[00:26.10]These days  you gotta be strapped
[00:28.97]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[00:32.41]These days  you gotta be down
[00:34.97]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[00:38.40]These days  you gotta be strapped
[00:41.07]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[00:43.96]These days  you gotta be down
[00:46.76]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[00:49.70]I believe I got good skills
[00:52.49]We been makin' music since we were kids
[00:55.11]That's all I wanna do for life
[00:58.12]Keepin' it real until the day I die
[01:01.24]Obstacles get in my way
[01:03.93]Continue to mash and don't forget to pray
[01:07.06]I keep my hand on my steel
[01:10.16]Because I love my life and I always will
[01:13.02]Whatever people say to me
[01:16.07]I take it in stride  I'm thinkin'  'Negro Please'
[01:19.31]If you really don't know me
[01:22.00]Then you best pack up  I suggest strongly
[01:24.67]Yes sir  this is DPG  'til the day I D-I-E
[01:31.16]For my L-I-F and E
[01:34.02]No matter where I look that's all I see
[01:36.79]And I know
[01:38.16]These days  you gotta be strapped
[01:40.79]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[01:44.30]These days  you gotta be down
[01:46.85]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[01:50.10]These days  you gotta be strapped
[01:52.84]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[01:56.21]These days  you gotta be down
[01:58.83]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[02:01.58]Many women cling to me
[02:03.96]Is it because they see me on BET
[02:07.14]Everybody knows my name
[02:10.24]All the police think I'm serving cane
[02:13.22]Jealous niggas call us out
[02:16.26]But I don't worry long as I hear their mouths
[02:19.14]If ever they decide to kill
[02:21.88]You better be prepared because I know I will
[02:25.18]One thing I can guarantee
[02:28.55]You don't wanna be standin' next to me
[02:31.07]Before my final curtain call
[02:34.38]I fore say  save anyone below
[02:37.02]So if we bump hits in the streets
[02:40.33]Or even at some party
[02:43.14]You niggas really can't see me
[02:46.44]My request is that you stop trying
[02:48.90]'Fore I let go
[02:50.19]These days  you gotta be strapped
[02:52.87]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[02:56.17]These days  you gotta be down
[02:58.79]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[03:01.79]These days  you gotta be strapped
[03:04.65]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[03:08.03]These days  you gotta be down
[03:10.71]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[03:14.14]Everyday  the 4  5 stays erect for whoever
[03:17.27]I bustin'  takin' now  bowin' down never
[03:19.50]
[03:20.09]Gotta watch my back for these coppers
[03:21.75]As well as these niggas that I kick it with
[03:23.74]They stick you faster than these bitches will
[03:25.74]Since I'm pimpin'  everybody wants my riches
[03:28.30]And I can't keep a dime from buyin' weed  actin' every time
[03:31.88]I smoke constantly  you can't flinch me
[03:34.57]From commitin' the murders so I chill and puff the herb
[03:37.62]Who gots my back  Nobody
[03:40.42]Little John Gotti's blamin' niggas down at the homies party
[03:43.60]All be goin' crazy  I guess we are bein' who we are
[03:47.29]And they say the nigga's gotta be a star
[03:49.44]I gots to get mine and if I blast then it's my destiny
[03:52.74]If I die then it was meant to be intentionally
[03:55.06]
[03:55.93]Worryin'  stressin'  I'm guessin' no confession
[03:58.87]When the murder take place  it was self protection
[04:01.55]These days  you gotta be strapped
[04:04.80]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[04:08.04]These days  you gotta be down
[04:10.59]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[04:13.97]These days  you gotta be strapped
[04:16.65]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[04:20.02]These days  you gotta be down
[04:22.70]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[04:26.01]These days  you gotta be strapped
[04:28.76]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[04:31.95]These days  you gotta be down
[04:34.69]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[04:37.93]These days  you gotta be strapped
[04:40.73]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[04:43.85]These days  you gotta be down
[04:46.48]Who said it was easy claimin' Dogg Pound
[04:49.92]These days  you gotta be strapped
[04:52.47]I'm already knowin' ain't nobody got my back
[04:55.65]These days  you gotta be down