"Criminal Set". [helicopter flying overhead]. "Outside the South Central area few cared about the violence. because - it didn't affect them." - Tom Brokaw. "Break 'em off somethin" - [Ice Cube]. [Chorus]. "Back to the criminal set... but they can't catch me yet" - Ice Cube. Don't trip you might break your neck {"break 'em off somethin"}. And get wet from the reign of the tec I {"break 'em off somethin"}. "Back to the criminal set... but they can't catch me yet" - Ice Cube. Your gum bumpin gon' lead to gun bumpin {"break 'em off somethin"}. I'm the one when the party is jumpin to {"break 'em off somethin"}. [Xzibit]. I heard the O.G.'s they don't hit. And I'm the only one left from the West that you can't fuck with. But lately I've been feelin like Will Smith. Why bother with rap when I can get 20 mill' on a flick?. Y'all niggaz just started some shit the underdog. Makin songs for them hogs and them Bloods and Crips. For the shah by the mall with a Muslim scent. After all who do you call to rock your shit? {"break 'em off somethin"}. Bust the ghetto bird circle above reminisce. of the dust kicked up the dirt swept under the rug. Duct tape ski-mask tape recorders. Cue Kaze ready to blaze and bakin soda. First learned how to cook in a coffee pot. Made the block get hot like lava rock. Got love for the block cause I came from that. But I ain't afraid to go right back {"break 'em off somethin"}. [Chorus]. [Xzibit]. It's a suicide it's a suicide. If you ever get the heart to try fuckin with mines. No change I'm poppin the nine you ridin the pine {"break 'em off somethin"}. The heavy metal knock you out of your mind {"break 'em off somethin"}. Now how many really gon' ride when the war start?. Eaten alive by these hollow-tip darts. My 12 gauge'll tear you apart don't get caught at the light. the house party or the neighborhood park. Mr. X marks the spot then pops the mark. Turn your whole neighborhood to a parkin lot. I paid the cost to be the boss. and will do my time standin up 'til I get an appeal. These weapons too real to conceal so why bother. Semper fidelis I learned from my father. I always stay faithful to myself and grow. But when I catch that ass after the show - {"break 'em off somethin"}. [Chorus]. [Xzibit]. I'm slick and slippery. On a high-speed chase all the way to the victory. Y'all niggaz is stone cold mysteries. Too weak can't stand in the ring with me. Put a pussy back in his place straightlaced. With a Strong Arm Steady gang up in your face. I run a race with the West to my back. While you're the reason why they say niggaz in the West can't rap. Ever since the white Concourse 'Llac I've been unmatched. A avalanche in the hood on attack. Just hardcore actual facts never wait. Just react when them killers come at you with gats. Had to dig the knife out of my back now I'm back on track. Hittin laps 'bout to widen the gap yo. It ain't the long fall from the top that got 'em. It was the sharp sudden stop at the bottom haha {"break 'em off somethin"}