Laugh Now, Cry Later Songtext / Lyric

[Ice Cube]

Uh-huh, understand this

I don't give a fuck about what y'all talkin' about

I ain't tryin' to hear none of that shit

Nigga I'm a do what I wanna do

When I wanna do it, how I wanna do it

And you better hope I don't do it to you

Now, I don't care what you got to say

I don't care what they got to say

Nigga I'm grown

Let me tell you a little somethin' about me






I was born not to give a fuck, wanna drink, get your cup

Turn it up, throw it up, take the world, blow it up

Somebody slow it up, roll it up, smoke it up

My own can't keep me from loc'n up

One ear out the other, one man out to smother

The neighborhood, that left me here without my brother

You undercovers and you dirty muthafuckers

In the hood, that still fuck without rubbers

Club hop, bar hop, car shop, nail shop

To the mall, spend it all, why not

What bills, what rent, don't know what's spent

Why you care, do you work for the government?



[Chorus]

Fuck it homey, I'm a laugh now and cry later

Get your paper we can laugh now and cry later

All you players you can laugh now and cry later

Investigators let you laugh now and cry later



[Ice Cube]

See I'm a product of this urban decay

A nigga dyin' for tomorrow, but live for today

A nigga lie steal and borrow, and cheating's okay

Don't you tell these muthafuckers that my name is O'Shea

Cause I'm a look up my baby's credit, let him regret it

7 months old he's already got a jail record

I'm the one to blame, put it in my mama name

She's not a drama queen, but I got the bling bling

I need the watch and the bracelet and the earrings

I need you all to show up at my hearings

Tell the judge I'm a nice guy, good guy

And I'm a play the sad face when he look nigga



[Chorus]

Fuck it homey, I'm a laugh now and cry later

Get your paper we can laugh now and cry later

All you players you can laugh now and cry later

Investigators let you laugh now and cry later



[Interlude: repeat 2X]

"The number you are calling was lost, and cannot be called back"

"Your last call return service"



[Ice Cube]

It's fucked-up, that y'all won't answer my calls

Tell mom, at least she can send some drawers

These walls, make y'all forget about me

I'm comin home, in 2033

But that's irrelevant, did you get the mail I sent

What I tell a bitch, you better stay celibate

She start lyin' to me, tell me who she ain't fuckin'

Never tell me that my homeboys ain't nothin'

Bun in the oven, it belong to my cousin

Got the nerve, to tell me that you really love me

What?

I'm a get the ass when a nigga make parole

Hit her with my cane, cause a nigga gray and old



[Chorus]

Fuck it homey, I'm a laugh now and cry later

Get your paper we can laugh now and cry later

All you players you can laugh now and cry later

Investigators let you laugh now and cry later



[Outro: Ice Cube]

Man, it ain't right man

Y'know y'all ain't doin me right man

A nigga tryin' to do right man

Y'know I'm tryin to change my life man, y'know?

I done found the Lord while I'm in here, y'know?

I I'm tryin to do right now, I mean

Y'know I'm sorry for everythang

That I, I I mean y'know

That's fucked-up how y'all doin me man

Y'all niggas could at least send me somethin



"Alright, first four guys, let's go... lock it up."