BOYZ-N-THE-HOOD

'Boyz-n-the-Hood' is a song by the late rapper Eazy-E as a part of N.W.A.
Ice Cube originally intended the song to be for himself, but after he joined N.W.A., he wrote it for Eazy. The song was originally on ''N.W.A. and the Posse'', which started with the phrase: "Cruisin' down the street in my '64". Ruthless Records executive Jerry Heller considers the song to be a mix of Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, the Rolling Stones, and the Black Panthers.^[1]
It was remixed and featured on Eazy's debut album ''Eazy-Duz-It'', which was released in 1988. It was remixed again and was featured on Eazy-E's third album, ''It's On (Dr. Dre) 187^um Killa'' (1993) under the name "Boyz n tha Hood" (G mix).
In 2004, the song was re imagined and sampled by rapper Jim Jones on his debut album ''On My Way to Church''. His version was called "Certified Gangstas", and featured The Game and Cam'ron (the album version did not feature the Game, however).
Besides Jim Jones' song there have been many remakes, most notably post-grunge band Dynamite Hack.
Eazy's eldest son & rapper Lil' Eazy E did a remake in 2007.
It is sampled in "Front Back Side to Side" by UGK ^[2] (as well as its remix by T.I.^[3]) and "My '64''" by Mike Jones (featuring Bun B, Snoop Dogg and Lil' Eazy-E.^[4]

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The last line of the song, "Punkass trippin' in the dead of night, homie scored a key, he's gonna fly, punkass fly..." is sung to the tune of the opening line of Beatles song "Blackbird"- "Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly."

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''Boyz-n-the-Hood Lyrics'' at MetroLyrics.com