Editing Geto Boys (section)

==Lyrics and influence==
The group's name, Geto Boys, comes from an alternate spelling of the word "[[ghetto]]". For its first two albums, ''Making Trouble'' (1988) and ''Grip It! On That Other Level'' (1989), the spelling was the English standard "Ghetto Boys". For their third album, ''The Geto Boys'', they changed it to the "Geto" spelling, which the group has used since. The Geto Boys' lyrics push gangsta rap themes to extremes, and sometimes focus on [[murder]], explicit [[sex]], and violence. The group is credited for putting [[Southern hip hop]] on the hip hop music map and inspired a legion of acts, including [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]], [[Eminem]], [[UGK]], [[T.I.]], [[Goodie Mob]], [[Outkast]], [[50 Cent]], [[Chamillionaire]], [[Jay-Z]], [[Lil Wayne]], [[Rick Ross]], [[Young Jeezy]], [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]], [[Mystikal]], [[Mac Lethal]], [[Esham]]<ref name="BehindthePaint174"/> and [[Insane Clown Posse]].<ref name="TheOpening">{{cite video |people=[[Violent J]] (performer) |date=2010-06-08 |title=The Opening |medium=song |publisher=Hatchet House/Psychopathic Records |time=0:54 |quote=Much love to Cube, Awesome Dre, The Geto Boys, and Esham / for making us want to be rappers, self employed, and the bomb }}</ref> Insane Clown Posse's [[Violent J]] (Joseph Bruce) described the Geto Boys as the first rappers to perform [[horrorcore]], with their song "Assassins", released on their debut album, ''Making Trouble''.<ref name="BehindthePaint174"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/10/insane-clown-posses-violent-j-picks-11-horrorcore-classics/?page=0%2C5 |title=Insane Clown Posse's Violent J Picks 11 Horrorcore Classics |author=Weingarten, Christopher |date=October 28, 2011 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> Bruce says that the Geto Boys continued to pioneer the style with their second release ''Grip It! On That Other Level'', with songs such as "Mind of a Lunatic" and "Trigga-Happy Nigga".<ref name="BehindthePaint174">{{cite book |last=Bruce |first=Joseph |author-link=Violent J|author2=Hobey Echlin |editor=Nathan Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |url=https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol |url-access=registration |date= August 2003 |edition=second |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=0-9741846-0-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol/page/174 174–185] |chapter=The Dark Carnival }}</ref> Conversely, "The Unseen", a song which appears on the group's compilation ''[[Uncut Dope]]'', expresses [[anti-abortion]] views.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-13-ca-3810-story.html?_amp=true |title=Geto Boys Wave Anti-Abortion Flag With 'The Unseen' |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=December 13, 1992 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=June 23, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/a-psychotic-ranking-of-all-97-geto-boys-songs-8244917 |title=A Psychotic Ranking of All 97 Geto Boys Songs |last=Smith |first=Nathan |date=March 17, 2016 |publisher=[[Houston Press]]|access-date=June 23, 2021 |quote=“The Unseen” is a nasty, murderous anti-abortion screed }}</ref>

The Geto Boys' popularity was boosted somewhat in 1999 by the prominent use of two songs—"Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" (released as a promotional single for the 1992 compilation album ''Uncut Dope'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Geto-Boys-Damn-It-Feels-Good-To-Be-A-Gangster/release/1267770 |title=Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster (CD) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |access-date=2012-03-31}}</ref> and "Still" (from ''The Resurrection'')—in [[Mike Judge]]'s comedy satire film ''[[Office Space]]''. The song "Mind of a Lunatic" has been covered by many recording acts including [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] in 2003, as a B-side off the album ''[[The Golden Age of Grotesque]]''. The single "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" has also been covered by the band [[Aqueduct (band)|Aqueduct]] and country singer Carter Falco.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/RjgWgjOyhuo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217114254/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjgWgjOyhuo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjgWgjOyhuo |title=Aqueduct - "Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangster"'' |access-date=2007-12-21 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The Geto Boys were also heavily influenced by the social politics of the day. Their lyrics consistently include themes ranging from [[police brutality]] (such as in "Crooked Officer") to concerns over the negative impact of violence on the urban community (such as "[[The World Is a Ghetto (Geto Boys song)|The World Is a Ghetto]]", "Geto Fantasy", and "Six Feet Deep").{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}