FM(usic)D: Most apt descriptor of a good day as journaled by Ice Cube

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FM(usic)D: Most apt descriptor of a good day as journaled by Ice Cube

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Which lyric in Ice Cube's 1993 hip-hop classic best describes your own "good day"?

When I was a white, suburban HS kid and this song was new, my first instinct might have been not having to use my AK, or a blimp advertising my pimpness. Older and wiser and more aware that the gangsta rap genre and the themes it largely dealt with are more complex than pure parody, I would choose differently. Possibly the rush of a new lover, or the simple, foundational experience of your mom making you breakfast. Though if I can allow myself to combine and re-order a couple of discontinuous lines, I really do miss being drunk as hell, but not sick, and stopping at a diner in the middle of the night for some horribly greasy food. I miss the middle of the night.

I took a pass at separating all of the little moments and reflections out into their own paragraphs below. What's your pick? Or picks? No one is making rules here.
[Verse 1]
Just wakin' up in the morning, gotta thank God

I don't know, but today seems kinda odd

No barking 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 for later as I hit the door
Thinkin', "Will I live another twenty-four?"

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 and 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

[Verse 2]
Drove to the pad and hit the showers

Didn't even get no static from the 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 with the 7, 7-11, 7-11
7, even back door Little 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

[Verse 3]
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 the 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 morning, 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 still blowin' up

Today I didn't even have to use my AK

I gotta say, it was a good day
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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Gotta say, that sounds like a great day.
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The triple double for sure because I love stats
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

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Being informed via Twitter that this was a problematic week for Cube. Bad timing maybe, but the thread stands.
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Ryan wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:16 am The triple double for sure because I love stats
“Nice shot,” said Ryan to one of his new friends at the park in Crenshaw. “That was my 8th assist of the game!” This was going to be the best day ever.
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Oh, I wouldn't know until later when I was looking at the stat sheet at the presser.
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The Lakers beating the SuperSonics would be the best thing for me, if only it means that the SuperSonics would be back.
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No bacon for breakfast?
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I'ma have to go with the entire ain't nothin but a g thing video. Basically encapsulates ice cubes lyrics in visual format

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I’d go with the Fatburger and the pager still blowing up coming home at 2. To me that evokes a real sense of freedom.

He hasn’t exactly shone on Twitter this week. But I have to think he raked in a few extra royalties. (If he has the rights to Fuck the Police anyway.)

I just got done listening to Death Certificate.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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mister d wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:38 am This is turning into the wheel of fortune episode of South Park.
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I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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