Released: December 15, 1992
Featuring: Snoop Dogg RBX
Songwriter: Dr. Dre Daz Dillinger RBX The D.O.C. Snoop Dogg
Producer: Daz Dillinger
[Intro: Roger E. Mosley & RBX]
You really don't understand, do you?
Hey man, don't you realize in order for us to make this thing work, man, we've got to get rid of the pimps, and the pushers and the prostitutes?
And then start all over again clean
Nigga, is you crazy?
Once again, the mighty Death Row organization committin' mass murder
And we ain't askin' for shit, nigga, we takin' it
So, Dre, blast they ass, nigga!
[Verse 1: Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg]
Rat-tat-tat-tat late at night with my gat
On the streets of L.A. wonderin' where the pussy at
Straight player, looking for a ho
Hangin' out, rollin' in my six-four
Sixteen switches for the niggas in my hood
Seventeen shells so I make it understood
Stay back, lay back, way back in the cut
Ya come outside, nigga, ya gettin' fucked up
I done told ya, creep-creep, ya best move
Like Luther Vandross, I'm fuckin' up the west coast
I'm right back up in ya when ya nut
One, two, three nut, from the D-R-E but
This is for the hoes that I used to know
When I didn't have my sixty-four and a lot of dough
I keep it like this and like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Chorus: Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & RBX]
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Skit]
Ooh-wee, that's that nigga owe you that grip
Yeah, there that fool is (Well, what's up? Break him off proper then)
What's up? What's happenin'? (Can I get them ends?) What's up?
Nigga, you delinquent, can I get those ends? (I ain't)
Ayy, nigga, pay this nigga (He ain't trippin'), well, what's up?
Man, I ain't got your money (Go 'head) Well, yo, check this out, nigga
What's up, fool? What's up? What's up? You don't want—
Yeah, motherfucker
I'll be back, yo, I'll be back! (Oh yeah?) You ain't never comin' back, fool
[Pre-Chorus: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre]
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Yeah, nigga)
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & RBX, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg]
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Yeah)
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Verse 2: Dr. Dre]
Creepin' and peepin' and we can get with these
The Chronic, slangin' fat ki's from my block
And it don't stop, tell me where you wanna go
To the strip, or take a trip ballin' with the Row
My shit off in ya system attacks
Indo smoke go in ya lungs like that
You get lifted, calm, and if it's the bomb
Taken away like Calgon, Vietnam
California, back and on a mission
Provin' a point, in my game, ain't no fuckin' competition
They wishin' but run up on reality
C-P-T, C-A-L my locality
It's strange how I re-arrange and change
The business by droppin' shit like this
Dope, niggas can't cope with the real
I bill, penitentiary steel, when I kill, it goes
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & RBX]
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Yeah)
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Hell yeah)
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Outro: Snoop Dogg]
Straight up
Now you niggas know where my homie comin' from
So quit the chit-chat 'fore you find yourself flat on your bizzack, fool
It's nine-deuce, Dr. Drizzay's sittin' on tizzop
It don't stop, treatin' busters like a punk-ass cizzop
Biatch!
You really don't understand, do you?
Hey man, don't you realize in order for us to make this thing work, man, we've got to get rid of the pimps, and the pushers and the prostitutes?
And then start all over again clean
Nigga, is you crazy?
Once again, the mighty Death Row organization committin' mass murder
And we ain't askin' for shit, nigga, we takin' it
So, Dre, blast they ass, nigga!
[Verse 1: Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg]
Rat-tat-tat-tat late at night with my gat
On the streets of L.A. wonderin' where the pussy at
Straight player, looking for a ho
Hangin' out, rollin' in my six-four
Sixteen switches for the niggas in my hood
Seventeen shells so I make it understood
Stay back, lay back, way back in the cut
Ya come outside, nigga, ya gettin' fucked up
I done told ya, creep-creep, ya best move
Like Luther Vandross, I'm fuckin' up the west coast
I'm right back up in ya when ya nut
One, two, three nut, from the D-R-E but
This is for the hoes that I used to know
When I didn't have my sixty-four and a lot of dough
I keep it like this and like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Chorus: Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & RBX]
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Skit]
Ooh-wee, that's that nigga owe you that grip
Yeah, there that fool is (Well, what's up? Break him off proper then)
What's up? What's happenin'? (Can I get them ends?) What's up?
Nigga, you delinquent, can I get those ends? (I ain't)
Ayy, nigga, pay this nigga (He ain't trippin'), well, what's up?
Man, I ain't got your money (Go 'head) Well, yo, check this out, nigga
What's up, fool? What's up? What's up? You don't want—
Yeah, motherfucker
I'll be back, yo, I'll be back! (Oh yeah?) You ain't never comin' back, fool
[Pre-Chorus: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre]
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Yeah, nigga)
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & RBX, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg]
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Yeah)
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Verse 2: Dr. Dre]
Creepin' and peepin' and we can get with these
The Chronic, slangin' fat ki's from my block
And it don't stop, tell me where you wanna go
To the strip, or take a trip ballin' with the Row
My shit off in ya system attacks
Indo smoke go in ya lungs like that
You get lifted, calm, and if it's the bomb
Taken away like Calgon, Vietnam
California, back and on a mission
Provin' a point, in my game, ain't no fuckin' competition
They wishin' but run up on reality
C-P-T, C-A-L my locality
It's strange how I re-arrange and change
The business by droppin' shit like this
Dope, niggas can't cope with the real
I bill, penitentiary steel, when I kill, it goes
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & RBX]
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Yeah)
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, and I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back (Hell yeah)
Rat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat, like that, you know I
Never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Outro: Snoop Dogg]
Straight up
Now you niggas know where my homie comin' from
So quit the chit-chat 'fore you find yourself flat on your bizzack, fool
It's nine-deuce, Dr. Drizzay's sittin' on tizzop
It don't stop, treatin' busters like a punk-ass cizzop
Biatch!
The Chronic
- Bitches Ain’t Shit
- The $20 Sack Pyramid
- The Roach (The Chronic Outro)
- Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
- The Chronic (Intro)
- Stranded on Death Row
- High Powered
- Lyrical Gangbang
- A Nigga Witta Gun
- Deeez Nuuuts
- The Day the Niggaz Took Over
- Lil’ Ghetto Boy
- Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)
- Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang
- Let Me Ride
- The Doctor’s Office
- The Chronic (1992)
- The Chronic Re-Lit & From The Vault (2009)
- Forgot About Dre
- Still D.R.E.
- Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang
- The Next Episode
- I Need a Doctor
- What’s the Difference
- Medicine Man
- Bitches Ain’t Shit
- Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)
- Deep Water
- Xxplosive
- Fuck You
- Let Me Ride
- Darkside/Gone
- Deep Cover
- The Watcher
- Genocide
- Talk About It
- The Message
- Kush
- Talking to My Diary
- Deeez Nuuuts
- Keep Their Heads Ringin’
- All in a Day’s Work