Dr. Dre

Featuring: Obie Trice Nate Dogg

Songwriter: Obie Trice Nate Dogg Dr. Dre

Producer: Dr. Dre

[Hook: Sly]

At first they groove for the underdog
Till, you win the brawl
Now, it's you they call
PROOF! They gots to be the proof for the underdog
Till, you prove them wrong
Now, you gots to fall
They gots to be the proof [go down x8]
You gots to be the proof [go down x8]
They gots to be the proof

[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]

Niggas is so gangsta, niggas is thugs
Niggas'll spend their whole life peddling drugs
Slanging dope in hopes of one day bein able
To own their own label and give the game up
Some niggas came up, some just didn't
That's just the way it is, if it ain't meant it just isn't
Some niggas'll get money and pay niggas to back em'
So they can act up, feel comfortable, and rap tough
And that's as backwards, cuz them niggas just gone keep coming back
And that's when extortion happens
You struggle to get free, I know how this shit be
You deal with anything to live legitimately
But you gone find if you do get in this industry
It's best to be business me than against me
Niggas get behind mics and ain't even MC's
Niggas get on MTV just to diss me

[Hook: Sly]

[Verse 2: Obie Trice]

They say why don't we increase the peace
The only peace increased is that which deletes your peeps
Cuz iggaz run mouths but they don't run streets
Till that 4 5 will cease the speech
Yeah it's a shame how the beef'll creep
Could've readched the peep, now you're left with a horrible leak
I'm try to be bleak with my speech as possible
Just in case a nigga trying to throw me an obstacle
I put you in a hospital, that's how I get at you
Let the doc op on you, he don't rid you?
You back on the streets? I send another hit at you
This is not a hypocritical issue
I will critical condition your tissue
Give a fuck if all ten of them with you
I throw an extra ten of them missiles
Turn gangstas into gentlemen

[Hook: Sly]

Dr. Dre is a Grammy Award-winning rapper, producer, and mogul who is considered by many to be the greatest hip-hop producer of all time. He raised the profile of West Coast rap after he helped pioneer the sounds of gangsta rap in the 1980s with N.W.A and helped popularize the G-Funk sound in the 1990s with his label Death Row Records before changing his sound again after he established Aftermath Entertainment. Dre assisted in the rise of hip-hop stars Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar, while producing hits for many other artists. He also became a mogul with his Beats empire and partnership with Apple, helping him become one of the richest musicians in the business.

Born Andre Romelle Young in Compton, California on February 18, 1965, Dr. Dre started as a club and radio DJ. In 1984, he joined the music group World Class Wreckin Cru, which featured producer DJ Yella. Dre’s cousin Sir Jinx introduced him to a rapper named Ice Cube, and they later connected with Compton hustler Eazy-E, rapper MC Ren and producer Arabian Prince to form the gangsta rap group N.W.A. They released their seminal debut album Straight Outta Compton in 1988 and helped put the West Coast on the hip-hop map.

Financial issues led to the demise of N.W.A and caused Dre to form Death Row Records along with The D.O.C. and Suge Knight. Dre released his classic solo debut album The Chronic in 1992 and further helped the West Coast dominate the sound of hip-hop. Due to disagreements with Suge Knight, Dre left Death Row in 1996 and formed Aftermath Entertainment. He released his classic sophomore album 2001 in 1999 and later released multi-platinum albums from Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar. In 2002, Dre won a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.

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