It Was A Good Day, Ice Cube
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This article is about the 1993 Ice Cube song.
It Was A Good day was recorder in1992 and released February 23, 1993.
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Lyrics
Just wakin' up in the mornin', gotta thank God I don't know but today seems kinda odd No barkin' from the dog, no smog And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog I got my grub on, but didn't pig out Finally, got a call from a girl I wanna dig out Hooked it up fo' later as I hit the do' Thinkin', "Will I live another 24'?" I gotta go 'cause I got me a drop top And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop Had to stop, at a red light Lookin' in my mirror, not a jacker in sight And everything is alright I got a beep from Kim, and she can fuck all night Called up the homies, and I'm askin' y'all Which park, are y'all playin' basketball? Get me on the court and I'm trouble Last week fucked around and got a triple-double Freakin' niggas every way like MJ I can't believe, today was a good day, shit! Drove to the pad and hit the showers Didn't even get no static from them cowards 'Cause just yesterday, them fools tried to blast me Saw the police, and they rolled right past me No flexin', didn't even look in a nigga's direction As I ran the intersection Went to Short Dog's house, they was watchin' Yo! MTV Raps What's the haps on the craps? Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em! Roll 'em in a circle of niggas, and watch me break 'em Wit' the seven, 7-11, 7-11 Seven, even back do' Lil Joe I picked up the cash flow Then we played bones, and I'm yellin' "Domino!" Plus nobody I know got killed in South Central LA Today was a good day, shit! Left my nigga's house paid Picked up a girl been tryna fuck since the 12th grade It's ironic, I had the brew, she had the chronic The Lakers beat the Supersonics I felt on her big fat fanny Pulled out the jammy and killed the punani And my dick runs deep, so deep, so deep Put her ass to sleep Woke her up around one She didn't hesitate to call Ice Cube the top gun Drove her to the pad and I'm coastin' Took another sip of the potion, hit the three-wheel motion I was glad everything had worked out Dropped her ass off, and then chirped out Today was like one of those fly dreams Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams No helicopter lookin' for a murder Two in the mornin', got the Fatburger Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp And it read, "Ice Cube's a Pimp!" (yeah) Drunk as hell, but no throwin' up Halfway home, and my pager's still blowin' up Today, I didn't even have to use my AK I gotta say it was a good day, shit! Hey, wait, wait a minute! Pooh, stop this shit! What the fuck am I thinkin' about?
Background
"It Was a Good Day" is a song by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released as the second single from his third solo album, The Predator, on February 23, 1993. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 27 on the UK Charts. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at No. 15, making it Ice Cube's highest-charting single on the chart to date. "It Was a Good Day" was ranked at No. 81 on the list of greatest rap songs of all time by About.com, No. 77 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s, No. 36 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, and No. 352 on the latter's list of Top 500 Best Songs of All Time.[1] In 2008, the song was ranked at No. 28 on VH1's 100 greatest hip-hop songs.
Music Video
The music video for "It Was a Good Day" was directed by F. Gary Gray and was first aired in March 1993.[23] It was published on YouTube in February 2009. The video has amassed more than 150 million views as of October 2021.[24] The music video follows the song's lyrics, with Ice Cube waking up in the morning, eating breakfast with his family, driving around in his green 1964 Chevrolet Impala, winning a pickup game of street basketball, avoiding police, going over to a friend's house, watching Yo! MTV Raps, winning games of craps and dominoes, and thanking God for no gang violence–related deaths during the day. Later, he picks up an old 12th-grade crush named Kim; they drink, smoke, watch an NBA game, and have sex; he then drives her home and goes to Fatburger. At the end of the video, as Ice Cube is about to enter his house, police cars and helicopters surround him, but he ignores them and enters his house with police following behind him with text onscreen saying "To Be Continued...", setting up the plot for the music video to Ice Cube's following single "Check Yo Self".