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Dr. Dre

Issues

Release date: 7th August 2015

From Compton
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About This Track

'Issues' pairs Dr. Dre with Ice Cube and Anderson.Paak over a track that anchors itself in Compton's streets. Cube opens with a posture of menace and swagger, boasting of respect across California whilst dismissing detractors. Dre's verse shifts the tone toward reflection, invoking the sounds of his city, gunshots in parks, records spinning at Eve After Dark, and the chalk police used to outline bodies. The song moves between braggadocio and something weightier: a meditation on how money and status cannot insulate you from the place that made you. Anderson.Paak and Dem Jointz provide the anchor, a chorus that wakes to gunshots in a town described as crazy. The production sits somewhere between menace and melancholy, letting the verses breathe without ornament. What emerges is less a celebration of dominance than an acknowledgement of survival, the song's title a shorthand for the accumulated weight of living in a city where violence is ambient and memory is currency.

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

About the Artist

Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre

Lyrics

Issues

[Produced by Dr. Dre]

[Intro: Anderson .Paak & King Mez]

From close range we official

Cocaine, money and pistols

Goddammit, I got issues

Can't be serious

Alright now, here we go

Where my city at?

Fuck with me, come on

I know you're feelin' that

Fuck with me, come on

You know I'm really that

Fuck with me, come on

Come on, come on

Don't even act like I ain't 'bout my business

Motherfucker, come on

Come on, come on (Yeah)

Full clip, ammunition

You don't wanna deal with these fuckin' consequences

[Verse 1: Ice Cube]

Fuckboys should tighten up a whole lot

I got some niggas with me down for runnin' up in your spot

And these niggas got hatchets and ratchets

Some of them lethals up under the mattress

And matter of fact, this is a chance to show my lifestyle out to the masses

But chances are I might get another negative reaction

Think I'm a fraction, but I fucks 'em up like battery acid

I gives a fuck what you think, nigga, this is my passion

Survive through the time, you know my name, you know my reputation

You know what it is, I don't need to give no explanation

When you say my fuckin' name, add exclamation

Los Angeles king now, make your bitch bring crowns

To me and Dre, you don't like it, you can lay

Think I'm quiet 'cause I'm actin', but my bank account gon' say "Fuck you"

Respected from SoCal out to the Bay

Cashed a lot of checks this mornin', guess today was a good day

[Chorus: Dem Jointz]

Now I lay me down

And wake up to gunshots in this crazy town, ah-woo

Good mornin'

And the sleepers will join the fallen

[Verse 2: Dr. Dre]

But this is what the fuck is up, doin' this for my city

Comp-town, Hub, this my fuckin' committee

Shout out to Dub C, real nigga been with me

C-Walkin' on these niggas with a crease in them Dickies

You know how many nights I heard them sparks echo in the park?

Around this time, I was spinnin' records at Eve After Dark

My city crazy, school girls used to play with that chalk

Same chalk police used to outline niggas we lost

You understand what I'm sayin'? Shit is crazy, man

Fuck the money, yo, this shit could never change me, man

These new niggas in this bitch could never phase me, man

I know it's strange, but on some real shit, it's plain as day

I'm just havin' some fuckin' fun with this rap shit

Nigga with an attitude, still gettin' active

Man, this industry to me, it feels a little plastic

I ain't heard nothin' that I can consider classic, ugh

But this is for my niggas who been runnin' with me (Runnin' with me)

And everybody in this bitch that's out there gunnin' for me (Gunnin' for me)

And I got love for my people that stay one hundred with me

I'ma keep it A1, been that way since day one

[Chorus: Dem Jointz]

Now I lay me down

And wake up to gunshots in this crazy town, ah-woo

Good mornin'

And the sleepers will join the fallen (And the sleepers will join the fallen)

So I lay me down

And wake up to gunshots in this crazy town, ah-woo

Good mornin'

And the sleepers will join the fallen

[Bridge: Dr. Dre]

Drama make it cinematic (Yeah)

All I think about is makin' classics

Tragic, massive, for the masses

This how you make a motherfuckin' classic (Classic)

Cl— Cl— Classic

[Outro: Dem Jointz]

This is where I leave you

Carry you, carry you

In the city of Compton

This is where I leave you

Carry you, carry you

Down the Pacific Coast

This is where I leave you

And all your issues, oh

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Track details

From Compton

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

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Anderson .Paak, Curt Chambers, Dem Jointz, Dr. Dre, Focus…, Ice Cube, Mez, Ron “Neff-U” Feemster, Trevor Lawrence Jr.
Producer
Curt Chambers, Dr. Dre, Focus…, Ron “Neff-U” Feemster, Trevor Lawrence Jr.
Engineer
Mauricio Iragorri, Quentin Gilkey, Victor Luevanos
Additional Vocals
Candice Pillay, Dem Jointz, Joslynn Brown, Mez, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit
Assistant Engineer
Carl M. Cartagena, Julio Ulloa
Bass Guitar
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Mastering Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mixing Engineer
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