Doctor's Advocate (Album Version (Explicit))

I didn't mean to walk away

But I hear every word they say

I guess my mind just drew a blank

Like la la la

Now I'm sittin' in this goddamn cage

Reminiscing about my day

With your blood all over my slate

As the devil sings, la la la

Dre, I ain't mean to turn my back on you

But I'm a man, and sometimes a man do what he gotta do

Remember, I'm from Compton too

I saw you and Eazy in 'em, so I started wearing khaki suits

I was twelve, smoking chronic in '92

I had a choice, be like Mike, or be like you

I made choice, now it's be Crip or be Piru

Whatever I was, I was banging gin and juice

Never knew back then I'd be friends with Snoop

Now I gotta keep it gangster 'cause it's in my roots

So I owe you my life when I betrayed you

I tried to think of what the fuck Eminem might do

If every **** hated him, for the Black Bitch track

And **** stopped bumping Dre after T-Boz got slapped

When Doc say it's a rap, it's a rap

It's still aftermath and ain't nothing after that

I didn't mean to walk away

But I hear every word they say

I guess my mind just drew a blank

Like la la la

Now I'm sittin' in this goddamn cage

Reminiscing about my day

With your blood all over my slate

As the devil sings, la la la

I never said, thank you, and I took for granted

You let me in your house and made me a part of your family

Now I'm eating with you, Eve, and Busta Rhymes

I wasn't star struck, I was just glad to be signed

And even though sometimes I run loose

You still my homeboy Doc, I'd take a bullet for you

I'm not asking you to take my side in the beef

But you told me it was okay to say, fuck the police

Now it's my turn to carry the torch

And I still got the chain that you wore on the cover of the source

Remember when we got drunk to do Start From Scratch?

I told you you was like a father to me, I meant that

Sitting here, looking at my platinum plaques

Thinking what the fuck am I without a Doctor Dre track

When Doc say it's a rap, it's a rap

It's still aftermath and ain't nothing after that

I didn't mean to walk away

But I hear every word they say

I guess my mind just drew a blank

Like la la la

Now I'm sittin' in this goddamn cage

Reminiscing about my day

With your blood all over my slate

As the devil sings, la la la

See when the world is on your shoulder and the stress grows bigger

The fire in 'em made it difficult to talk to the ****

Most of the time I let 'em know I don't agree with what he do

But he a hard head Dre that's why I'm talking to you

See when I first met my **** son was laying in the cut

Tight, reserve, homie was quiet and kept his mouth shut

Until you told him to spit for me, he flipping from the gut

I dug his spirit and I thought the dude was talented as fuck

And as time went on now he was working with the finest

I saw the pressure started to build so I gave 'em additional guidance

You gave him something that can make a break a ****

You should face it

So big I don't even think he was ready to embrace it

With the potential to be a strong **** with conviction

The only problem was our little **** wouldn't listen

But when Doc say it's a rap, it's a rap

It's still aftermath and ain't nothing after that

I didn't mean to walk away

But I hear every word they say

I guess my mind just drew a blank

Like la la la

Now I'm sittin' in this goddamn cage

Reminiscing about my day

With your blood all over my slate

As the devil sings, la la la