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Down 2 tha Last Roach

By Eazy-E · Targeting Dr. Dre

Down 2 tha Last Roach is a diss track by Eazy-E targeting Dr. Dre. The recording also credits B.G. Knocc Out and Dirty Red. These records belong to Eazy-E's answer to Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and the emerging Death Row camp after Dre left Ruthless Records and mocked Eazy on The Chronic and ‘Dre Day.’ The attacks repeatedly contrast Death Row's image with Eazy's ownership history, Compton identity and claims of financial control.

Released1993
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
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    [Intro: Dr. Dre]

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    I still express, yo, I don't smoke weed or sess

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    Bitch

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    [Intro: Eazy-E]

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    Greetings, Earthlings

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    And welcome to the motherfuckin' wonderful, wonderful, motherfuckin' world of gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Oh, me? Ah, I'm funk on your mind

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    Alias to you motherfuckers called Roach Clip

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    And this here is my kemosabe dumpin' shit on your ass

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    And my nigga goes by the name of B.G. Ash Trey

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    And we 365

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    That means we're fucked up all year 'round

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    And our motto is

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    [Chorus]

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    [Verse 1: Eazy-E & Dirty Red]

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    Creepin' through this cloud of smoke

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    With a little bit of funk to make you choke, damn

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    Gangsters come feel good inside

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    As we take you for a ride to another dimension

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    Deep from a four OZ (OZ)

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    Two crooked-ass niggas on a cosmic journey

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    Straight from the planet G

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    Where the real niggas dwell in the realms of Ruthless (Yeah)

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    Take a puff of the indo spliff

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    High like a bird as I creep to the bud spot

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    Break me off a proper piece

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    So I can get fucked up with my nigga Roach Clip

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    B.G. Ash Trey, dump that ass, Dre

    Multi-line diss block
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    Ruthless family, reckless, you can be

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    Smoke just like a G, psychedelically

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    Insane and gettin' higher than a motherfucker

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetDr. Dre

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Ruthless family, reckless, you can be,” Eazy-E brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Dr. Dre, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: These records belong to Eazy-E's answer to Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and the emerging Death Row camp after Dre left Ruthless Records and mocked Eazy on The Chronic and ‘Dre Day.’ The attacks repeatedly contrast Death Row's image with Eazy's ownership history, Compton identity and claims of financial control. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Dr. Dre and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThese records belong to Eazy-E's answer to Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and the emerging Death Row camp after Dre left Ruthless Records and mocked Eazy on The Chronic and ‘Dre Day.’ The attacks repeatedly contrast Death Row's image with Eazy's ownership history, Compton identity and claims of financial control.

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    [Chorus]

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    [Verse 2: Shaki & Eazy-E]

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    As I step through the smoke

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    Deep from a land broke niggas don't come to

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    Straight to Indonesia, chronic fever

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    Step off, punk, we don't need you

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    Blaze a blunt to the boogie (Boogie)

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    And come take a ride on a journey with a real G

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    Life is easily explained on a level

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    Of smokin' bud with the motherfuckin' devil

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    In my imagination

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    Send these thoughts, oh, what a fly creation

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    Indo smoke from the land of G's

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    Lettin' 'em know they can't handle these niggas

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    Straight from the planet dime

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    I have come to put funk on your mind

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    Eazy-E better known as Mr. Roach Clip

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    So pass the bud 'cause we still gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Yeah)

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    [Chorus]

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    [Verse 3: Eazy-E]

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    Now I'm real fucked up, yes, high as hell

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    Ring-ding-ding, do I hear some bells?

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    Or am I just trippin'?

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    Thinkin' about that four that I'm dippin'

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    Front, back, side to side

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    On corners, that's how a nigga's gotta ride

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    Dip to the, dip to the, dip to the back

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    Bumpin' Eazy-E on 8-track

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    So blaze up another skunky, funky, dookie doobie

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    So we can get loogied

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    Up some more, up, up it go

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    What's my name? Eazy-E, yo, the motherfuckin' bud-smokin' loc-in'

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    When I'm high as a kite causin' ruckus, yeah

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    [Chorus]

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    [Interlude: Eazy-E]

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    Substance?

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    Mari-motherfuckin'-juana

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    Common slang names?

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    Pot, grass, dope, weed, homegrown, sinsemilla

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    Maui Wowie, Thai sticks, joints, roaches, indica

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    Concentrated resin called hash or hashish

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    But some niggas call it bud

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    Active ingredient?

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    Tetrahydrocannabinols, THC

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    Source?

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    Cannabis sativa

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    Pharmacologic classification?

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    CNS depressive hallucinogen

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    Medical use?

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    Experimental only, oh, yeah, we still testin'

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    And don't forget, we still gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    [Chorus]

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker (Down to the last roach)

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    Gettin' higher than a motherfucker, higher than a motherfucker

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    [Outro]

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    Down to the last roach

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    Down to the last roach

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    Down to the last roach

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    Down to the last roach

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    Down to the last roach

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    Down to the last roach