Ice-T - Gotta Lotta Love (Official Video) [Explicit]

Ice-T - Gotta Lotta Love (Official Video) from the album ’Home Invasion’ (1993) 🔔 Subscribe to UPROXX Video and ring the bell to turn on notifications 🎙️ New Episodes of People’s Party with Talib Kweli every Monday 9AMet/6AMpt. Watch all the episodes here ▶️ More Hip-Hop Heads Playlists: 90’s Hip Hop ▶️ 2000’s Hip Hop ▶️ 90’s R&B Hits ▶️ The UPROXX Family: 🎧 UPROXX Music 🎥 UPROXX Studio Lyrics: Woke up the other mornin, I heard a rumor They said the gang wars was over I told em they was bullsh*ttin, they said it’s real as hell Can’t explain the way I felt Too many years I seen my brothers die And I can’t say that sh*t was really that fly But I used to gangbang when I was younger So it’s really hard to tell a kid that he’s goin under I never thought I lived to see us chill Crips and Bloods holdin hands, the sh*t is ill But I love it, I can’t help it Too much death on the streets, and we dealt it Van Ness Boys, The Hoovers, The 60s Bounty Hunters, 8-Treys, all coolin out, gee I pray the sh*t’ll never stop You used to see the wrong colors, and the gats went pop-pop But now the kids got a chance to live And the O.G.’s got something to give That’s love, black on black, that’s how they made it And if any busters flip, they get faded L.A. is where I’m speakin of Peace to all the gangsters, cause I got a lotta love I got a lotta love, cause you’re all my brothers Red or blue, black’s the color We got a chance, so we can really sweat the real fools Show those muthaf*ckas the real tools Check the enemy, it ain’t the family Not 1-11, try . They gotta understand, they beat on a blackman There’s gonna be drama, know what I’m sayin? And if we flip, let’s all flip together Cause I’m prepared, kid, for rough weather And we gotta realize, the boys on the east side You call em S-A’s, I call em allies Because the day that we all unite Watch the pigs get real polite Punk muthaf*ckas gotta learn quick That we ain’t takin no more sh*t L.A. is where I’m speakin of Peace to all the gangsters, cause I got a lotta love Crenshaw Boulevard, Sunday afternoon Folks sittin on things, mad systems boom The girls are lookin better The gang truce is on, so you wear whatever At Venice by the ocean Rag-top Trey hits the three-wheel motion There’s gangsters all around Still crazy sets, but you just don’t clown I pray L.A. can stay this way It’s the first summer I can really say I felt cool, we all chilled Went to the park, and nobody got killed Now if you got a problem, it’s man on man You don’t need a gang to solve em I seen the greatest thing I seen in my life Two brothers in a straight up fist fight Nobody pulled a gat, nobody jumped in Nobody pulled a knife, nobody got done in L.A. is where I’m speakin of Peace to my city, cause I got a lotta love G-a-t-e-s, I hope you wear a vest Even after you’re out the f*ckin office Cause we’re on a totally different tip F*ck that pig brutality sh*t This unity is gettin to me Every brother on the street is my homie I’m rollin through a hood that I never been And every brother steps to me as a friend I love it, I love it And nothin in my life will ever be above it We want to see our kids all grown up We’re tired of seein our hoods get blown up L.A. is a great place Fly girls, dope cars, life at a fast pace But gangbanging was killin it quick Another child got hit - bullsh*t Pop-pop-pop, 10 on a weekend We was goin off to deep end But now we got a chance, my friend To mend, and make the colors blend Let’s all go out on a picnic, kick sh*t And squash all the static Last year I lost about five homies This sh*t is real to me L.A. is where I’m speakin of Peace to all the gangsters, cause I got a lotta love Yo, This is goin out to all the gangbangers All over South Central, Watts, Inglewood, All over L.A., basically, East L.A. Youknowmsayin? It’s basically goin down Peace to all the Crips and the Bloods Van Ness Boys Hoovers Rollin 60s 83’s Bounty Hunters Yeah And the Jungle This is goin out to all the brothers over there in Watts You know what I’m sayin? Throwin it up Grape Street Nutty Blocc Front Hood And all them n*ggas out there in Compton Rollin 30s Harlem Ah yeah, Pueblos Nickerson G’s, Peace, Inglewood Family 18th Street, South Loc..... About Uproxx Video: UPROXX Video celebrates Hip-Hop, Style, and Creativity through a mix of original shows and music videos from the biggest artists, entertainers, and innovators from our culture. PEOPLE’S PARTY WITH TALIB KWELI People’s Party is a weekly interview show hosted by Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh. Guests range from the biggest names in hip-hop, to global entertainers, to the most progressive minds moving our culture forward. The audio podcast is available on Apple and Spotify.