Naughty by Nature, Naugty by Nature(1991)
This was the second single off of Naughty by Nature's self-titled debut.
Although O.P.P. was the hit song, this is the track that got me. Treach tells a tale of gettin kicked out of his house and turning to the street life. Instead of glorifying selling drugs, robbery and just basically being a menace, he gives you the gruesome details and in a moment of clarity says "Hell no, I say there's gotta be a better way".
Depending on what kind of mood you're in, the hook ("Everything's gonna be alright") can be interpreted in a couple of different ways. If everything that he is rapping about is going on and getting you down then the hook is a smart-ass slap in the face. Everything's gonna be alright? Yeah right. Or, for the optimist, you can think of it as, if you can survive this, then "everything's gonna be alright".
In closing Treach leaves us with a piece of advice that everybody should know-
"If you ain't never been to the ghetto
Don't ever come to the ghetto
'Cause you wouldn't understand the ghetto
So stay the fuck out of the ghetto"
Everything's gonna be alright.
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