Album: Regulate... G Funk Era (1994)
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  • Regulators
    We regulate any stealin' of his property
    We're damn good too, but you can't be any geek off the street
    You gotta be handy with the steel, if you know what I mean
    Earn your keep
    Regulators, mount up

    It was a clear black night, a clear white moon
    Warren G was on the streets, tryin' to consume
    Some skirts for the eve, so I can get some phones
    Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone

    Just hit the eastside of the L-B-C
    On a mission tryna find Mr. Warren G
    Seen a car full of girls, ain't no need to tweak
    All you skirts know what's up with 2-1-3

    So I hooks a left on 2-1 and Lewis
    Some brothers shootin' dice, so I said, "Let's do this"
    I jumped out the ride and said, "What's up?"
    Some brothers pulled some gats, so I said, "I'm stuck"

    Since these girls peepin' me I'ma glide and swerve
    These hookers lookin' so hard they straight hit the curb
    Onto bigger, better things than some horny tricks
    I see my homie and some suckas all in his mix

    I'm gettin' jacked, I'm breakin' myself
    I can't believe they takin' Warren's wealth
    They took my rings, they took my Rolex
    I looked at the brother said, "Damn, what's next?"

    They got my homie hemmed up and they all around
    Can't none of them see him if they goin' straight pound for pound
    They wanna come up real quick before they start to clown
    I best pull out my strap and lay them busters down

    They got guns to my head
    I think I'm goin' down
    I can't believe it's happenin' in my own town
    If I had wings I would fly, let me contemplate
    I glanced in the cut and I see my homie Nate

    Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole
    Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold
    Now they droppin' and yellin', it's a tad bit late
    Nate Dogg and Warren G had to regulate

    I laid all them busters down, I let my gat explode
    Now I'm switchin' my mind back into freak mode
    If you want skirts, sit back and observe
    I just left a gang of hoes over there on the curb

    Now Nate got the freaks and that's a known fact
    Before I got jacked I was on the same track
    Back up, back up, 'cause it's on
    N-A-T-E and me, the Warren to the G

    Just like I thought, they were in the same spot
    In need of some desperate help
    But Nate Dogg and the G child
    Were in need of somethin' else
    One of them dames was sexy as hell
    I said, "Ooh, I like your size"
    She said, "My car's broke down and you seem real nice, would you let me ride?"
    I got a car full of girls and it's goin' real swell
    The next stop is the Eastside Motel

    I'm tweakin' into a whole new era
    G-funk, step to this, I dare ya
    Funk on a whole new level

    The rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble (woo)

    Chords, strings, we brings melody
    G-funk, where rhythm is life and life is rhythm

    If you know like I know
    You don't wanna step to this
    It's the G-funk era, funked out with a gangster twist
    If you smoke like I smoke
    Then you're high like everyday
    And if your ass is a buster
    2-1-3 will regulate Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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