The Way I Be Pimpin’ (Xxplosive Part 2) Lyrics

* hidden bonus track; written by Royce for Dr. Dre

[Hook: Royce Da 5'9"]
I might make it look easy, that's just the way I be pimpin'
Makin my money, that's just the way I be pimpin'
They wouldn't leave me, that's just the way I be pimpin'
You might not believe me, that's just the way I be pimpin'

[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]
I'm livin a motion picture, me and my niggas
In sixteen bars we'll make the big screen ours
What is this? Everybody's jiggy now, is the hustle that good
In everybody's city now, or do they act good?
I pimp on the street, I pimp in my sleep
And when I snore it sounds like I'm sayin, "Where's my money?"
I ain't playin, I'm out there like, "Where's my honeys?"
You gotta be a pimp to understand just how I'm layin
Fuck a Lex Bubble; I'm rich, and after this
I'mma be rich all over again, except double

See you ain't so hard; if you ain't burnin rubber
In somethin with numbers after the dot, you ain't no star
Me and my whole crew, done either shot a nigga or been shot
And if you check us out, ain't no scars
Hint - steppin to me is suicide
And that basically means that you could die, true superfly
[Hook]

[Verse 2: Dr. Dre]
My life's in the fast lane, that's when I knew I had game
Class came, I had hoes but didn't know they last name
In school, when you niggas was tradin clothes
Me and my niggas was tradin hoes like what they fadin fo'
Carry my books you ho, I had 'em slavin yo
I get skulled then I played the ho like, "Way to go"
Patrollin the halls holdin a black mac-11
Under the black leather, platforms, a hat with a feather
I was so naughty, drivin a gold Audi
All we did was throw parties and show up, with Gold Gotti
Handsome, and some, I'm the one you ran from
Cause you could only be the man in the shit that I was banned from
Make this shit seem easy, fiends need me
Make the most conceited chick in this bitch seem sleazy
Pleased at what I'm doin
And to all y'all pimp niggas, pimp on, and I'll see y'all at the reunion

[Hook]

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The Way I Be Pimpin' is a bonus track on a Royce Da 5'9" album. It was written as Dr. Dre’s Xxplosive for his 2001 album. Originally titled The Way I Be Pimpin'

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What did Royce da 5'9" say about "The Way I Be Pimpin' (Xxplosive Part 2)"?
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“I wrote that song for Dr. Dre. And it was just an idea. I was just being a little kid trying to figure out what direction Dre should go. I wasn’t much of a visionary back then so that’s what I came up with. It was me, Em, and Dre sitting in the studio one day, going through beats. Dre was told me and Em to pick some shit, go back to the hotel room with it, and write so we could come back the next day.

“So I picked that beat and the ‘Throne Is Mine’ beat. I wrote both songs that same night. When we got back to the studio the next morning, I laid both of those down. They were just reference vocals. I don’t know how those leaked out. ‘The Throne Is Mine’ leaked recently. It popped up online and people thought it was a solo song of mine, like it was new.

“[Working on 2001] was surreal. I hadn’t been rapping that long and here I am, around Dr. Dre and Eminem. And it was kinda crazy because I’d sent my demo when Em was out in Cali. Em had just got his deal and he was spending a lot of time out there. I had sent him my demo and he played it for Dr. Dre. Next thing I know, I’m on the phone with Dre and he’s telling me he liked my shit and he wanted me to come out there and help out.

“It was just like, ‘Wow!’ I was still living with my parents. I tell my father, ‘I’m going out to California to work with Dr. Dre!’ He’s like, ‘What?’ I think that was the moment where it was like, ‘Maybe he’s not just chasing some rap shit no more. Maybe he might make something happen with this.’ I got out there and just did whatever Dre needed me to do and it felt great.

“I felt a little bit accomplished because people found out that I was around Dre and Em. I had taken a meeting with Tommy Boy before, and they had passed. They said they liked the music, but they’d pass. When they found out that I was around Dre and Em after that, I went back and had another meeting with them. I played the same music and got a deal. I didn’t have one new song, it was the exact same demo.

“I didn’t even ask [why my ‘The Way I Be Pimpin’’ didn’t make the final cut] because ‘Xxplosive’ is a way better song. Once I heard it I was like, ‘Okay, yeah, they did that.’ I never asked no questions. That’s how the recording process goes, sometimes things get rewritten, I know I do it all the time.

“Dre always has a vision, he knows how to make albums. I trust his judgment 100%. When I heard it was a whole new song, I was like, ‘I’m pretty sure it’s something better. Whatever he decided to change it to, was better than what I did.’ And it was.”

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2003
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