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Nobody

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Nobody Lyrics

[Chorus: DJ Quik impersonating Suga Free]
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, they don't care about me
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, I just care about me

[Verse 1: Suga Free]
Ayy pimpin, this for that trick, mayne
Yeah, the one that laughed at me when I told 'em God was sendin' me a boat, but then he cried when DJ Quik came
A day in the life of a playa name Free
When John Mayer told the world he didn't CARE for me
But look at Obama in the office for the get back, mayne
I believe in takin', go to school and GET that game
Dark brown Cognac to the head
You can't tell me shit, nigga Michael Jackson dead
I'm holding back my tears when I'm listenin' to "Off the Wall"
That medicine didn't kill him, y'all did 'cause y'all talked about him like a dog

No, I ain't pickin' up no girl for no security, Jack
Didn't Paris Hilton finally get her jewelry back?
And Tiger Woods needs some back-up
Boy, don't you ever apologize to no prostitute, now hit the green and tee THAT up

But let a mack get her;
'member that sex scene on "Baby Boy"? I woulda fucked them hoes just like THAT
Now I'ma kiss the ground like a 747 stack
'Cause success is the greatest revenge, but it's gon' back
(It's gon' handle what's right, it's so certificate
Then you better believe in me)
Yeah, so rack 'em up
Yeah, Suga Free the P, man
Pomona style, man have them niggas crackin' up
So don't rush me
I don't drink alcohol, but when I do drink I prefer Dos Equis
[Chorus: DJ Quik impersonating Suga Free]
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, I just care about me
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, I just care about me

[Verse 2: DJ Quik]
Now my life, is backstage, wristbands, flashlights
Then, do the same thing we did last night - Jam
I'm retro Nickelodeon, I'm still All That
I even rock the mane just like Mike Jack
Addicted to the night life just like crack
But in the black Mercedes with the ladies in the back
I like to make you brick, it's what makes me tick
The way the team decided by just one kick
Now do the grand slam, damn
Take you back so far, I got you flyin' Pan Am
I get the club packed tight like canned ham
Sealin' all your artists, now pass your exam
Or get down or gon' get it knit up
I got a Quincy Jones in my bones, genes split-up
DJ Quiksta in the center like a pent-up
And I don't break down - I been up

[Chorus: DJ Quik impersonating Suga Free]
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, that don't care about me
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, that don't care about me
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, that don't care about me
I don't need nobody, I don't want nobody
I don't care about nobody, that don't care about me
[Outro: Suga Free]
St. Michael the Archangel, protect us in our day in battle
Shucks

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What did DJ Quik say about "Nobody"?
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http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/dj-quik-tells-all-the-stories-behind-his-classic-records/

DJ Quik: “Prince, obviously. Thinned out drums a little bit. Crazy heavy on the guitar melody on the chords. Prince’s whole thing. ?uestlove gave me a lot of his music. Somehow ?uest got a hold of a bunch of Prince outtakes and rare stuff and uploaded it to my computer, jam sessions.

“That’s one of my favorite motherfuckers man. Prince is a bad motherfucker. Bad to the bone. And I’m just emulating him on the hook—-[Sings] ‘I don’t neeeed nobody.’ You know, seven in the morning, funky teeth, no brush. Just an elitist attitude on the hook. Suga Free came over and we just had fun, we made it easy—the music’s easy, the arrangement.

“People ask me, ‘Why did you go so far left at the end of it?’ Because I could! Because I can do that. It’s my music. We change it all up and did it live on the fly. I think that’s what makes you a virtuoso. Uninhibited. Anyone can loop a beat—but who can write two beats in one, where it just changes and goes into something else in the end.

“It’s for people who like records like ‘Soft and Wet,’ and ‘Dance Music Sex Romance.’ Those kinds of records. And Roger [Troutman]. It’s a little dreamy, a little ethereal. [Plays on keyboard] The sus chord shit, pretty much what it was. And the lyrics, back to my bright, high-pitched, bouncy conversational voice. I love it. The video was fun.

“It almost seemed too easy. ‘Yeah, I’m paying for it, fuck it. We’re going to ball out at somebody’s house, then we’re going to jump in the Cadillac at the end, peace you niggas out, and go back to doing what we normally do. We’re just showing our face for a minute.'”

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Release Date
April 19, 2011
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