<P> The song was originally written by Ice Cube for NY rap group H.B.O. (Home Boys Only), another group signed by Ruthless . HBO had more of a NY, Run DMC type of sound and rejected its hard core stylization . In hopes of an inclusive (NWA) group effort, Dre convinced Eazy to give rapping a shot . According to DJ Yella, it was Eazy's first ever rap performance, and he had to record the track line by line over the course of two days . </P> <P> In his 2005 book Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip - Hop Generation, Jeff Chang analyzes the plot of "Boyz - n - the - Hood" and two supporting characters: car thief Kilo G and crack addict JD . In the second and third verses, Eazy - E raps about killing JD for trying to steal his car stereo right before a sexual encounter with a woman that ends with Eazy "reach (ing) back like a pimp and slap (ping) the hoe ." In the fourth verse, Kilo G is arrested and held without bail, and he incites a prison riot . Chang writes that this plot twist is "a sly interpolation of Jonathan Jackson's real - life drama...in a 1970 Marin County courthouse shootout ." </P> <P> The original version of the song, which was released on 1987's N.W.A. and the Posse contained only the five verses, starting with the line' Cruisin down the street in my six - fo' . Slight lyric changes are also present in the album version . </P> <P> The remix version contains a prologue that has Eazy - E describing playing the track "Gangsta Gangsta" from his group's N.W.A. 1988 album, then announcing he will be playing his own song, which is in fact the rest of the song "Boyz - n - the - Hood", and the song continues . </P>

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