Bridge: Anderson Paak] These old sneakers, faded blue jeans, no tricks, no gimmicks I be stomping down-down, down-down, down demons Rolling up trees in the belly of the beast Where the people disagree The upper class hate, middle don't exist The bottom of the beat, glad I got my sticks Are you jumping on a fad, laying in a ditch I be stomping down demons, stomping down quick, come on
[Hook: Anderson Paak] And please don't come around these parts And tell me that we all a bunch of animals The only time they wanna turn the cameras on Is when we're fuckin' shit up, come on
[Verse 1: Anderson Paak] Bullets still ringing, blood on the cement Black folks grieving, headlines reading Tryna pay it no mind, you just living your life Everyone is a witness, everyone got opinions Got a son of my own, look him right in his eyes I ain't living in fear, but I'm holding him tight Got a son of my own, look him right in his eyes I ain't living in fear, but I'm holding him tight
[Verse 2: Dr. Dre] Damn, why the fuck are they after me? Maybe cause I'm a bastard Or maybe cause of the way my hair grow naturally Still tryna figure out, why the fuck I'm full of rage I think I noticed this bullshit right around the fifth grade Paraphernalia in my locker right next to the switch blade Nothing but pussy on my mind and some plans of getting paid But I'm a product of the system raised on government aid And I knew just how to react when it was time for that raid Just a young black man from Compton wondering who could save us And could barely read the sentences the justice system gave us So many rental cars with bricks, I think they probably funded Avis Some of us was unbalanced but some us used our talents, shit Not all of us criminals but cops be yelling, "Stay back nigga!" We need a little bit of payback Don't treat me like an animal cause all this shit is flammable Don't fuck around cause when it's done it's done (Fuck you!)
[Pre-Hook: Anderson Paak] And the old folks tell me it's been going on since back in the day But that don't make it okay And the white folks tell me all the looting and the shooting's insane But you don't know our pain
[Hook: Anderson Paak] And please don't come around these parts And tell me that we all a bunch of animals The only time they wanna turn the cameras on Is when we're fuckin' shit up, come on Please don't come around these parts And tell me that we all a bunch of animals The only time they wanna turn the cameras on Is when we're fuckin' shit up, come on
[Bridge: Anderson Paak] These old sneakers, faded blue jeans, no tricks, no gimmicks I be stomping down-down, down-down, down demons Rolling up trees in the belly of the beast Where the people disagree The upper class hate, middle don't exist The bottom of the beat, glad I got my sticks Are you jumping on a fad, laying in a ditch I be stomping down demons, stomping down quick, come on
[Pre-Hook: Anderson Paak] And the old folks tell me it's been going on since back in the day But that don't make it okay And the white folks tell me all the looting and the shooting's insane But you don't know our pain
[Hook: Anderson Paak] And please don't come around these parts And tell me that we all a bunch of animals The only time they wanna turn the cameras on Is when we're fuckin' shit up, come on Please don't come around these parts And tell me that we all a bunch of animals The only time they wanna turn the cameras on Is when we're fuckin' shit up, come on
[Outro: DJ Premier] Yeah, this is DJ motherfuckin' Premier And I'm Dr. Dre (Dr. Dre) What, Premo! Yeah we fuckin' shit up No, we don't play no games here, motherfucker, please! Aftermath One of the reasons that me and you click We don't lose, I always win Let's face it you basic boy For realla Professional winners For realla F74149e9764c67a359862c50ad4648e1 Pigeons & Planes 2 months DJ Premier explains how he ended up working on this song, through a chance meeting with Anderson Paak.
“[Dr. Dre and I] have always been connected, but I never worked with Dre. And even on this album, it all came together by accident, through a meeting with Anderson Paak. I was in Moscow, Russia, doing a project with a top Russian producer. I don’t usually collab with producers, because I don’t need to. I never have, because I don’t want to break my style of how I do things. But then I got this offer to do something using Russian music and samples, with MF Doom rapping on it.
I was totally into it because me and DOOM had just done a record. We already had one in the can, and I was doing one for DOOM in return, as a swap. So, now we were going to do another record in Moscow this time with a producer BMB SpaceKid. But DOOM apparently got sick and had that surgery, and couldn’t fly for health reasons. So the organizers suggested a singer called Anderson Paak who I had never heard of. They sent me some links and video footage to see if I still wanted to do the project or cancel."
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Reply… Genius Annotation 2 Contributors ? Anderson describes the black man from the low class of Compton, California as unpolished and rough-hewn but simultaneously grand and majestic, proving the upper class that belittles him wrong.
He does so by stomping on demons and calls his hometown “the belly of the beast”, a nickname already used previously to express how the city is rough but contrasting it with the serene act of smoking weed.
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Suggest an improvement to earn IQ Show all improvement suggestions APPEARS ON COMPTON 1. Intro (Compton) 2. Talk About It 3. Genocide 4. It's All on Me 5. All in a Day's Work 6. Darkside/Gone 7. Loose Cannons 8. Issues 9. Deep Water 10. One Shot One Kill 11. Just Another Day 12. For the Love of Money 13. Satisfiction 14. Animals 15. Medicine Man 16. Talking to My Diary