How to Survive in South Central
1991 · Qwest 9 26643-2 · Crenshaw, California
- Artist
- Ice Cube
- Title
- How to Survive in South Central
- Release
- Boyz n the Hood
- Year
- 1991
- Label
- Qwest # 9 26643-2
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Crenshaw, California, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Ice Cube - West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, also a member of N.W.A, born 15 June 1969 in Crenshaw, California, USA. He released the Vietnam War songs "How to Survive in South Central" (1991) and "Sasquatch" (2012). He also featured on the N.W.A "The Dayz of Wayback" (1991).Soundtrack to the coming-of-age crime drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), set in South Central Los Angeles. It featured the song "How to Survive in South Central" (Qwest Records # 9 26643-2) by Ice Cube. As other songs on this list, it used Vietnam as a reference point to violence, swapping the jungle for the city's concrete: "as you enter, the concrete Vietnam, you say, the strong survive". Ice Cube returned to this theme on his 2013 single Sasquatch, discussed below.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: To an undercover or the wrong brother / And they'll smother, a out of town motherfucker / So don't take your life for granted / Cause it's the craziest place on the planet / In L.A. heroes don't fly through the sky of stars / They live behind bars / So everybody's doin a little dirt / And it's the youngsters puttin in the most work / So be alert and stay calm / As you enter, the concrete Vietnam / You say, the strong survive / Shit, the strong even die, in South Central
About the artist
Ice Cube - West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, also a member of N.W.A, born 15 June 1969 in Crenshaw, California, USA. He released the Vietnam War songs "How to Survive in South Central" (1991) and "Sasquatch" (2012). He also featured on the N.W.A "The Dayz of Wayback" (1991). Soundtrack to the coming-of-age crime drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), set in South Central Los Angeles. It featur.