These Days Lyrics - G-funk Classics (disc 1) - Nate Dogg

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

I believe I got good skills 

We been makin' music since we were kids 

That's all I wanna do for life 

Keepin' it real until the day I die 

Obstacles get in my way 

Continue to mash and don't forget to pray 

I keep my hand on my steel 

Because I love my life and I always will 

Whatever people say to me 

I take it in stride, I'm thinkin', 'Negro Please' 

If you really don't know me 

Then you best pack up, I suggest strongly 

Yes sir, this is DPG, 'til the day I D-I-E 

For my L-I-F and E 

No matter where I look that's all I see 

And I know 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

Many women cling to me 

Is it because they see me on BET 

Everybody knows my name 

All the police think I'm serving cane 

Jealous niggas call us out 

But I don't worry long as I hear their mouths 

If ever they decide to kill 

You better be prepared because I know I will 

One thing I can guarantee 

You don't wanna be standin' next to me 

Before my final curtain call 

I fore say, save anyone below 

So if we bump hits in the streets 

Or even at some party 

You niggas really can't see me 

My request is that you stop trying 

'Fore I let go 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

Everyday, the 4, 5 stays erect for whoever 

I bustin', takin' now, bowin' down never 

Gotta watch my back for these coppers 

As well as these niggas that I kick it with 

They stick you faster than these bitches will 

Since I'm pimpin', everybody wants my riches 

And I can't keep a dime from buyin' weed, actin' every time 

I smoke constantly, you can't flinch me 

From commitin' the murders so I chill and puff the herb 

Who gots my back? Nobody 

Little John Gotti's blamin' niggas down at the homies party 

All be goin' crazy, I guess we are bein' who we are 

And they say the nigga's gotta be a star 

I gots to get mine and if I blast then it's my destiny 

If I die then it was meant to be intentionally 

Worryin', stressin', I'm guessin' no confession 

When the murder take place, it was self protection 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down 

Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound 

These days, you gotta be strapped 

I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back 

These days, you gotta be down