Listen to I Don't Like to Dream About Gettin Paid (feat. Nate Dogg) by Tha Dogg Pound

I Don't Like to Dream About Gettin Paid (feat. Nate Dogg)

Tha Dogg Pound

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Daz Dillinger

Vocals

Kurupt

Vocals

Lionel Richie

Sampled Artist

Nate Dogg

Vocals

Rochelle Wright

Rochelle Wright

Vocals

Soopafly

Keyboards

Stacey Smallie

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown

Songwriter

Calvin Broadus

Songwriter

Greg Phillinganes

Greg Phillinganes

Songwriter

Lionel Richie

Songwriter

Nathaniel Hale

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Alvin McGill

Engineer

Carlos Warlick

Engineer

Dave Aron

Engineer

Daz Dillinger

Producer

Dr. Dre

Mixing Engineer

Keston Wright

Engineer

Paul Foley

Editing Engineer

Rick Clifford

Engineer

Tommy D. Daughtery

Tommy D. Daughtery

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Working LA, trying to get paid the right way

But somehow the right way don't pay

I'm coming home late every night, gotta struggle and fight

With the baseheads on the late night hype

[Verse 2]

Tryna creep in the house through the cut for what?

So I won't be seen by any of the homies, but

The homie, Nate Dogg, spots me and say, yo what's happening?

Oh, you don't know me no more and passed me the satin

[Verse 3]

I said, aw nah, it ain't like that, G

I'm tryna go straight and have a J-O-B

You need to quit that faggot ass job, that's what he said

Showed me his grip and took some satin to the head

[Verse 4]

Damn that **** had at least two Gs

And he was clocking it with so much ease

I told him I was gone so I'm heading in the house

Everybody knocked out so I'm locked out

[Verse 5]

I go back to the front where my homies is hanging at

They offer me a cavi sack so I can start slanging that

They say, you ain't a hustler, I say, don't doubt it

Hold that thought and I'll think about it because

[Verse 6]

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long)

[Verse 7]

The thought's complete so let me take a seat

Since I was born and raised on the streets

I quit the job I had and cop myself a sack

Went from a double of fifty into a C note stack

[Verse 8]

Within a week but my peak wasn't reached

I was getting too known on the north side of Long Beach

**** got to tripping and I thought I heard it

So I went to the hood on twentieth and Myrtle

[Verse 9]

I came up quick with some homies that I knew from way, way back

And bid my sack

Or maybe it was seven or was it eight hundred strong?

In other words, Daz had it going on

[Verse 10]

I bought myself a bucket, that's right a bucket, bitch

Who you fucking, my car or my dick?

My lifestyle switched a bit but my attitude didn't

I told all my old bitches good riddance

[Verse 11]

'Cause when you got money hoes come automatically

And old hoes don't do nothing but cause some static see

I went from khakis to Guess, braids to fades

I'm not special ed but I had it made

[Verse 12]

Living the life of a baller care free

Have bitches dying to sleep with me, ya see

But I went bankrupt from all the spending and gambling

Business was getting slow and I wasn't handling

[Verse 13]

Mine the way that I was supposed to

Not I'm broke and on a jack mission so don't get close to

The DPG gang 'cause we scandalous when we broke

We get the dogs in us and we get to acting like thugs

[Verse 14]

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

[Verse 15]

Last night I had a dream

Felt so good it had to be

Me and my homies were getting paid

Man oh man we had it made

[Verse 16]

Some homies wanna roll with me

Some homies claim insanity

Well if you wanna set trip I will

If you don't want to drop be still

[Verse 17]

Damn, I can't believe this

But you can best believe this day

I'm on another mission to get paid

Serve what I can serve right

So my pockets will stack up

****, don't trip, ****, back up

[Verse 18]

I gots to react off the first impulse I find

But my mama thinks I should take my time

And work for mine

But how much work would it take

And how much money would I make? Wait

[Verse 19]

There's something that I gotta think about

But I ain't got that much time

Moms want a **** out the house

I ain't getting no younger, I'm only getting older

I'm only thinking about what my mama told me

[Verse 20]

Now I'm a Dogg Pound gangster for life

And the fact that I'm out to get paid twice

I ain't nothing nice

Down to slang or pull a heist

Jack or break motherfuckers on the dice, that's real

[Verse 21]

Now what should I do?

Just chill when it's time to peel caps and adapt to kill

I've concealed the concealed so I maintained for the salary

And my mentality is raw from the door

[Verse 22]

I go hard from the door, up against all odds

Always down to squab, Dogg Pound for life

I survive till 95 day after day

Making hits with D-A-Z to get paid, ****, yeah

[Verse 23]

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too)

I don't like to dream about gettin' paid

(I've been dreamin' too long, too long, too long)

Written by: Ricardo Emmanuel Brown

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