I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin Paid Lyrics - Singles - Tha Dogg Pound

Verse One: Dat Nigga Daz 

Working LA 

tryin to get paid tha right way 

but somehow the right way don't pay 

I'm comin home late every night 

gotta struggle an fight 

wit tha baseheads on tha late night hype 

tryin to creep in tha house 

through tha cut 

for what 

so I won't be seen by none of the homies 

but tha homie Nate Dogg spots me 

and say Yo what's happenin 

No you don't know me no more 

when ya pass me tha satin 

I said ah naw it ain't like that G 

I'm trying to go straight 

and have a J-O-be 

you need to quit that faggot ass job 

that's what he said 

showed me his grip and took some satin to tha head 

Damn that nigga had at least two G's 

and he was clockin it wit so much ease 

I told him I was gone so I'm headin in tha house 

everybody knocked out 

so I'm locked out 

I go back to tha front 

where my homies is hangin at 

they offer me a cabby sack 

so I can start slangin dat 

they say you ain't a hustler 

I say don't doubt it 

Hold dat thought 

and I'll think about it 

because 

Chorus: Nate Dogg 

[I've been dreamin to long, to long, to long] 

I don't like to dream about gettin paid 

Verse Two: Dat Nigga Daz 

The thought's complete so let me take a seat 

since I was born and raised on tha streets 

I quit tha job I had 

caught myself a sack 

went from a double of fifty into a ceno stack 

within a week but my peak wouldn't reach 

I was gettin too known on tha north side of Long Beach 

Niggas got to trippin and I thought I heard it 

so I went to tha hood 

on Twentieth and Murder 

I came up quick with some homies dat I knew from way way back 

and bid my sack 

or maybe it's seven 

or was it eight hundred strong 

In other words Daz had it goin on 

I bought myself a bucket 

That's right a bucket bitch 

who you fuck in my car on my dick 

My lifeself switched a bit 

but my attitude didn't 

I told all my old bitches good riddance 

'cause when you got money hoes come automatically 

and no hoes don't do nothing but cause some static see 

I went from khakis to guess braids to a fade 

I'm not Special Ed but I had it made 

livin tha life of a baller care free 

havin bitches dyin to sleep wit me ya see 

But I went bankrupt from all the spending and gamblin 

business was gettin slow 

and I wasn't handlin 

mine tha way I was supposed to 

Now I'm broke and on a jack mission 

so don't get close to 

tha D-P-G gang cause we scandalous when we broke 

We get tha doggs in in us 

we get ta actin like some 

Chorus 

Verse Three: Nate Dogg, Kurrupt 

Last night I had a dream 

felt so good it had to be 

me and my homies were gettin paid 

man oh man we had it made 

some homies want to roll wit me 

some homies claim insanity 

well if you want to set trip I will 

if you don't want to drop be still 

Damn 

I can't believe this 

but you can best believe this 

today 

I'm on another mission to get paid 

serve what I can serve right [right] 

so my pockets will stack up 

nigga don't trip 

nigga back up [hold up] 

I gots to react off the first impulse I find 

but my mama thinks I should take my time 

and work for mines 

but how much work would it take 

and how much money would I make 

wait 

there's somethin I gotta think about 

but I ain't got that much time 

moms want a nigga out tha house 

I ain't gettin no younger 

I'm only gettin older 

I'm only 

thinking about what my mama told me 

Now I'm a Dogg Pound gangsta for life 

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

I ain't nuttin nice 

down to slang or pull a heist 

jack or break mutha fuckas on the dice 

That's real 

Now what should I do 

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

I've concealed tha concealed 

so I've maintained for tha salary 

and my mentally is raw from tha door 

I go hard from tha door 

up against all odds 

always down to squab 

Dogg Pound for life 

I survive til 95 

day after day makin hits wit D-A-Z 

ta get paid yeah yeah yeah 

Chorus