Альбом Nate Dogg

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 

[Chorus] until fade

Chorus:

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 quick 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

Chorus

f/ Kurupt

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 co

(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 don't 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

[Nate Dogg] (Nancy Fletcher)
Now life for me (Life for me)
livin on the streets (On the streets)
used to be, hectic, scandalous (Scandalous)
The people I meet (people I meet)
when I'm on these streets (On these streets)
They can be, crazy, and dangerous (And dangerous)
When you're broke as you can be
And you're on them streets
You have to be, cunning, homey
Keep your hand (Keep your hand)
on the Hardest Man (Hardest man)
Or you may be, a dead man

[Chorus]
Crazy, dangerous (x4)

Craa-azy, dangerous (x4)

w/ Daz

(Chorus) x2
These days, you gotta be strapped
I'm already knowin 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 makin music since we were kids
its all I wanna do, for life
keepin it real until the day I die
I stay funkish in my way
continue to mash and dont 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 thinkin negro league
if you really dont 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 thats all I see
and I know...

(Chorus) x2

Many niggaz play to me
I think its because they see me on BET
cuz everybody knows my name
all the police think I'm serving game
jealous niggaz call us out
but I dont worry long as I hear their mouths
if ever they decide to kill
you better be prepared cuz i know I will
I think I can guarantee
you dont wanna be standin next to me
before my final curtain call
my mistakes they really wont be long
if we bump this in the streets
or even at some party
you niggaz 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 jackin forever
I bustin takin now bowin down never
gotta watch my back for these coppers
as well as the niggaz that I kick it with
they stick you faster than these bitches will
since I'm pimpin everybody wants my riches
and I can't keep my god for buying weed actin everytime
I smoke constantly and can't flinch me
from commitin the murders so I chill and puff the herb
who gots my back nobody
if little giant gaudy layin niggaz down at the homey's party
always be goin crazy I guess we are bein who we are
really say the nigga gotta be a star
I gots tah get mine and if I'm blastin its my destiny
if I die then it was meant to be intentionally
worry stressin no guessin your profession
when the murder take place set yourself a tech 9

Chorus x4 to fade

f/ Tray Deee

(Chorus x2)
I'll bring the bag of weed
You can bring the bottle of wine
Call me whenever, we can get together
And have us a real good time

[Nate Dogg]
Its still morning
I'm still yawning
outside my window
someone's calling
her name was Micky
habits freaky
she liked to do me
her and her homeys
did I mention 
that I'm balling
rollin on gold ones
thats right, crawling
thats why she's jocking
early this morning
I'm feeling under the weather
I'll soon be feeling better
dont forget the paper this time

(Chorus x2)
(Somebody's calling)
I'll bring the bag of weed
(outside my window)
You can bring the bottle of wine
(somebody's calling)
Call me whenever, we can get together
(outside my window)
And have us a real good time

[Tray Dee]
Call me whenever, but never ever after 10
cuz I got to be at home with my bitch and my kids
I hit the skin flip the twin lips of love apart
get to diggin in ya ligaments then bust ya heart
cuz from the start, soon as we sparked the bag I brought
I seen you chokin through the smoke noticed your titties was taut
you caught, up in the game that I came to spit
I cracked the hennessey and entered DP gangsta shit
you wanna get with this, or is you in to twist
the game up and make me cum just to say you came up
and gained what another strike on your rap
when you coulda kept your mouth shut and right on the step
with the program knowin damn well you wrong girl
cuz I shook you and took two of your homegirls
you played yourselves so I had to leave
baby shoulda just chilled off this bag of weed

(Chorus x2)
(Somebody's calling)
I'll bring the bag of weed
(outside my window)
You can bring the bottle of wine
(somebody's calling)
Call me whenever, we can get together
(outside my window)
And have us a real good time

(Bridge x6)
I can bring the fat ass bag of weed
I just now left the spot
you can bring the cold ass bottle of wine 
and make that your first spot

(Chorus x3)
(Somebody's calling)
I'll bring the bag of weed
(outside my window)
You can bring the bottle of wine
(somebody's calling)
Call me whenever, we can get together
(outside my window)
And have us a real good time

f/ Butch, Pamela Hale & DJ EZ Dick

[Daryl]
Kevin, this is Daryl from Long Beach
man uh, I was wondering if you could uh, play a song for me
me and my lady goin through a few thangs, see
and I'm not feelin very well right now
[Kevin]
Yeah, I hear ya, I know how you feel
I've been there, hell we've all been there
For you and all you playaz who got bumped off the playin field
This is the song for you
187.4 on your FM dizzal, WBALLZ

(Chorus x4)
A dirty ho's drawls
That was the cause of it all

Pimpin hustlin playin hoes is all I know
With my homeys on the mash and a pocket full of cash
what more can a nigga ask for
with my strap in my lap and my niggaz back to back
a muthafucka didn't wanna see me
then along came his girl, finest woman in the world
that broad been to my knees

(Chorus x4)
A dirty ho's drawls
That was the cause of it all

(Now I, dont trust no hoe
And do you, know thats how it goes)
I never thought you were the one
that would try to get a nigga like Ms Spunk

(Chorus x4)
A dirty ho's drawls
That was the cause of it all

I know you're all in big ones from the start
I really didn't need to, play your heart
But you still have the good looks, DPG blood
you're the only one that, I love 
(x3)
Make me wanna climb up DPG
make me wanna moan make me wanna scream

[Big Pimpin Delemond]
See as I say it, something about the power of the pussy
It even breaks gangstaz down
Bitch tricked me out of my playaz license

(Chorus x4)
A dirty hoe's drawls 
That was the cause of it all

(Bridge plays to fade)
I'll get over you
I gotta get over you
Before I've been a fool
I gotta get over you
(Dirty ho's drawls)

(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 don't like love
or why I don't 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 don't have a lady)
I'm just a man
I'm just a man in love

I really was so into you
but you don't 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 ain't no friend of mine you see

Don't let me get you too confused
you're the friend I don't 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 don't think that I'm being rude
because I wont commit to you
and other women want to screw
what's 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 (that's why I don't have a lady)
I'm just a man
I'm just a man in love

f/ 2Pac

(Chorus)
Me and my homies tho
you know we kick it like everyday
Me and my homies, kick it like everyday

[Nate Dogg]
But I'm alone in my room
and I dont have no one to talk to
I catch a girl with my phone
and cause some folks who know what I go through
after I smoke a joint, come on
to keep my temper low
I parlay with my friends
there's really no where else to go

(Chorus) x2
Me and my homies though
you know we kick it like everyday
Me and my homies, kick it like everyday

[2 Pac]
I ain't shit without my homeboys
rather be buried, then see us party
keep it close to my heart
cuz we the ones that got the shit started
you recollect, we used to bust on snithces
nobody come before my niggaz, fuck all y'all bitches
all my homeboys are self sufficient
so be suspicious of your scandalous tricks
got the police takin our pictures
love to hang out on the corner but we known to ride
me and my muthafuckin homeboys down to die
for each other, cuz we closer than brothers
its like you came in, no forgettin the party poppin
when my squad walks in
throw up your hands baby buy me a drink, stop actin phony
dont forget tto bring something for all my homies 
to know me is to love a thug nigga to the fullest, duckin bullets,
snatchin guns when these trick niggaz pull it
handle my business like a professional, the whole world knows me
but I ain't shit without my fuckin homies
me and my fuckin homies

(Chorus)
Me and my homies though
you know we kick it like everyday
Me and my homies
kick it like everyday

(Me and my homies) 
constantly we mash
(Me and my homies) 
gotta make that cash
(Me and my homies) 
there's no need to ask
(Me and my homies) 
we are still the best

(Breakdown) x8
(thats my homeys)
thats my homeys 
DPGC homeys

(Chorus) 
Me and my homies tho
you know we kick it like everyday
Me and my homies, kick it like everyday

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
(Chorus) x4
I gonna make
I'm gonna make my money (money)

f/ Snoop Dogg

Chorus(Nate): 

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

(chorus)

f/ Pamela Hale

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

Just in case you didn't know, I blow (I blow)
constantly for dough
I'm sittin next to my heat (my heat)
Fuck peace, as I listen to the beat

We came to rock your body, ding ding dong
We came to rock your body, all night long
We came to rock your body, ding ding dong
We came to rock your body, all night long

Way back in the days when the hottest thang was Jherri curls
When you could always spot a gangsta
by the way his hair out grew his girl's
There lived a little boy who wore khakis everyday
He never would be broke he swore, always to get paid
Up jump the boogie the bang the bang boogie
Got them same ol' gangsta ways
Up jump the boogie the bang the bang boogie
And I ain't the one to get played

[Chorus]
Who's playin games man I really hope you burn
Who's playin games when I'm gonna get my turn
Who's playin games I don't wanna be left out
Who's playin games you playin

f/ Danny 'Butch' Means

[Chorus - Nate Dogg x2]
I don't wanna hurt no more
I don't wanna hurt no more
I don't wanna hurt no more
I, but the rain keeps comin down

[Nate Dogg]
Man I been thinkin lately
About the way the world just be changin
Is it a sin to be chasin paper
I can't count the niggas dyin lately
It's the grave or incarceration
I know you hurt but you can't replace em
You go and dig a hole then erase em
You just created a smaller nation
A jail cell is all that's waitin
Look at all the progress you're makin
I really hope you're kinda patient
You facin 25 no probation
2 for 1 is multiplication
You're freedom is all their takin
Is it best to be dead or pacin
All cos you couldn't take it

Chorus (x2)

[Danny "Butch" Means]
How can I concentrate
With all the problems that I face
I often ask myself if there's a place 
where I can get away (Where I can get away)
I keep my head to the sky
And try to maintain my pace
If I don't then I'm gone
Somebody gone take my place
No need to go too fast
Cos I know a little time it takes
But my situation's bad
I'll be jackin soon at this rate
I ain't tryin to make you mad
It's a plain and simple fact you face
If you're broke you hurt most
From all the bullshit you take

Chorus (x2)

[Nate Dogg]
Lately I've been feelin like givin up (Don't give up)
The pain inside makes me wanna reach out and touch
Someone, anyone who feels that I ain't been hurt enough
You best duck or get stuck
Cos man I been hurtin for months

No more, no more, no more, no more
I've been hurtin a while
No more, no more, no more, no more
And I don't wanna hurt no more
No more, no more, no more, no more
Don't wanna hurt no more
But the rain keeps comin down

Chorus to fade

(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 

[Nate]
I've been lookin' for a girl 
Someone to share my world 
For maybe just a day or two
You've been actin' so stingy
I know you wanna' see
If I can do the things you heard

[Girl]
Actually I'd rather be out with my girls and weed
I guess that goes go to show you don't know me boy
If you really want to creep
Then talk to me with cheese
Or just don't even talk at all

(Chorus)
She's strange and I like it
Girl when your walk you don't know what you do to me
I got game 
So don't fight it 
All around the world she's just a sexy girl
Strange

[Nate]
You be actin' like you cool
Like you don't want to do
The things I know you want to do

[Girl]
Are you tryin' to come up
Or maybe just get fucked

[Nate]
Whatever girl I'm down like you

[Girl]
If you wasn't so damn cute 
I wouldn't even shoot

[Nate]
But yet you choose to shoot me down 
Actually it's time I leave 
You're girl is jockin' me 
I hope she's not another tease

Listen here I'd like to know
Why you keep actin' strange
I got no time to chase a hoe
But I'd like to know your name 
All I got is game to give
And it's gonna' be cryin' shame 
If you choose to disregard 
And pass up on this game

(Chorus)
She's strange and I like it
Girl when your walk you don't know what you do to me
I got game 
So don't fight it 
All around the world she's just a sexy girl
Strange

[Verse 1]
I was almost head over heels 
I was almost 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 withered 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

[Intro/Chorus - x4]
Stone cold baby
Stone cold baby
Stone cold baby
As cold as can be

Hey let's party y'all
All I wanna do is have a good time
Tonight it's goin down
Hey just roll it up
It don't matter who's at the party
Somebody's leavin with me
Hey let's set it off
I see the girl that I want (that I want)
I see the girl that wants me
Hey it's gettin hot
But before my body gets bothered
Let me tell you this about me
Momma kicked me out when I was sixteen
Woke up the next mornin with some D-O-G's
I felt a little bad but I had money
Went and bought some dope and some blue khakis
While you were hangin out in the promised land
I was growin up on the Long Beach sand
So if you're intentions were to leave with me
Remember when I'm satisfied
I'm just as cold as can be, stone cold

[Chorus]

Damn this is a cavi beat
I feel like takin time on this beat
To smash you all
But teachers are supposed to teach
So I'ma teach and you gon' listen or else you got to fall
To battle that's a thing that I've always done
Never lost a battle that means I'm number one
Don't hang with cowards cos they always run
If you be rollin with cowards don't forget your gun (ahhhh)
Damn I really love to compete
Another victim I would love to delete
Come one come all
Taste the agony of defeat
But I know how sneaky niggas can be
When e're they fall

Some niggas try to take my cash
Dumb niggas try to make me blast
These days it's kinda hard to laugh
I gotta host of new friends I never had in the past

Some niggas try to take my cash
Dumb niggas try to make me blast
These days it's kinda hard to laugh
I gotta host of new friends I never had in the past
Stone cold

[Chorus - x4]

Hey let's party y'all
All I wanna do is have a good time
Tonight it's goin down
Hey just roll it up
It don't matter who's at the party
Somebody's leavin with me
*repeat x2*

w/ Snoop Doggy Dogg, Warren G

[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 bullshit
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.

Chorus (x2)

w/ Dogg Pound, Snoop Doggy Dogg

[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

Chorus

f/ Danny "Butch" Means, Isaac Reese

[Intro/Chorus x2 - Nate Dogg, Isaac Reese]
It's goin down tonight
I'll do your body right
If you have the time
It's goin down tonight

[Nate Dogg]
You must be a special lady, I know
Cos everywhere we go
You always bring attention to me
You gotta be a special lady, fo' sho'
I know, I love the way you makin me tweek (Ooooh baby)
Love the outfit you're wearin, that's dope
Just as sure as chronic makes me choke
Girl I never ever want you to leave (Heeehay lady)
Would you like to go and see a movie? Let's go
I hope we can make another movie tonight (Ooooh baby)
First we'll get in the jacuzzi, no clothes
I know, in a minute I'll be lickin you dry (Heeeeey)
The next scene is really amazing, no joke
You prone, girl it's on

[Chorus w/ ad lib variations x2]

[Isaac Reese]
The love I'm tryin to give
is better than a one night stand
They say you're a hell of a woman
Well I can be a hell of a man
The way you stole my heart
I'd even cook you breakfast in bed
And you don't have to move a muscle
Just lay back and relax, chill

[Chorus w/ ad-lib variations x2]

[Danny "Butch" Means]
It seems like only yesterday
I first met you
Grey skies turned blue
I wish I knew
Why do you always hesitate?
What did I do?
All I wanna do is be with you
Baby can it go down

[Chorus w/ ad-lib variations to fade]

f/ Warren G

(2x) Nobody.... does it better[Nate Dogg]
Nobody... does it better
Nobody... does it better

Chorus (Nate Dogg)
They can come closer than close, yeah
Original they never will be
We bumpin' from coast to coast, yeah yeah
We just tryin' make you see
Nobody does it better

[Warren G]
I'm sittin' here trippin'
My mind is blocked
Nate Dogg just spit it so it's time to cock
No one can do it better like this 2 man crew
They say we're one hit quitters
So what cha'll gonna do?

[Nate Dogg]
Always into somethin, that's my name
Only out for money, hey 'cause that's the game
People always ask me why I'm out for scratch
He who has the most is he who won the match

[Warren G]
Strike one
Me and Nate Dogg is a match
Stike two
Leave 'em standing still in their tracks
Strike three
You can call us two one three
It's the L and the B that makes me act like a G

[Nate Dogg]
My exhibition started back in '93
No one, nobody listenin' but Warren and me
To all the nonbelievers, now I bet you see
Nobody does it better than me

Chorus

[Warren G]
They call me DJ and the spark plug
Keepin' it licked
There is no accident for these platinum hits
So when we make it to show love,
Bangin' in your club
Hangin' with your thugs
Givin' up G love

[Nate Dogg]
Do you remember back on the east side?
When all of us niggas used to love to ride
We didn't care what we did
Time was nothing to us, we were just kids
Times are different now, but you still get stuck
I'm not a kid no more, I just don't give a fuck
So if you think you really wanna step to me
Keep this is mind: nobody does it better than me

Chorus

[Warren G]
Wow, make you say go now
Hot rap singles on the charts now
Got a baby
So I'm breakin' hearts now
On your mark, get set, it starts now

[Nate Dogg]
All you pimp playin' hustelers, now ya know
You can't keep me out once you crack the door
Either join a team or it's best you flee
Nobody does it better than me

Chorus

(2x) Nobody.... does it better

f/ Big Syke

(*whispered* Sexy, sexy) - x4

[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

[Chorus - Nate Dogg]
You make me go crazy baby
When I see a sexy girl
I really go crazy baby
When I see a sexy girl

You make me go crazy baby
When I see a sexy girl
You make me go crazy baby
When I see a sexy girl

[Big Syke]
Say suga you look like a winner
Let's have dinner tonight
Escape your troubles and take a flight over night
to the land of the hot and the sticky
I know it's sticky but the best part's the mystery
And leave the misery behind put this dick on your mind
Extra freaky it ain't worth my time
I gotta get mine, I'll make sure you get yours
Body doin things you never did before
Have you beggin for more
Body all over the place
Can't wait to see the expression that's on your face
When you cum, are you cummin? Are you c-cummin?
And I'ma ask you is it runnin, baby?
You ain't never had the shit til you got dug by a thug
and fucked doggy style on a bear skin rug
Up and down stairs in the back of a limo
On Interstate 5 on the way to San Francisco

[Chorus]

You make me, hmm
You make me go
*repeat over bridge and chorus to fade*

[Bridge - Nate Dogg]
I'm havin a ball
Watch out for I fall
I'm headed for the girl that's standin on the wall
No flashin no bills
Just testin my skills
I'm lookin for a sexy girl so we can peel

[Chorus - repeat to fade]

w/ Kurupt, Snoop Doggy Dogg

[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
Mutherfuckin' modern day G
No good for for sho good
Put this nigga on the hood
And let me put him back the fuck off
Like that, you fuckin' 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 fuck you bitch and fuck a hoe

Chorus (x3)

f/ Barbara Wilson

[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