[chorus: Nate Dogg]
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I need a light (light)
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so I can smoke away this pain
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I need a drink (drink)
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so I can drink away this rain
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maybe a wife (wife)
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somebody to share my name
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I need a song
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a brand new song to sing
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[Warren G]
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Long Beach back in the day was all hustling
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young niggaz in the neigborhood struggling
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praying to god we ammount to something
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by living on the street where they constantly busting
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big Warren told us that they can't hold us
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Niggaz ain't shit 'till they pass away
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so I, watched my step
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but when Ola Mae left I was a mothafucking basket case
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for real
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god bless me
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cuz I be on the east where they wanna arrest me
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I break bread so they wanna suspect me
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but look me in my eyes and say they wanna protect me
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yeah
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ruthless, my style as a juvenile
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ran with a gang, got me a profile
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as a child in the Beach I was wild
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ready to die and that's why..
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[chorus: Nate Dogg]
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I need a light (light)
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so I can smoke away this pain
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I need a drink (drink)
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so I can drink away this rain
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maybe a wife (wife)
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somebody to share my name
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I need a song
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a brand new song to sing
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[Warren G]
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could it be it was all so simple
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dropping a slick instrumental
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Snoop busting 'bout the shit we went through
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Nate singing 'bout the city we came from
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and niggaz so tight wasn't nothing we wouldn't do
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time keep slipping
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but I ain't tripping nigga it's all about my children
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so you can save that bullshit
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cuz if I pull my shit, nigga I'ma kill you
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the streets is watching
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and niggaz fell victim from L.A. to Watts and Compton
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but life goes on
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it's just another song if you ain't to one gone
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listen
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ruthless, my style as a juvenile
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but now I got a brand new G-Child
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big Warren gotta stay trunk tight
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cuz he got the fly and that's why..
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[chorus: Nate Dogg]
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I need a light (light)
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so I can smoke away this pain
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I need a drink (drink)
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so I can drink away this rain
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maybe a wife (wife)
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somebody to share my name
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I need a song
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a brand new song to sing
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[Warren G]
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listen
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caviar wishes, twisting stitches, all out race for the riches
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got a nigga missing what rich is
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and what a life mean if you do it for the kids
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it's for my family y'all
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really the only one who understand me y'all
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cuz it ain't hard to ball
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but then who got ya back when it's time to fall
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and it's amazing
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to stay up on top, your game so close to the pavement
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time brings change in mind
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but then don't let the change bring your mind no time
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clearly, a conspiracy
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Niggaz right near me but still ain't hearing me
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that's how it's always gone fly
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'till you ready to die and that's why..
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[chorus: Nate Dogg]
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I need a light (light)
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so I can smoke away this pain
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I need a drink (drink)
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so I can drink away this rain
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maybe a wife (wife)
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somebody to share my name
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I need a song
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a brand new song to sing
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I Need A Light
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Warren G |