A Bird In The Hand Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Kens522 

Cover art for A Bird In The Hand lyrics by Ice Cube

OK, a question, and a couple corrections.

1.) Does anyone know what Cube is referencing by "when I was in school I got the A-E-E"? I've tried to figure this out for years but can't make heads or tails of it...

2.) It's "There's no SC for this youngster" as in USC, University of Southern California -- not "SE" as above.

3.) "what the hell, crack will sell" NOT "cracker sell". Although, Hell Cracker does seem like a great Alt-Country band name. :-)

4.) Def one of Cube's most concise, and well-developed sets of lyrics in his immense socially-conscious rap library. My favorite Ice Cube song ever.

Brilliant illustration of the position people are put in when born into poverty: Is the right thing to obey the law, or is the right thing to feed my family?

@Kens522 Hi, In regards to your first question, "when I was in school I got the A-E-E" means that he got the highest grades when he was in school. Here's an example of what student report cards looked liked when I was growing up. http://autismdaybyday.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-happens-when-you-get-off.html

@Kens522 Hi, In regards to your first question, "when I was in school I got the A-E-E" means that he got the highest grades when he was in school. Here's an example of what student report cards looked liked when I was growing up. "http://autismdaybyday.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-happens-when-you-get-off.html"

@Rick103617 Thanks! I never saw that before. I assumed that it meant straight A’s but had no confirmation.