You Know How We Do It

About You Know How We Do It

"You Know How We Do It" is the second single from Ice Cube's fourth studio album, Lethal Injection. It was released as a 12" single on February 2, 1994. A G-funk hit which has the same kind of mood and feeling from The Predator, it samples "The Show Is Over" by Evelyn "Champagne" King and uses an interpolation of "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang. At the time of the album's release, sales were poor; in part by Dr. Dre and other Death Row artists dominating the radio stations. Although Lethal Injection received poor reviews by critics, this single stoodout from the rest of the album and was considered a West Coast classic. It was later featured on his Greatest Hits album. The song first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 film Surf Ninjas. It is also featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, created by Rockstar Games, which is also the third time one of Ice Cube songs was featured in a Grand Theft Auto game, the first two being "It Was a Good Day" and "Check Yo Self", both on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Eventually Mariah Carey sampled "You Know How We Do It" in her song "Irresistible (West Side Connection)" from her 2002 album Charmbracelet. more »

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1993

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Yeah, yeah! 
Fool, you know how we do it 

West Side 
Comin' from the West Side 
Nothin' but the West Side 

Ain't nothin' goin on but the bomb ass rap song 
Hittin' all night long 
Just like me on the black and white ivory 
Gettin' six on artillery  you don't want to see a G 
Break yo' ass like dishes 
Buster ass tricks  sleep with the fishes 
Runnin' from Lennox  up at Venice 
They want to have me in stripes, like Dennis the Menace 
But that ain't poppin', ain't no stoppin'
Fo' hoppin, ass droppin', Coupe DeVille 
My truth can, i'll, fool I got skills 
So, back on up 'fore I check that chin 
Down as f*ck and I'm full off Henn' 
You gets no love and I thought you knew it 
Fool, you know how we do it 

Comin' from the West Side 
West Side, comin' from the West Side 

Chillin' with the homies, smellin' the bud 
Double parked and I'm talkin' to Dub 
about who got a plan, who got a plot 
whom got got, and who got shot 
Cause everybody knows that he got the info 
Crazy Toones hangin out the window 
Fool I got them bomb-ass tapes 
Da Lench Mob, Planet of the Apes
I'm down with Eiht, and Watts Up
Kam is solo, they got nuts 
When Ice Cube write a sentence 
I want "The Bomb," just like George Clinton 
S-K-D is down to catch a body 
Put on Knee Deep, we'll turn out your party 
You gets no love and I thought you knew it 
Fool, you know how we do it 

You know how we do it 

Jack B. Nimble, and Jack B. Quick 
if you want to jack me on a lick, cause 
I'm that fool from South Central 
You think you stuck yourself, with a number 2 pencil 
That's how I poke hot lead in yo' ass 
With "Mo' Bounce to the Ounce" in the dash 
Mash up, Ve-nice, headed for the West 
Everything is great, slow down for the dip 
On a 100 and 8th and keep mashin'
Don't drink and drive to keep the fo' from crashin' 
Stashin a glock and I thought you knew it 
You know how we do it 

Comin' from the West Side, West Side 
Nothin' but a West Side 
It's hittin' on the West Side 
Fool, you know how we do it

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Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He began his career as a member of the hip hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A (Niggas With Attitudes). After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer, director, actor and producer in cinema. Additionally, he has served as one of the producers of the Showtime television series Barbershop and the TBS series Are We There Yet?, both of which are based upon films in which he portrayed the lead character. more »

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