Kick that beat in, Ren [MC Ren] Ah yeah, we gonna get busy one time For the motherfuckin bitches out there in Compton To this slow, slowww, slowwwww ass beat We got my man Chip in the house My man Young D, my man Donovan And I am... The incredible MC Ren And my man Lil Nation's gonna do it somethin like this [Lil' Nation] This is the ballad of a menace Not to be confused with that of a grimace I'm in this to be number one, when I step upon And walk the streets, stalk the meat, like that of a predator Blow the brains out the head of my competitors I'm a product of your sins, though you say I never heard of ya A killer, dope dealer, gangsta murderer Merciless maniac, monical manipulation Primary focus of your local police station I roll cold in my 'llac Pumpin sounds that are great, doin a Jack move As I groove, the gangsta melody Heads are cracked to a nine year old And I've been told pimpin hoes is a felony But I'm not a doctor or lawyer I wasn't made to be Ever Luciferic because I get paid to be There ain't no rehabilitatin, pull a gat on your grandmother Then take her social security The boundary lines of my jurisdiction expands From day to day, ruler of all I survey And with that, load up my gat then I pack So I can buzz on the suckers that you replenish This is the ballad of a menace [Ice Cube] I'm a menace I'm a menace I'm a menace to society I'm a menace I'm a menace I'm a menace to society [MC Ren] This is a ballad of a menace, Ren will finish and diminish All the suckers that thought they could flow like me that was in this Society wishes for my death, or my downfall But they're playin theyself, as if they playin some roundball Cause I'm terrorizin, the territory I'm steppin on Endangerin citizens while I'm keepin my weapon on My hip like a psycho, cause to me it's hospitable I just got word, the Ruthless Villain was critical Let's get it straight, the ones that want some can come with that Illiterate motherfuckers I make you look dumb with that Stumble and fumble cause I'ma crush till you crumble So you can stutter and stutter but keep it down to a mumble MC Ren is never taken as the sucker In other words, I'm a bad motherfucker So next time I walk your streets you should know To lock your doors, and close your windows And if you was thinkin that protection could stop me It takes a continent full of niggas to drop me And for me to be vicious yo it's valid While I'm conductin and producin A ballad of a motherfuckin menace [Ice Cube] I'm a menace I'm a menace I'm a menace to society I'm a menace I'm a menace I'm a menace to society [Young D] I carry my balls just like a gauge Nobody's safe when I'm enraged Sacrifice the suckers and weak motherfuckers That run in fear, I'm the menace to misery Answer the knock at your door and open the AK delivery Best known for bein unsympathetic when I pick em Cause sympathy is for the pathetic and to the victim Smoke one and smoke another mercy is my only incapacity Yo cause I'm a hard brotha Maniacal madman, son of Mephisto Fine to go to hell, since I was an embryo A criminal, standin in a gangsta pose Steppin with Ren the villain slappin up all the hoes Your mother your sister your daughter your wife And if you was reincarnated I would snatch your second life In it for the money, down for me myself and I You see, and fuck the community I know in conclusion that death is my destiny But fuck it, be shootin motherfuckers that's left to me So write my malevolent epitath, put it in the book of Guiness And title it, The Ballad of a Menace [Ice Cube] I'm a menace I'm a menace I'm a menace to society I'm a menace I'm a menace I'm a menace to society