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[Intro: Snoop Dogg]
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(What do you want, man?)
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Turn your speakers up, money!
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(Yo, God!) Yo, God?
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Yo, I got mad skills
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(Isn't that money?)
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[Chorus: Snoop Dogg]
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New York, New York, big city of dreams
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And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
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You might get fooled if you come from outta town
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But I'm down by law, and I'm from Tha Dogg Pound
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[Verse 1: Kurupt & Snoop Dogg]
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It's the incredible, the lyrical
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You can't be me, like Niecy, to see me, it's gonna take a miracle
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I'm drivin' muthafuckaz hysterical
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Wit' a touch of this twister (Uh huh), stylistic mixture (Ahh)
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What I create pulsates, there is no escape
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Annihilate ya mental mind state
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They labels my vocabulary abusive (Ahhh)
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I packs more knowledge than Confucius
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I'm deadly! (Ahh) Induce ya like Medusa, wit' thoughts to share
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To niggas throughout this hemisphere, far and near (Ahh)
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Prepare! Catch me chillin' like the winter
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Up against the number one contender as I enter
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'Cause I gets heated like friction
Multi-line diss block
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Muthafuck your whole jurisdiction
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React this fact, not fiction telepathic addiction (Ahh)
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To this homicidal recital, dangerous and vital to all my rivals
Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit
TargetNew York rappers
MeaningWhat it means: In “Muthafuck your whole jurisdiction,” Tha Dogg Pound addresses New York rappers directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The track is tied to East Coast–West Coast rivalry and directs competitive threats at rappers associated with the opposing scene. Naming or plainly addressing New York rappers removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.
ContextThe track is tied to East Coast–West Coast rivalry and directs competitive threats at rappers associated with the opposing scene.
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Suicidal brainwaves conveys
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Through the average muthafuckaz' minds these days
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I'm all ready to put work in
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Take ten steps and turn to shoot the first nigga smirkin'
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Give a FUCK whatcha name (Name)
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Whatcha claim (Claim), or why ya came
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Muthafucka, don't explain! (Don't explain)
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Simply, don't tempt me
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'Cause I'm simply layin' hoes like SMPTE
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(Who am I? Who am I?) The invincible MC
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[Chorus: Snoop Dogg]
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New York, New York, big city of dreams
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And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
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You might get fooled if you come from outta town
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But I'm down by law and I'm from Tha Dogg Pound
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Too much, I serve too many people
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Too much, uh-huh-huh-huh-huh
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It's too much, I serve too many people
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And when I finish servin', ain't gon' be no sequel
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New York, New York, big city of dreams
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And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
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You might get fooled if you come from outta town
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But I'm down by law and I'm from Tha Dogg Pound
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Too much, I serve too many people
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Too much, uh-huh-huh-huh-huh
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It's too much, I serve too many people
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And when I finish servin', ain't gon' be no sequel
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[Verse 2: Kurupt]
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Gimme a couple G's for every MC I knock to his knees
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Verbally useless
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Oh, you got the juice? I squeeze ya juiceless!
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The barbaric, versatile
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You're no kin to me, so how the fuck you inherit my style?
Multi-line diss block
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Now, out the clear blue sky, I can't deny
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Not a day goes by, don't get high, don't ask why
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Tonight's the night for me to rip microphones
Block noteSays the target's identity is borrowed
TargetNew York rappers
MeaningWhat it means: In “You're no kin to me, so how the fuck you inherit my style?,” Tha Dogg Pound presents New York rappers' style or work as imitation rather than an original contribution. Why it was said: The track is tied to East Coast–West Coast rivalry and directs competitive threats at rappers associated with the opposing scene. The accusation strips New York rappers of artistic ownership: success looks less impressive when the sound, image, or idea is framed as somebody else's first.
ContextThe track is tied to East Coast–West Coast rivalry and directs competitive threats at rappers associated with the opposing scene.
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Into bits and pieces — lyrical telekinesis
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Gets me into verbally vindictive
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Violent vocabulary vibes to existence
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Catch me in the pitch-black path
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I sit and let the sick thoughts pass
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Through my mental 'til I hear an instrumental
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And detrimental verbals get to spittin'
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The highest in intellect, try and connect it wit' the written
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Now they faced wit' the forbidden
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Vocally chosen to explore new terrain
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Then remain unseen throughout the war
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Dips like a lo'-lo', wit' my verbal fo'-fo'
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The cocoa complexion MC wit' the slow flow
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Fo' sho'! I takes it to you from the do'
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Muthafucka! Mentally, I go hardco' (You know!)
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I disconnect ya, Kurupter
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MC to vocally void your whole molecular structure
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Catastrophic, mystic as Mxyzptlk
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Hittin' MC's like pits, the deadliest lyricist
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[Chorus: Snoop Dogg]
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New York, New York, big city of dreams
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And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
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You might get fooled if you come from outta town
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But I'm down by law, and I'm from Tha Dogg Pound
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Too much, I serve too many people
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Too much, uh-huh-huh-huh-huh
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It's too much, I serve too many people
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And when I finish servin', ain't gon' be no sequel
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New York, New York, big city of dreams
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And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
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You might get fooled if you come from outta town
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But I'm down by law, and I'm from Tha Dogg Pound
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Too much, I serve too many people
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Too much, uh-huh-huh-huh-huh
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It's too much, I serve too many people
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And when I finish servin', ain't gon' be no sequel
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[Refrain: Kurupt & Snoop Dogg]
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We live... tonight, I serve two thousand MC's
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We live... 'cause can't none fuck wit' Tha DPG'z
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We live... (Ba-by!), it was the night I served two thousand MC's
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We live... (Ba-by!), none can fuck wit' Tha DPG'z
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A-B-C-D-P-G-C, ba-by!
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A-B-C-D-P-G-C, ba-by!
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[Verse 3: Kurupt]
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E'ryday, I bust rhymes and recite
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In ways that make MC's stop in daylight
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I'm the deadliest MC you wanna see on the streets
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Invincibility is what makes me complete
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Compete? Nah, you can't even fade me
Multi-line diss block
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I fuck you, your mama, your auntie, and your lady
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetNew York rappers
MeaningWhat it means: In “I fuck you, your mama, your auntie, and your lady,” Tha Dogg Pound brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with New York rappers, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The track is tied to East Coast–West Coast rivalry and directs competitive threats at rappers associated with the opposing scene. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for New York rappers and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
ContextThe track is tied to East Coast–West Coast rivalry and directs competitive threats at rappers associated with the opposing scene.