[Intro: Das EFX] So come on & chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself.
[Verse 1: Ice Cube] You better Check Yourself 'fore you wreck yourself 'Cause I'm bad for your health, I come real stealth Droppin' bombs on your moms, kill car alarms Doin' foul crime, I'm that brother with the Alpine Sold it for a 6 o, always let tricks know And friends know, we got that indo No I'm not a sucker, sittin' in a House of Pain And no I'm not the butler, I'll cut ya Headbutt ya, you say you can't touch this And I wouldn't touch ya, punk you a sucker Here to let you know boy, oh boy I make dough but don't call me Dough Boy This ain't no kind of motion picture A guy or trick-a, a homey get wit ya And hit ya, takin that yack to the neck So you better run a check.
[Das EFX:] So come on & chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. Chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself, boy. Yeah, come on & Check Yourself before you wreck yourself.
[Ice Cube:] 'Cause shotgun bullets are bad for your health.
[Verse 2: Ice Cube] Tricks wanna step to Cube & then they get played 'Cause they trick made pullin' out a switchblade That's kinda trifle 'cause that's a knife-o AK-47, assault rifle Hold the 50, I'm nifty, pow I gotta new style \"Watch out now\" I hate little tricks claimin' that they foldin' bank But steady talkin' noise in the holdin' tank First you wanna step to me Now your ass screamin' for the deputy They send you to Charlie-Baker-Denver row Now they runnin' up in you slow Your gone, used to be the Don Juan Now your name is just Twan Switch it, snap it, rollin' your eyes & neck You better run a check.
[Das EFX:] So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. Come on & Check Yourself before you wrickity wreck yourself. So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself.
[Ice Cube:] 'Cause big D's in your mouth is bad for your health.
[Verse 3: Ice Cube] If your foul, you better run a make on that license plate You could've had a V8 Instead of a trey 8 slug to the cranium (Pow!) I got 6 & I'm aimin' 'em. Will I bust or keep you guessin'? And kill you & that noise your stressin' Trick, get off the wood, your no good There goes the neighborhood rapper Go ahead & keep your drawers Givin' up the claps & who needs applause At a time like this, pop the coochie & your dead The trick is a Miami Hurricane hit Sprung, people call her 'Lips & Lungs' Nappy dugout & your stuck out 'Cause women like you gets no respect Trick, you better run a check.
[Das EFX:] So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. Come on & Check Yourself before you wrickity wreck yourself.
[Ice Cube:] 'Cause tricks like you is bad for my health.
[Ice Cube:] Pump your breaks.
[Das EFX:] So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. Come on & Check Yourself before you wrickity wreck yourself. So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. So chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself. Come on & Check Yourself before you wrickity wreck yourself. So come on & chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself.
[Das EFX:] So come on & chickity Check Yourself before you wreck yourself.
[Ice Cube:] Yeah, yeah. 9 trey remix. On the old school check. That's how we come.