Will the hardest man please stand, the homie stood right up Saggin pants, gat in hand, the nigga was a nut Looney low key, O.G., been bangin from the jump Dressed in all black, ready to jack, and he still don't give a fuck A friend of of mine, he used to be, before I got caught up He used to roll with me, way back in '93, when I was broke as fuck Be prepared to blast, that's all that he ask, if he's to ride wit you We gonna make some cash, and dash, you can toss him when ya through
(Chorus) The hardest man in town The hardest man in town The hardest man in town The hardest man around
Little big man, don't you see me lyin here; pick me up, if you dare I'll make you're life easier, cuz I'll be pumpin fear Disrespect, you don't have to take If you see him comin, just wave me in his face But you ain't the only one that got a friend like me So hurry up, let's go, I'm kind of tired of being broke I know you gotta get paid, I can show you the way So take me home, polish the chrome Load me up, and put me to his dome I got a lot work to do, so toss me and be gone
You're a big man now You're a big man now You're a big man now You're a big man now
I told you once before I'm pumpin fear Nobody's gonna step to you, let them know I'm here And if you have questions in the corner of your mind Pull the trigger, and leave your questions behind
G is for the gang of money I make F is for the gang of fools I break U is for the undisputed champ N is 'cause you never gonna get the mic back K is for the niggaz that I knock on they back Damn is feels good to see Long Beach on the map Till the day I'm dead I'm gonna keep that shit real Now you niggaz know G-Funk's for real
To those people who don't believe in G-funk Tried to take my style and make a quik buck here's a message to one and all Your pass is revoked Now I'm havin' a ball Any questions come and see me the king of G-Funk the one and only Congratulations you sound like Nate You took my old hook And got me paid
Chorus
Some people are nothin' but clones Some people have styles of their owm Some people are copycats These people can't get the mic back Can you feel me one-hitter quitters You can't copy me - I'm one in a million Call any expert and you can ask him Copy machines can't copy platinum
Chorus
When you feel like some cavy G-Funk You need some music to bumb in your trunk I got a baseline, a gangsta tune Put on the classics and your head will be movin' soon
Black people dont have no, no where to go you know, all we got to do is kick it we gonna kick it in our hood, you know what we gonna do, we might we might go kill a couple of niggaz mane you know, go in they hood and do a drive-by then come back in the hood and laugh about that stuff you know, its just a thing only how you really gonna get deep into it is when one of your homeys die just like when my partnaz died (we got some problems)
(Chorus) First we pray, then we ride First we pray, then we ride
He was my brother loved him like no other to top it off I introduced him to this game I knew his mother loved her like my mother part of me is gone bout take my brother home
(Bridge) (what're ya gonna do) when the trials come (are ya gonna run?) are you gonna run? (what're ya gonna do) first I'm gonna pray (are ya gonna run?) you muthafuckin right
(Chorus) First we pray, then we ride First we pray, then we ride
(Kurupt) I aint got nuthin but love for you loccs and hogs and I ain't got nuthin but love for my muthafuckin dogs in the mist of the war zone, its on on site daylight tonight the heat held close and tight beware here I come with the DPG on my chest heat gonna spit like Elliot Ness in the darkest zone you feel alone and on your own and after I bust, niggaz call me Kurupt Coleone all I'm about is money, loot and cash homeys in the DPG Nate, Snoop and Daz now with these emotions how you approach yourself knowin you all about your wealth and as it is to health first I pray, get my thoughts intact ask for forgiveness cuz I'm bout to lay this nigga flat can you adapt, can you feel me, I doubt it cuz the closest you see it, is when niggaz write about it I can't live without it and it ain't shit I could do but stay down with the homeys in grey and blue so just keep the heat close in hand cuz I done see niggaz get shit while they homeboys ran
(Nate Dogg) Heavenly father shine your light on me I know I promise to slow down on this weed Seems I remember someone used to say one life gets taken, if you take one life away
(Bridge) (what're ya gonna do) when the trials come (are ya gonna run?) are you gonna run? (what're ya gonna do?) first I'm gonna pray (are ya gonna run?) you muthafuckin right
(Chorus) x2 First we pray, then we ride First we pray, then we ride
(Chorus) If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world
If this were my world you know what I'd do Take a million dollars out the bank, would you give a half a million to the chronic man Yes I would do it, cause I can If this were my world you know who I'd screw all the motherfuckers that be screwin you Not that I'm trying to get elected man I would set trip because I can If this were my world the holidays would be one for famous black folk and one for me Just in case you dont know who I be Make a holiday for the G-Funk king If this were my world things would go my way Every single day I'd have one more day And if ever anybody got in my way All I can say is first we pray - first we pray
(Chorus) If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world
If this were my world you could bet I'd clown Have a mini mansion in every town Fan mail comin in from all around Asking me where did I get that gangsta sound If this were my world it would only be me Standin on the top of the industry Bouncin like a baller over tight-ass beats Remind yourself that can't nobody can bust like me If this were my world everyday there'd be another young brother claimin D.P.G. Raised from the gutter taught to make money Why do niggaz talk about what they can't see If this were my world I'd take my gangsta name Set it at the top right next to fortune and fame Finally I got myself up out of them chains If they lock you up don't let em capture your brain
(Chorus) If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world
If this were my world, you now what I'd do Buy me a spaceship and a condo on the moon If this were my world, I'd have a low low crew We'd go roll your hood and do what gangstas do
If this were my world
(Chorus) x2 If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world If this were my world (If this were my world) My world
[Chorus: x2] These days, you gotta be strapped I'm already knowing ain't nobody got my back These days you gotta be down Who said it was easy claiming Dogg Pound
I believe I got to see We been making music since we were kids Its all I want to do, for life Keeping it real until the day I die I stay funkish in my way Continue to mash and don't forget to pray I keep my hand on my steel Because I love my life and I always will Whatever people say to me I take it in stride I'm thinking negro league If you really don't know me Then you best back up, I suggest strongly They started this DPG Until the day I D-I-E For my L-I-F and E No matter where I look that's all I see And I know
[Chorus: x2]
Many niggas play to me I think its because they see me on BET 'cause everybody knows my name All the police think I'm serving game Jealous niggas call us out But I don't worry long as I hear their mouths If ever they decide to kill You better be prepared 'cause I know I will I think I can guarantee You don't want to be standing next to me Before my final curtain call My mistakes they really won't be long If we bump this in the streets Or even at some party You niggas really can't see me My request is that you stop trying Before I let go
[Chorus: x2]
[Daz] Everyday, the 45 stays I'm jacking forever I busting taking now bowing down never Gotta watch my back for these coppers As well as the niggas that I kick it with They stick you faster than these bitches will Since I'm pimping everybody wants my riches And I can't keep my god for buying weed acting every time I smoke constantly and can't flinch me From committing the murders so I chill and puff the herb Who gots my back nobody If little giant gaudy laying niggas down at the homey's party Always be goin crazy I guess we are being who we are Really say the nigga gotta be a star I gots to get mine and if I'm blasting its my destiny If I die then it was meant to be intentionally Worry stressing no guessing your profession When the murder take place set yourself a tech 9
(Chorus) I'm just a man I'm just a man I'm just a man I'm just a man in love
When they asked me why I dont like love or why I dont have a lady maybe its because I know as soon as I tell her how I feel about her as soon as I act like I love her she's gone
(Chorus) I'm just a man (scared of love) I'm just a man (is why I dont have a lady) I'm just a man I'm just a man in love
I really was so into you but you dont know what I'm going through you say you really care for me but in love there's no guarantee so, I think I outta take my time cuz love aint no friend of mine you see
Dont let me get you too confused you're the friend I dont want to lose if I made a choice its you I choose but my heart's a tad bit through so, I try to get you off my mind but a remedy I cannot find for you
(Chorus) I'm just a man (scared of love) I'm just a man (is why I dont have a lady) I'm just a man I'm just a man in love
I'm never gonna try to find another I'm just out for mine I left so many far behind but traces they'll never find no, I can cover all my tracks (all my tracks) wont be nothing gettin back to you
Now dont think that I'm being rude because I wont commit to you and other women want to screw whats a player supposed to do so, I'll be slippin on my hat I wont be bringin nothing back to you
(Chorus) x2 I'm just a man (scared of love) I'm just a man (thats why I dont have a lady) I'm just a man I'm just a man in love
When the cats, awake the mice will play thats what the people say all I know is doggs play anyways cuz I play everyday you do it too dont lie soon as you're out my site I seen you creepin by while I was creepin mine while I was checkin out I saw you checkin in I shoulda knocked you out but I was with your friend
x2 Because I got a girl, dont mean we can't talk Because I got a girl, dont mean I wont break you off x4 (Come On) Come on girl let me heed it (Come on) Meet me at the deli thats if you're weeded
Back in the days I used to like bitches but I tell you nowadays bitches ain't shit and if you wonder why I say this I've had a few bitches and bitches think they slick runnin around, playin all my niggaz trying to split a brother from his grip got all these bustaz watchin me but I tell you right now hoe, I dont slip I'd like to give a shout out to my favorite girl but I wont you know why, because she's a trick and if I give a shout out to a sneaky bitch I got to give a shout to the nigga she's sneakin with (and all my homeys say)
(Chorus x4) Because I got a girl, dont mean we can't talk (come on girl let me heed it) because I got a girl, dont mean I wont break you off (meet me at the deli thats if you're weeded) (x4) come on girl let me heed it meet me at the deli thats if you're weeded
Cuz I have never met a girl that I love in the whole wide world
(Chorus x4) I gonna make I'm gonna make my money (money)
From the time that I was only seventeen I knew I loved to write, I knew I loved to sing, I've seen I've seen about my friends and all the gangsta things we did, we did Back in those days there was some who always said You'll never make it no, you'll never get ahead of time I guess I'm going for mine, contrary to what they said and I did this is just to let you know
(Chorus x4) I gonna make I'm gonna make my money (money)
No matter what they say to me, I'm gonna make my money And anyone who don't believe, best stay away from me Been on a mash for currency, since 1993 There ain't no way you stopping me I'm determined as I can be And if my funds get low again one thing I can guarantee you catch me by the corner store sellin badass bags of weed Not because I think it's cool, or because I think it's neat It boils down to one simple fact, me and mines have got to eat
(Chorus x4) I gonna make I'm gonna make my money (money)
(x4) Tell me have you ever heard G-Funk Tell me have you ever heard
Nate Dogg and Warren G had to regulate
(repeats through chorus) Tell me have you ever heard G-Funk Tell me have you ever heard
Never Leave me alone (never leave me alone) Leave me alone (never leave me alone) never leave me alone (Never leave me aloooone) leave me alone (Never leave me alone) Never leave Me alone
Verse 1 (Nate Dogg): They tell me that temptation.....ooh, is very hard to resist You tell me that you want me....I tried to hide my feelings, D-O-G's ain't supposed to feel like this You can call it what you want to....But I don't even know what it is You've got me singin' in the morning....you bring me breakfast in my bed and when it hurts you rub my head I'll ask you one time only....baby, won't you be there when it's hectic When I don't have a hit record (Never leave me alone)
Chorus
Verse 2 (Nate Dogg): I've traveled so many places....I've seen so many faces There were times I didn't think I'd make it through (alone) I went through so many phases....that got me so many cases Three strikes you're gonna' then what you gonna do I guess I'll call my lady....and tell her to kiss my baby They tell me that crime is all I know how to do Tell him his daddy's sorry....let him know all about me There's one more thing I'd really like for you to do
Chorus
Verse 3 (Snoop Dogg) Somebody was naughty when they snitched on me And the judge just sentenced me to do about a century I'm mobbin' through the county mainline back in 9500 just tryin' to handle mine Spittin' game at the homies about the good ol' days As we try to pass time waiting for the chain to Chino I see no reason to cry but I miss my baby boo And my nigga Spanky too It's true that the dirt I did from an O.G. to a snotty nose kid Got me caught up in the rapture like maze days gone by And real G's gon cry But I try to walk the yard with my head to the sky And hope my baby boo ain't fuckin niggas on the outside But what's the chance it ain't crackin If I was out and she was in I'd probably be mackin I can't lie So I say I would now my girl in a world of playahood A playa should show a nigga love and look our But the niggas I know would probably turn your ass out So keep away better yet stay away And hope I get out one day, OK But if I don't I guess this is home My girl is trippin she got a block on the phone
People where are you going People where are you going
Everybody wants to play the game But nobody wants to lose I see my people die everyday That's why I sing the blues Now tell me who wants to roll with me Take a look at my world I see some problems Maybe you can help me solve them Turn boys to men And make women from girls I see my loved ones turning to drugs Almost everyday I lose another one Where are you going I ask you one and all Anyone can answer I betcha' they dont know
People where are you going People where are you going
What if I could save my nation What if I could save my friends If I had the whole worlds attention What if people were really listening I would tell them that I'm no good without them I would tell them together we can stand Another message to brothers, colors bother I'd introduce them to the hardest man in town Somebody thell me please
People where are you going People where are you going
Where are you going I ask you one and all Anyone can answer I betcha' they dont know
People where are you going People where are you going
(Chorus) Just another day Just another day Just another day Just another day
(Verse 1) Wake up early in the mornin' man Runnin' kinda' late I gotta' catch my plane Feelin' kinda' funny from the weed and thangs' Kinda' glad I woke up so I can't complain I really need a break from this paper chase But my girl ain't gonna' wait for the diamond ring My son ain't got to wait for no proper clothes So I'm gone take a trip and do a couple of shows So many different things be runnin' through my head It's mandatory that I keep my family fed On come the stompin' boots and I'm out there again Seems like this crazy pace is never gonna' end.
(Chorus) Just another day Just another day Just another day Just another day
(Verse 2) I'm on a mission man, I'm fired up They let me taste it man And now I'm hooked Ain't nobody standin' on the wall I bust the way I bust because the feel it ya'll People got opinions all about me ya'll Got a lot of girls so they call me dogg Constantly around me is friends and foes Say the wrong thing bet I bust your nose I gotta' give give it up to niggaroes Even thought at times we fuck the same hoes All the other niggas I'ma let you know Ain't no player hatin' go for what you know And if you see a girl that I'd like to lay Feel free to send her my way
(Chorus) Just another day Just another day Just another day Just another day
(Bridge) If I call you baby would you swing my way tonight I got somethin' for you that I'm sure you're gonna' like. If I call you baby would you swing my way tonight I got somethin' for you that I'm sure you're gonna' like.
(Bridge) And we can do it all night i bet I hit it just right
(Chorus) Just another day Just another day Just another day Just another day
(verse 1) I was almost head over heels I was almeost the man of your dreams And you almost had me sprung You were almost my only one
(bridge) Just about had me hooked, 'til I had to take a second look Almost in love Just about had me hooked, 'til I had to take a second look Almost in love
(verse 2) Girl you almost made me change my code And you almost made my pockets grow hoes Not only did you almost Make me buy you gold Downtown you almost make me go
(bridge) Just about had me hooked, 'til I had to take a second look
Almost in love Just about had me hooked, 'til I had to take a second look Almost in love
(verse 3) The roses we picked just yesterday Seemed to have wiltered away And we've been on the ground Looking for a four-leaf clover but there's been no luck Baby I guess it's over But we almost make it to the finished line called love Almost and there's no need to raise our voices Unless we're singing in harmony But we're not 'cause there's no harmony But we almost make it almost
(chorus) Almost in love Almost in love Almost in love Almost in love
(Chorus) No matter where I go I'm lettin' people know No matter where you go the grass is always green No matter what you say You gotta' release the chains I think it's time I set my spirit free
(Verse 1) No matter where I go I'm lettin' people know That the pace is never stalling Even if the sky is falling I'll never be afraid As long as I keep my faith Even if I am still crawling Won't be mad 'cause some are balling But man without the trust, without the loyalty When you watch your dog just starving Don't get mad when they start barkin' Here's a suggestion man Why don't we just wash our hands 'Cause I'm peepin' other pastures I think it's time I'm my own master.
(Chorus) No matter where I go I'm lettin' people know No matter where you go the grass is always green No matter what you say You gotta' release the chains I think it's time I set my spirit free
(Verse 2) Long ago I told my homie Some people are so damn phony Sure as the wind blows They'll try to take your dough On and on man they just keep comin' 'Til I'm dead man I'm never runnin' Fear I just don't know If it's your time you gotta' go But what about the trust what about the loyalty When the have no respect for you It's fuck 'em or call your lawyer Here's a suggestion man Why don't' we just wash our hands 'Cause I'm peepin' other pastures I think it's time I'm my own master.
(Chorus) No matter where I go I'm lettin' people know No matter where you go the grass is always green No matter what you say You gotta' release the chains I think it's time I set my spirit free
(Bridge) Here's to my family Here's to the ones I really love Here's to the inmates And that's who made Death Row #1 Here's to the foundation And that's where, where it started from Here's to real freedom They tell me makin' music's fun When you got no shackles on your feet
(Chorus) No matter where I go I'm lettin' people know No matter where you go the grass is always green No matter what you say You gotta' release the chains I think it's time I set my spirit free
(Nate Dogg) Friends, how many of us have them Friends, how many of us have them Friends, how many of us have them Friends, how many of us have them
(Snoop Doggy Dogg) Every since I could remember I had friends I could depend on Clothes to lend 'em But as time went by My life got a little strange And the rules of the game seem to change Trust, honesty and devotion And money, money, money is the poison potion There's no way that I can even say That this game has been good to me Or even bad to me it had to be Cause tragically the way this shit Cracked off for Doggy Dogg was magically And now I'm gettin' everything I'm supposed to get But my friendship with niggaz always ends up as bulshit I listen to my momma though She always tried to prepare me Byt how could she do what I I mean I'm do or die But my life on the streets That shit is suicide So to cope I got a dogg and a locc And keep my heat close in case these jokes go for broke I'm mashin' with the click 2-1-3 that is They my homeboys ever since kids- Real friends to the end
Chorus (Nate Dogg):
Hangin' out with my homies and I'm feelin' just fine I've been ponderin' lately A lot of different things on my mind It seems lately my friends list Done took a slight decline And if you wanna know the trith man, man Them wasn't no friends of mine
(Warren G) You jackin' me up, you takin' my cash All my life L-B-C, for my city I mash All those OGs and BGs and wannabies and L-O-Cs The only friends I got is my 2-1-3s That's my nigga Snoop D Woop and my nigga N-A-T-E I can't forget about my nigga H to the Deezy Pressure and strikes Don't wann take no lives But these jaws, cracks and hood cracks Will make you break bizacks "Whussup homie, can I borrow some cash?" Last week I agve you 500, so kiss my ass I got a baby to feed A familly to see through And shake busta snitches tweekin' like you Homies and friends that's what they for Stayin' tight and money right And bustin' with a 44.
(Daz) I ain't got no time for no bitches I gotta clock my dough clownin' Hittin' switches in a green 6-4 With the drink in a on deck and the bombest indo A car full of gas and nowhere to go I gets a call on the phone - "what's happenin'?" Pimpin', chillin' with bitches drinking Silver Satin Is them bitches on deck, on deck to the fullest Gots that type of game and I'm know just to pull 'em Now as I stroll and as I pass by Maxin' with my doggs feelin' dandy and high Is that looney muthafucka that they call Kurupt Ballin' out the house with some Gin in his cup
(Kurupt) Now I found myself blowin' out smoke Bombed out looney and locced Open up them doors let me see some of th hoez it's Kurupt and I'm liable to fuck three or four I'm hittin' hoes like I'm hittin' licks But I don't love that trick bitch 'Cause bitches gettin' niggaz dick sick I don't pay pay rent, my rent gets paid I pimp hoes like silky train On and on it goes I thought thete muthafuckas knew, but now you know
Chorus:
Puppy love, call it what you want, biatch Puppy love, call it what you want, biatch
(Nate Dogg) 1975 I was just a young pup tryin' to learn to be a dogg But in the process steadily gettin' fucked I met this lil' sexie dame ya'll before I knew All the rules to the game It ain't no need to lie A lil' nigga like me got played, and if she left me I thought I'd die Ya'll don't ask, I don't the reason why Thought she was sent from the heavens above Ya'll it's just a bad taste of puppy love
Chorus:
Puppy Love Puppy Love Puppy love puppy love
Sometimes I sit and think of how I used to be Before I got converted to a D-O-double G I'd like to thank that girl From way back in the days Cause if it weren't for you I wouldn't pimp this way
(Nate Dogg) Me and my niggas we roll Like each and every day Keep my heat beneath my seat Cos other niggas don't play Me and my niggas we ride Cos we know no other way One deep breath before I step And now it's time to play Now tell me who is that girl See her standin 'cross the way Watch me mack with eye contact Watch her become my slave Baby girl it's me Yeah that crazy nigga Nate I want that so don't talk back Let's just be on our way
[Snoop Doggy Dogg] All I know and all I do is D-P-G with the rest of my crew We thru with Milken Milli Vanilli Silly Niggaz who be rappin but they really be actin' I'm smackin' niggaz in they face For the 9-8 My DJ Warren G and my homeboy Nate The game won't wait So we paper chase And watch out for them suckas who paper-hate Try to drop some shit to keep you straight Keep my niggaz on a mission But my success, oh yes it's fresh Here's a toast to my LB for life You can call me when you wanna Or can catch me in the Navigator bendin' in the corner I representin', just like Billy Clinton I smack a bitch for my chips and dip For Dogg Pound Gangsta Click
[Chorus (x2):]
Don't you wanna come with me to Dogg Pound Gangstaville We can give you what you need in Dogg Pound Gangstaville
[Nate Dogg] Once upon a time in the land of the foolish man There lived a man who claimed to be foldin' aces in hand He played wrong once and played 'em twice And played 'em wrong again Now it's my turn to play the game And I guarantee I win Very best I have to be and I hope you understand I got my game from Gangstaville Eastside of Gangsta Land
[Chorus]
[Kurupt] Well you can give me half your loot, nigga Or else I'ma shoot, nigga I do what Gz do- I ride I slide, I drips double 4's fool Where's the clips You'll find I hit your spine And shake your hips with hollow tips It's the modern day me With the state of art modern day heat Mutherf**kin' modern day G No good for for sho good Put this nigga on the hood And let me put him back the f**k off Like that, you f**kin' with the Kobe Bryant of rap With a Mack 11 cocked back ready for sure, ready for war For real enter if you will In the land we call Dogg Pound Gangstaville All we do is smoke and just so you know My motto is f**k you bitch and f**k a hoe
(Nate Dogg) (Barbara Wilson) Homey it's rainin Ten below zero Kinda cold outside (Kinda cold outside) Yes it is cold (Kinda cold outside) Tornado, hurricane, and high tide (And a high tide, and a high high tide) I tell you why homey Had a homeboy, down with me or so he said (Or so he said, that's what he said) Yes he did homey But as it turned out He wasn't down with Nate Dogg (No, no) He was down with bread (He was down with bread, all for himself) You know what's wrong You, need to take your bad ass home It's never too late, to go back, to where you come from, oh homey It's never too late, to go back, to where you come from, mmm
Do you remember home? (Do you remember home?) Has it been that long (Has it been that long?) since you been gone? (Since you been gone) Won't you come back home Seems like it was yesterday (Yesterday) when you lost your way (When you lost your way) And let your homies hang (Let your homies hang) All the while you got paid Do you respect family? Do you know what that mean? To give everythang and not expect to receive I gave all I had (All I had) It really makes me mad (Makes me mad) to think I've been had (I've been had) Let's forget about the past But you know what's wrong You, need to take your bad ass home It's never too late, to go back, to where you come from, oh homey It's never too late, to go back, to where you come from, mmm
(Nate Dogg) I will lift my voice And forever sing Music gives me joy May we always reign And if I lose my way May my family place a foot where I can taste a bitter sweet embrace You know what's wrong You, need to take your bad ass home It's never too late, to go back, to where you come from, oh homey It's never too late, to go back, to where you come from, mmm