's, \"May I take your order, please?\"\nGotta serve ya food that might give you cancer\n'Cause my son doesn't take no for an answer\nNow I pay taxes, that you never give me back\nWhat about diapers, 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neighborhood\n[01:14.42] To the corner house bitches\n[01:16.27] Miss Parker, little Joe, and Todd Bridges\n[01:19.61] Or anybody that he know\n[01:21.62] So I copped me a bird, better known as a kilo\n[01:24.64] Now everybody know I went from po'\n[01:28.05] To a nigga that got dough\n[01:30.11] So now you put the feds against me\n[01:32.45] 'Cause I couldn't follow the plan of the presidency\n[01:35.68] I never get love again\n[01:37.63] But blacks are too fuckin' broke to be Republican\n[01:40.66] Now I remember, I used to be cool\n[01:43.15] 'Til I stopped fillin' out my W-2\n[01:45.99] Now senators are gettin' high\n[01:48.52] And your plan against the ghetto backfired\n[01:51.36] So now you got a pep talk\n[01:53.17] But sorry, this is our only room to walk\n[01:56.65] 'Cause we don't want a drug push\n[01:58.56] But a bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush\n[02:06.40] Tell the politicians, the hustlers\n[02:09.58] \"Live and let live\" (yeah)\n[02:11.73] Tell the 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