Intro To The Documentary Lyrics

[Intro]
A lot of people are advocating that, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
Well that's only because you don't understand, but it's gonna happen to you
You see it's all just a game, ladies and gentleman
And the quality of your living depends entirely on your ability
To play the game
And I play the game

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Genius Annotation

Game’s The Documentary opens with a spoken word piece that comes from an unnamed sample, which is backed by the melody of Hanson’s 1974 song, “Down Into the Magic.” Despite being the opening track, it was the last to be produced—Dr. Dre spent a month searching for the spoken word sample that summarizes how the game is rigged against specific people; a motif present all through Game’s debut album. In a 2015 interview with Complex, Game said about the album opener:

Dre was playing different shit, and syncing it up, and all of them shits—all 30 of them motherfuckers—were right to me. But he finally found the one that was on there and he loved it. I don’t know who the fuck that dude is [talking on the track], I never met him. Dre probably got that shit off of Price Is Right. I don’t know where he got that shit from, that’s the Doc though.

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What did The Game say about "Intro To The Documentary"?
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We got the album done, sequenced, and Dr. Dre was like, “Now we need an intro.” And I’m like, “An intro? I’m all rapped out!” And he was like, “Nah, I’m just going to find something that fits perfectly before "Westside Story.” So he went searching. I thought that was going to be an easy process, but that shit took a month. Dre went through like 30 different samples before he found the one he was comfortable with.

Dre is so picky. But whenever he finds whatever it is that he’s looking for, it’s always 100% of what its potential is. Dre was playing different shit, and syncing it up, and all of them shits—all 30 of them motherfuckers—were right to me. But he finally found the one that was on there and he loved it. I don’t know who the fuck that dude is [talking on the track], I never met him. [Laughs.] Dre probably got that shit off of Price Is Right. [Laughs.] I don’t know where he got that shit from, that’s the Doc though.

via Complex

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