[ti:The Watcher] [ar:Dr.Dre] [al:2001] [00:00.02]Dr.Dre - The Watcher [00:00.52] [00:02.39]Things just ain't the same for gangstas. [00:02.99]Times is changing, young niggas is aging, [00:04.96]Becoming old gees in the game and changing, [00:07.38]To make way for these new names and faces, but [00:09.86]The strangest things can happen from rappin, when [00:12.63]Niggas get wrapped up in image and acting, [00:14.98]Niggas get capped up and wrapped in plastic, [00:17.23]Zipped up in bags when it happens, that's it. [00:19.76]I've seen 'em come; I've watched 'em go, [00:21.92]Watched 'em rise, witnessed it and watched 'em blow. [00:24.69]Watched 'em all blossom and watched 'em grow. [00:26.88]Watched the lawsuits when they lost the dough. [00:29.31]Best friends and money: I lost them both. [00:31.84]Went, visited niggas in the hospital. [00:34.25]It's all the same shit all across the globe. [00:36.77]I just sit back and watch the show. (The watcher) [00:38.48] [00:39.09]Chorus: [00:39.57]Everywhere that I go [00:41.08]Ain't the same as befo' (The watcher) [00:43.82]People I used to know [00:45.84]Just don't know me no more (The watcher) [00:48.08]But everywhere that I go [00:50.81]I got people I know (The watcher) [00:53.23]Who got people they know [00:55.40]So I suggest you lay low (I watch) [00:57.45] [00:58.06]I moved out of the hood for good, you blame me? [01:01.47]Niggas aim mainly at niggas they can't be. [01:04.01]But niggas can't hit niggas they can't see. [01:06.33]I'm out of sight, now I'm out of they dang reach. [01:08.94]How would you feel if niggas wanted you killed? [01:11.43]You'd probably move to a new house on a new hill. [01:13.99]And choose a new spot if niggas wanted you shot, [01:16.49]I ain't a thug, how much Tupac in you, you got [01:18.82]I ain't no bitch neither. [01:20.37]It's either my life or your life, [01:22.23]And I ain't leaving, I like breathing. [01:23.78]Nigga we can go round for round, [01:25.94]Clip for clip, shit, fo'-pound for pound. [01:28.28]Nigga if you really want to take it there we can, [01:30.61]Just remember that you fucking with a family man. [01:33.20]I got a lot more to lose than you, remember that, [01:35.84]When you wanna come and fill these shoes. (The watcher) [01:38.07] [01:38.55]Chorus: [01:39.06]Everywhere that I go [01:40.12]Ain't the same as befo' (The watcher) [01:42.85]People I used to know [01:44.89]Just don't know me no more (The watcher) [01:47.56]But everywhere that I go [01:50.15]I got people I know (The watcher) [01:52.69]Who got people they know [01:54.79]So I suggest you lay low (I watch) [01:56.47] [02:07.84]Things just ain't the same for gangstas, [02:10.31]Cops is anxious to put niggas in handcuffs. [02:12.93]They wanna hang us, see us dead, enslave us, [02:15.25]Keep us trapped in the same place we're raised in. [02:17.74]Then they wonder why we act so outrageous, [02:20.02]Run around stressed out and pull out gauges. [02:22.51]Cause everytime you let the animal out cages, [02:24.86]It's dangerous to people who look like strangers. [02:27.47]But now we got a new era of gangstas, [02:30.06]Hustlers and youngsters living amongst us. [02:32.37]Lookin at us, now calling us busters, [02:34.91]Can't help but reminisce back when it was us. [02:37.37]Nigga we started this gangsta shit. [02:39.56]And this the motherfucking thanks I get? [02:42.22]It's funny how time fly, [02:44.49]I'm just having fun, just watching it fly by. (The watcher) [02:46.88] [02:47.29]Chorus: [02:47.83]Everywhere that I go [02:49.13]Ain't the same as befo' (The watcher) [02:51.35]People I used to know [02:53.91]Just don't know me no more (The watcher) [02:56.10]But everywhere that I go [02:58.68]I got people I know (The watcher) [03:01.61]Who got people they know [03:03.59]So I suggest you lay low (I watch) [03:06.33] [03:11.32](The watcher) [03:11.93] [03:12.81]End [03:13.72] [03:15.02]Dr.Dre - The Watcher [03:18.52]