I'm in junior high with a C plus grade At the end of the day, I don't hit the arcane I go to school from my mom's apartment I gotta tell these niggas everyday don't start *** Cause where I'm at, if you're soft you're lost And to stay on course, you gots to roll with force My homeboy dog is chillin' in the Benz In the front of his building with the rest of his friends I give him a pound, nah I mean I shake his hand He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man I go upstairs, I hug my mother I kiss my sister, and I punch my brother I sit down on the bed, to watch some TV Do my ears deceive me, nope That's the fourth time this week Four young brothers got shot in the street The very next day while I'm off to class My mama go to work cold busting her ass My sister's cute but she's got no gear I got three pair of pants and with my brother I share So there in school, I'm made of food With one and a half pair of pants you ain't cool Cause there's no dollars for nothing else I got beans, rice, and bread on my shelf Now everyday I see my mama struggling But now it's time I gots to do something I look for work, I get ***ed like a jerk I do odd jobs and come home like a slob So here comes Dog, his gold is shivery He gives me 200 for a quick delivery I do it once, I do it twice And now that's steak with the beans and rice My mother's nervous but she knows the deal My sister's gear, now how *** appeal My brother's my partner and we get in paper And three months later the whole hood caught the vapors My family's happy and everything is new Now tell me what the *** am I supposed to do? Dog's gonna get ya, Dog's gonna get ya, Dog's gonna get ya, Dog's gonna get ya Ay yo yo, check this out Snoop All these niggas always talking about They love this, and niggas got love for you A nigga, I love this ride or this chain around my neck Nigga, you niggas don't know what the *** love really mean Nigga, you can't buy love at no corner store Nigga, love ain't got no price tag Snoop, I want you to kick this *** to them niggas Money is flowing, everything is fine I bought myself a Uzi and my brother a Nike Business is booming, everything is cool I pull about a G a week, *** school A year passed by and I began to grow Not in hype but juice and cash flow I kick up my feet to watch some TV Cause now I got other people working for me I got a 55 inch television you know And every once in a while I hear Jess say no Or the other commercial I love Is when they say this is your brain on drugs I pick up the remote control and just turn Cause with this bull*** I'm not concerned Me and my brother we bounce in the Benz We driving around our territory again I pull up at the light like a superstar An automatic weapon called sway my car I hit the accelerator scared as *** I drove one block to find my brother was hit He wasn't dead but the blood was pouring And all I could think about was warring Later I found that it was Dogg and his crew Now tell me what the *** am I supposed to do? Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Yeah so now you see what I'm talking about nigga You see what that love *** do ya? This nigga say he had love for you nigga And this nigga done shot your brother So what the *** you gon' do now? My brother's out of it but I'm still in it On top of that I'm in it to win it I can't believe that Dogg would *** me That faggot, that punk, he's so insistent I'm driving around with three of my guys The war is zoning I'm on the rise We roll right up to his favorite hangout Was crack a dog and let the bullets sang out Someone shot back so we took cover And all I could think about was my brother Dogg jumped up and began to run Busting shots hoping to hit someone So I just stopped and let off three shots Two hit that nigga and one hit a cop I threw down the gun and began to shout Hey y'all all, let's break out, got it, dip out Now as I left there goes the boys in blue They pointing their guns at my four man crew They shot down one, they shot down two Now tell me what the *** am I supposed to do? Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha Dogg's gonna getcha You see, the moral of the story is this Love is a mother***er And Dogg's is a mother***er You mix the two up, you're bound to get some drama Love's gonna get you Nah nigga, Dogg's gonna get you You ever try to play me, and that's real That's real