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A very controversial track, and one of the reasons Ice Cube was called racist after this album’s release. (There’s also that one line on the previous track, “go down to the corner store and beat the Jap up.”)
In it, Cube discusses the persistent racism of Korean shop owners, particularly in Los Ang...
[Verse: Ice Cube]
Every time I wanna go get a fuckin' brew
I gotta go down to the store with the two
Oriental one penny countin' motherfuckers
That make a nigga mad enough to cause a little ruckus
Thinkin' every brother in the world's out to take
So they watch every damn move that I make
They hope I don't pull out a gat and try to rob
They funky little store, but, bitch, I got a job
Look, you little Chinese motherfucker
I ain't tryin' to steal none of this shit
Leave me alone! (Mother fuck you, yo, yo, check it out)
So don't follow me up and down your market
Or your little chop suey ass'll be a target
Of a nationwide boycott
Juice with the people, that's what the boy got
So pay respect to the Black fist
Or we'll burn your store right down to a crisp
And then we'll see ya
'Cause you can't turn the ghetto into Black Korea
[Outro]
Mother fuck you
Black Korea was written by Ice Cube.
Ice Cube released Black Korea on Tue Oct 29 1991.
In response to the controversial statements that were expressed concerning the majority of Asian Americans on “Black Korea”, Ice Cube developed a statement 3 weeks after the song’s release about his thoughts on this issue:
I explained some of the feelings and attitudes of black people today, and th...