You Don’t Work, U Don’t Eat WC and the MAAD Circle (Ft. Ice Cube, J-Dee & MC Eiht)

"This afternoon we want to talk about"
"Now I want you brothers to dig where we coming from"

[WC]
Five years ago when I was in high school
No bills to pay, I used to say to myself "Life is cool"
I had a roof over my head and a part-time job
Slanging at OB's birdstand
Washington High was the school I attended
Til '87 graduation came and I wasn't with it
Kicked out the house at the age of 18
No money for college, mmm, how should I handle things?
I tried to go the so-called right way
And went to a JC but I wasn't getting paid
I'm working at a chicken stand now with the chicken
With a spring at the top of my hat getting clowned
I gotta pay my rent but my job ain't cutting it
So now I'm drinking gin saying "Here's my alternative"
To either keep doing what I'm doing, don't trip
Or go and buy gats y'all and come up on a grip
So like anybody else I went and bought a gun
Pulling burgs at night and now I'm counting my funds
Eat three times a day and I drive a coup on danas
Cruising through the alley bumping Ohio Players
Yo, you can say what you want but I was taught on the streets
That if a brother didn't work, then he didn't eat