[Dr. Dre]
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Things just ain't the same for gangstas.
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Times is changing, young niggas is aging,
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Becoming old gees in the game and changing,
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To make way for these new names and faces, but
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The strangest things can happen from rappin, when
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Niggas get wrapped up in image and actin,
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Niggas get capped up and wrapped in plastic,
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Zipped up in bags when it happens, that's it.
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I've seen em come; I've watched em go,
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Watched em rise, witnessed it and watched em blow.
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Watched em up high, suddenly watched em grow.
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Watched the lawsuits when they lost the dough.
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Best friends and money: I lost them both.
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Went, visited niggas in the hospital.
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It's all the same shit all across the globe.
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I just sit back and watch the show. (The watcher)
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[Chorus:]
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Everywhere that I go
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Ain't the same as befo' (The watcher)
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People I used to know
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Just don't know me no more (The watcher)
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But everywhere that I go
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I got people I know (The watcher)
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Who got people they know
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So I suggest you lay low (I watch)
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[Dr. Dre]
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I moved out of the hood for good, you blame me?
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Niggas ain't made me if niggas they can't be.
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But niggas can't hit niggas they can't see.
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I'm out of sight, now I'm out of they dang reach.
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How would you feel if niggas wanted you killed?
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You'd probably move to a new house on a new hill.
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And choose a new spot if niggas wanted you shot,
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I ain't a thug, how much Tupac in you, you got
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I ain't no bitch neither.
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It's either my life or your life,
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And I ain't leaving, I like breathing.
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Nigga we can go round for round,
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Clip for clip, shit, fo'-pound for pound.
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Nigga if you really want to take it there we can,
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Just remember that you fuckin with a family man.
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I got a lot more to lose than you, remember that,
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When you wanna come and fill these shoes. (The watcher)
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[Chorus]
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[Dr. Dre]
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Things just ain't the same for gangstas,
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Cops is anxious to put niggas in handcuffs.
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They wanna hang us, see us dead, enslave us,
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Keep us trapped in the same place we're raised in.
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Then they wonder why we act so outrageous,
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Run around stressed out and pull out gauges.
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Cause everytime you let the animal out cages,
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It's dangerous to people who look like strangers.
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But now we got a new era of gangstas,
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Hustlers and youngsters livin amongst us.
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Lookin at us, now callin us busters,
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Can't help but reminisce back when it was us.
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Nigga we started this gangsta shit.
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And this the motherfuckin thanks I get?
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It's funny how time fly,
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I'm just havin fun, just watchin it fly by. (The watcher)
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[Chorus]
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(The watcher)
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The Watcher
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| Dr Dre |
