| «What is going on in Compton? |
| I don’t understand it.»
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| «Well as it relates to this, this is not in my field as the clerk so anything
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| that relates to this, you’ll probably have to get an answer from Dr. Dre.»
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| I heard you talking about respect, I gave you niggas the utmost
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| All you niggas the utmost
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| Would you look over Picasso’s shoulder
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| And tell him about his brush strokes?
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| Them opinions, I don’t trust those
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| I apologize, the city made a nigga so cutthroat
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| Every hood love me, but it started on one coast
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| Could’ve stopped in '86 but I knew that you would want more
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| I’m on the throne in a place some niggas won’t go
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| (Don't get it fucked up!) Been away from home
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| But I ain’t been gone that long
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| (All they wanna know is: where you from? Where you from?
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| Where you from, nigga, huh? |
| Compton!)
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| Psst! |
| This is about where I’m from
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| I think it’s time to take these niggas to the deep water
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| Yeah, down in the Pacific (The Pacific), representin'
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| Where them sharks at nigga, down in the deep water
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| Listen, listen, listen, all you niggas swimming in the info
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| Go fuck around and drown in the specifics
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| Always going overboard, used to be my kinfolk
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| Now you sleeping with the motherfuckin' fishes
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| (Swimming with the mothefuckin' fishes, what the business?)
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| These niggas won’t let up until they all wet up
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| (Don't get it fucked up!) Naw, nigga!
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| Now everybody wanna visit tryna re-up that prescription
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| (That prescription, yep, yeah, re-up)
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| That’s my nigga, watercolors couldn’t even paint the picture
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| If they don’t get the picture, fuck them
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| Yeah, drugs by the dozen
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| You might just wanna go and check the children
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| (You might just wanna check your fuckin' children)
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| I’m the one that got they ear
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| Ah, for many years, I been making parents live in fear
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| I just wanna make it clear: My influence run deep like the ocean
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| (Don't get it fucked up!) Been away from home
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| But I ain’t been gone that long
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| (All they wanna know is: where you from? Where you from?
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| Where you from, nigga, huh? |
| Compton!)
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| Feel’s like you’re drowning, don’t you?
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| About a hundred miles down in that ocean
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| It’s over, shoulda never jumped in
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| If you can’t swim (If you can’t swim, if you can’t swim)
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| Oh my God, where’s a lifeguard when you need one?
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| Motherfucker know I started from the bottom, vodka baby bottle
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| Mixin' that with Similac, my momma knew I had a problem
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| Wasn’t thinking 'bout no rapping, I was juuging for a dollar
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| Putting quarter pieces in the black Caprice and make it holla
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| No policing me, I got the beast in me, I gotta holla
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| Keep the decency and make them TNT my product
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| I’m a C-O-M-P-T-O-innovator, energizer
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| Inner city bullet flyin' 'til that bitch on auto pilot
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| Ah, shit! |
| I don’t give a fuck about your whereabouts
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| All I care about is wearing out your area
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| And airing out your upper body
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| When I catch ya walking out your parents house
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| (Don't get it fucked up!) Homie got fucked up
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| Tryna park his tour bus, not knowing what’s what
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| Or who’s who, living in the L.A. County zoo
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| Pick them off like a big dog, motherfucker, woof!
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| Once upon a time, I shot a nigga on accident (Boom, boom, boom)
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| I tried to kill him but I guess I needed more practicing (Boom, boom, boom)
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| That’s when I realized banging wasn’t for everybody
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| Switch it up before my enemy or the sheriff got me
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| They liable to bury him, they nominated six to carry him
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| They worry him to death, but he’s no vegetarian
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| The beef is on his breath, inheriting the drama better than
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| A great white, nigga, this is life in my aquarium
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| (Don't get it fucked up!) Been away from home
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| Been away from home all night long
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| (All they wanna know is: where you from?
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| Where you from, nigga, huh? |
| Compton)
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| This is about where I’m from
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| I think it’s time to take these niggas to the deep water
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| Yeah, down in the Pacific
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| Where them sharks at, nigga, down in the deep water
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| Help me
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| (Feels like you’re drowning)
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| I’m drowning
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| Help me, help me, help me
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| Somebody help me
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| (Shoulda never jumped in
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| If you, if you can’t swim)
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| Help me
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| Help me, help me, help me
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| I can’t, I can’t breathe
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| I can’t breathe, help
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| (Where's a lifeguard when you need one?)
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| God, please, please help me, please
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| Please help me, please help…
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| Please help, please, please… |