When the West Coast first rose atop the rap industry in the mid-'90s, Mack 10 emerged as one of the coast's most promising talents alongside his longtime associate Ice Cube. The two Los Angeles rappers co-wrote "Foe Life," Mack 10's 1995 breakthrough hit, and united a year later with WC to form the trio Westside Connection, a West Coast gangsta rap supergroup. The Westside Connection album became a sizable hit, rocketing to number two on the Billboard album chart and boasting the anthemic "Bow Down." Mack 10 continued his affiliation with Ice Cube on each successive album while at the same time launching a label of his own, Hoo Bangin' Records. As the '90s came to a close, the rapper's popularity dipped a bit, and he signed with leading Dirty South label Cash Money Records in 2001, where his career underwent some unlikely twists. Born Dedrick D'Mon Rolison in 1971, Mack 10 perpetually represented Inglewood throughout his career, the Los Angeles neighborhood he called home.
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Mack 10
Squeak Ru:
You know sometimes life is a trip
it can make you do mysterious thangs.
And sometimes life is a bitch
how do you deal with the pain?
Niggas rather smile in my face
stick a knife in my mothafuckin' back
than to see my family doin' well
and my pockets steady gettin' fat.
Since the age of 14 you know
I been representin' my neighborhood.
G'd up every goddamned day
puttin' it down foe the city of Inglewood.
And I ain't asked nobody for shit
ain't nobody had to front me no sack
everything I got I did it by myself
and that's a mothafuckin' fact.
But why when I'm doin my own thang
and why when I'm on my own grind
niggas wanna turn they back
and act like Squeak done switched sides.
And even though I got niggas that I love
and niggas that I know is real.
I still got them niggas that I wanna
take my pistol and stick it to they fuckin' grill.
But have you ever been down wit the homies
because you thought the homies was true?
Or have you ever been down wit the homies
and found out the homies ain't down with you?
Huh, player haters suck my dick!!