Yes I currently Live in Riverside and heard the quote of the title a few times in my life time but never had the curiosity of its orgins. The Film is great hood film in my opinion not comparable to boyz in the hood or meance ll society while it does have its dark elements. Tupac does have a great performance in this and I was skeptical kind of like how ice cube acts. He was ok in friday but not in Are we there yet. But tupac perfomace was top notch and Omar Epps makes a great performance in this. This was all the directal debut off Ernest R dickerson but it seems like he was doing a few films before this.