Why We Thugs

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"Why We Thugs"
Single by Ice Cube
from the album Laugh Now, Cry Later
B-side	"Dick Tease"
Released	April 13, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Gangsta rap
Length	3:44
Label	Lench Mob Virgin EMI
Songwriter(s)	O'Shea Jackson
Producer(s)	Scott Storch
Ice Cube singles chronology
"Connected for Life" (2002) "Why We Thugs" (2006) "Go to Church" (2006)

"Why We Thugs" is the first single on Ice Cube's seventh album Laugh Now, Cry Later. It was released on April 13, 2006 and the music video has a cameo appearance by comedian Mike Epps. The song makes references to George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Russell Simmons, The Sugarhill Gang and Ice Cube's 1991 big screen debut.