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Dr. Dre

Genocide

Release date: 7th August 2015

From Compton
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About This Track

A track from 'Compton', produced by Dr. Dre and Dem Jointz, built around the blunt repetition of its title and the violence it names. Marsha Ambrosius anchors the hook with a portrait of Compton streets where one hand stays on the weapon and all eyes stay vigilant; Candice Pillay delivers the bridge in a patois-inflected chant that repeats the instruction to eliminate. The imagery is unflinching, the atmosphere tense. Dr. Dre's verse folds the literal and the figurative together, moving from drive-by scenarios to the music industry as battleground. He positions himself as the figure who married hip-hop and carried it forward, the Compton geography, Rosecrans, Hub City, mapped onto a timeline of dominance. The production is spare and deliberate, the threat level sustained across four and a half minutes. Kendrick Lamar appears as a credited feature, though his contribution sits later in the full track. The whole thing plays as both document and warning, the repetition of 'murder' less sensational than clinical.

"Genocide" is a track by Dr. Dre, from the album Compton, released 7th August 2015. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Genocide

[Produced by Dr. Dre & Dem Jointz]

[Hook: Marsha Ambrosius]

Stone-cold killers in these Compton streets

One hand on the 9, all eyes on me

Murder, murder

Murder, murder, ha

Call 9-1-1, emergency

Hands up in the air for the world to see

It's murder, it's murder

Murder, murder (Murder)

[Bridge: Candice Pillay]

Murda dem down, kill 'em dead (Yo!)

Bullet to the dome, to the head

Murda dem down, kill a yout'

Don fi pull up on di man and

(Turn me up!) What it look like?

See, murda dem down, kill 'em dead (Yo!)

Bullets come down from the air

Murda dem down, kill a yout'

Don fi pull up on di man and

(Turn me up!) What it look?

[Hook: Marsha Ambrosius]

There's the stone cold killers in these Compton streets

One hand on the 9, all eyes on me

Murder, murder

It's murder, it's murder

Call 9-1-1, emergency

Hands up in the air for the world to see

It's murder, it's murder

Murder, murder (Murder)

It's been a 187 in this bitch!

[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]

Murder this, murder listen, hear that Suburban whippin'?

Tinted windows, right at your wifey (Brrrat!)

And I bet you miss her

Reload the Pro Tools and we throw the clip in both trays

That's one on the left and one in the right hand

Scottie Pippen, both ways

Been doin' drive-bys

Got this music industry timeline lookin' like Rosecrans

When these niggas throw up them signs high

I'm talking about that bottom, where it's high crimes

Shit, I’m just tryna get paid and keep them thighs high (Thighs high)

Sometimes, I feel like I could just bury ‘em, bury 'em

Cause delirium, mass hysteria, no scarier area

I'm very aware hip-hop needed something to carry it

So I married that bitch and swung down in that chariot

And you way too fuckin' close, beware the barrier

This is Hub City, nigga, don't make us embarrass you

Man, you should be realistic, these niggas 'round here ballistic

We did the numbers, and you looking like another statistic

[Hook: Marsha Ambrosius]

There's the stone-cold killers in these Compton streets

One hand on the 9, all eyes on me

Murder, murder

It's murder, it's murder

Call 9-1-1, emergency

Hands up in the air for the world to see

It's murder, it's murder

Murder, murder (Murder)

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]

(Ahh, shit!) Recognize what live inside these eyes

I'ma ride until the dead has risen

Live in a project building, dodging the module ceilings

I ride, I'ma ride in a stolen Jeep

Ride with the eyes of five blind men, my vision (Corrupted)

Mama tried counseling, five plans for Kendrick (But fuck it)

My family ties had sabotaged Rosecrans existence (Abducted)

My aliens on surveillance, they paid me a visit (Disgusting)

Our stadium's packed, Raiders in black

Curls dripping, silver bullet, palladium in my strap

I lie on the side of a one-way street (Blow-blow-blow-blow!)

Nowhere to go, death all I can see (Blow-blow-blow-blow!)

I say "Fuck is up?" I fuck 'em up

Your supper's up, and something's up

I hope he no can walk the tightest rope before the double-dutch

Broke plenty records with this weapon, I protect it under oath

My discretion, fuck your blessing, fuck your life, fuck your hope

Fuck your mama. fuck your daddy, fuck your dead homie

Fucked the world up when we came up, that's Compton, homie!

[Bridge: Sly Pyper]

Murder, murder

Murder... murder

It's all murder... murder

Ahh!

[Outro: Sly Pyper]

Murder, murder

Murder, murder

It's been a 187 in this bitch!

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Track details

From Compton

2015
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Album
Compton
Compton
Dr. Dre
Release year
2015
  1. —All in a Day’s Work
  2. —Just Another Day
  3. —It's All on Me
  4. —For The Love of Money
  5. —One Shot One Kill
  6. —Genocide
  7. —Talk About It
    3:15
  8. —Animals
  9. —Darkside/Gone
    3:54
  10. —Talk About It
  11. —Genocide
    4:27
  12. —Deep Water
    5:11
  13. —Deep Water
  14. —Medicine Man
  15. —Darkside/Gone
  16. —Loose Cannons
  17. —Issues
  18. —Intro (Compton)
  19. —Satisfiction

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Candice Pillay, Dem Jointz, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius, Mez, Sly Pyper
Producer
Dem Jointz
Engineer
Carl M. Cartagena, Mauricio Iragorri, Quentin Gilkey, Ric McRae
Additional Vocals
Candice Pillay, Dem Jointz, Mez, Sly Pyper
Assistant Engineer
Victor Luevanos
Mastering Engineer
Brian Gardner
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