Phoebe Bridgers has announced UK, Ireland and European arena dates for 'The Lost Tour'•
Aziya introduces her alter ego 'the saboteur' on new track 'Sabotage!'•
Madonna has premiered 'Love Sensation' with surprise Times Square performance for 50,000 fans•
Holly Humberstone has reimagined 'Cruel World' with her new EP, 'it's a real Cruel World'
•
Ryan Beatty has kicked off a new era with 'Secret Language' from his upcoming new album•
Radio Free Alice have signed to Atlantic Records and shared new single 'Lunch Money'•
venbee celebrates solitude with her new single 'Encore, Encore'•
Nia Archives has released her love-drunk new single 'Vertical'•
Weezer reveal 'The Gold Album' alongside Wednesday collaboration 'We Might As Well Be Strangers'•
Getdown Services have announced a second Roundhouse headline show•
DMA'S have shared new single 'Hurracane' and announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour•
Ama has announced her self-titled second album 'AMA'•
Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill•
Role Model has introduced mysterious new character Chuck Timely on his new single 'High Hopes 3000'•
Sienna Spiro's 'The Visitor' arrives with a ballet-inspired video•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Phoebe Bridgers has announced UK, Ireland and European arena dates for 'The Lost Tour'•
Aziya introduces her alter ego 'the saboteur' on new track 'Sabotage!'•
Madonna has premiered 'Love Sensation' with surprise Times Square performance for 50,000 fans•
Holly Humberstone has reimagined 'Cruel World' with her new EP, 'it's a real Cruel World'•
Ryan Beatty has kicked off a new era with 'Secret Language' from his upcoming new album•
Radio Free Alice have signed to Atlantic Records and shared new single 'Lunch Money'•
venbee celebrates solitude with her new single 'Encore, Encore'•
Nia Archives has released her love-drunk new single 'Vertical'•
Weezer reveal 'The Gold Album' alongside Wednesday collaboration 'We Might As Well Be Strangers'•
Getdown Services have announced a second Roundhouse headline show•
DMA'S have shared new single 'Hurracane' and announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour•
Ama has announced her self-titled second album 'AMA'•
Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill•
Role Model has introduced mysterious new character Chuck Timely on his new single 'High Hopes 3000'•
Sienna Spiro's 'The Visitor' arrives with a ballet-inspired video•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Dork
News
Features
Reviews
Magazine
Shop
Listings
Directory
Festivals
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS
Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Playlist Covers
Playlist Directory
Recommender
Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS
Music Video Directory
Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST
Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED
Dork Live
Dork Radio
Live
Live 24/7
Dork Radio
Dork
Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

June 2026

Latest issue variants

View archive
Dork, June 2026 (Bleachers cover)

Bleachers

Dork, June 2026 (Myles Smith cover)

Myles Smith

Dork, June 2026 (Towa Bird cover)

Towa Bird

Advertise
|
Support|
About Dork|
Privacy Policy|
Genres|
Years|
Sitemap|
RSS|
Cookie settings
© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Powered by PlaywireAdvertise on this site.
  1. Tracks
  2. Jay Rock
  3. Follow Me Home
  4. Code Red

TRACK

Jay Rock

Code Red

Release date: 26th July 2011

From Follow Me Home
Spotify
More on Jay Rock

About This Track

"Code Red" is a track by Jay Rock, from the album Follow Me Home, released 26th July 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Jay Rock

Jay Rock

Lyrics

Code Red

[Intro]

Motherfucker this is Watts, California

Gangbang murder state

[Verse 1: Jay Rock]

(What's up, Jay Rock?) Shit, just the same old same old

Same fiends in the hood, chasing the best dope

Project hustling, chasing them pesos

It's a struggle everyday, man, you know how this shit goes

But my demeanor'll never switch, cherry red beamer

Gangbanged the fuck out, red rag around the nina

No doubt, I'm living it

Been claiming the set since the year found Snoop innocent

Slanging hard rock when the rap game was ran by Timberlands

The cortez is back, where's my strap?

Lemme put a hole in 'em, and what's concealed in the black denim

Will rock 'em to sleep like I babysit 'em

I seen it all - loyalty, betrayal, envy

My close homie died in my arms

12 hundred project units under the sun

Ain't about where you at, it's about where you're from

[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]

Welcome to Watts, California

Where we ain't scared to run up on ya

You ain't prepared when it go down

You already dead right about now

Welcome to Watts, California

Where we ain't scared to run up on ya

If you're prepared when it go down

Then you know it's Jay Rock turn now

[Verse 2: Jay Rock]

The homie told me, "Put your feelings aside"

But since I got signed I been feeling the Vibes

Niggas play the background and screw they face all day

Wanna walk in my shoes, wanna take my place

So at any given time they might take my life

So I take the .38 when I ride at night

Broad day, no exempt, niggas kill you when the sun is out

Make sure your gun is out or stay inside your mama house

It's that real, you don't feel me yet?

Fine, niggas, drop the beat and just let me vent

No mask on, fuck around and kill your whole squad

Be the last person you see before you meet God

Keep the rifle on top of the tripod

Aim art, if you live your body might need parts

Jay Rock, putting it down for Top Dawg

From the bottom to the top, we shooting straight to the stars

[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]

Welcome to Watts, California

Where we ain't scared to run up on ya

You ain't prepared when it go down

You already dead right about now

Welcome to Watts, California

Where we ain't scared to run up on ya

If you're prepared when it go down

Then you know it's Jay Rock turn now

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From Follow Me Home

2011
Listen
Album
Follow Me Home
Follow Me Home
Jay Rock
Release year
2011
  1. —All I Know Is
  2. —Finest Hour
  3. —All My Life (In the Ghetto)
  4. —No Joke
  5. —Say Wassup
  6. —Bout That
  7. —Elbows
  8. —They Be on It
  9. —Life's a Gamble
  10. —Code Red
  11. —Kill or Be Killed
  12. —Boomerang
  13. —Westside
  14. —I'm Thuggin'
  15. —Intro (Follow Me Home)
  16. —M.O.N.E.Y.
  17. —Just Like Me
  18. —Say Wassup (feat. Sc Hoolboy Q, Ab Soul & Kendrick Lamar)
    4:23

More from Jay Rock

Albums & EPs

Redemption
Redemption
2018
90059
90059
2015
Watts Finest, Vol. 1
Watts Finest, Vol. 1
2015

Explore

More tracks by Jay Rock

  1. Ambition (Freestyle)
  2. At It Again (remix)
  3. Back*
  4. Black Dynamite
  5. Blowfly
  6. Broke +-
  7. Eastside
  8. ES Tales
  9. Fly on the Wall
  10. For What It's Worth

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Jay Rock

ScHoolboy Q

ScHoolboy Q

Ab-Soul

Ab-Soul

Black Hippy

Black Hippy

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

Reason

Reason

Isaiah Rashad

Isaiah Rashad

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Phonix Beats
Producer
Phonix Beats
Additional Vocals
Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q
Mastering Engineer
Tom Baker
Mixing Engineer
MixedByAli, Terrace Martin
READ MORE ABOUT JAY ROCKREAD MORE ABOUT JAY ROCK
READ MORE ABOUT JAY ROCKREAD MORE ABOUT JAY ROCK

No coverage available for Jay Rock yet.