Young Nigga Lyrics

[Intro]
Y'all ready to do this shit?
Bust 'em

[Verse 1]
When I was young I had the lust to pull the trigger
And make change out a five dollar ass nigga
And as time went on, I gained much love
But seeing niggas' guts bust at a nightclub
Too young to get my ass in, but they didn't trip
'Cause if I didn't get in, they knew I'd start shit
So I was treated like the motherfucking pope
Security see me, so they scope
And follow me around like a flock of hoes
I had a squab with a bitch with a big ass nose
I started to knock the bitch out, but before I could
I'm stopped short by a redneck peckerwood
But he was slow, with the other hand slapped the hoe
Then security rushed us out the backdoor
So when I grabbed the nine, they thought I'd go nuts
I'd roll by and bust caps at the grownups
Young nigga got bold and gulp the liquor
As a young nigga

[Chorus]
He—he said, he—he said, he—he said, "Young ass nigga"
You dumb nigga, you

He—he said, he—he said, "Young ass nigga"
You dumb nigga, you

He—he said, "Young ass nigga"
You dumb nigga, you

He—he said, he—he said, "Young ass nigga" and then he threw the bottle
[Verse 2]
Well, what do you know? It's summertime
And every young nigga my age is on the grind
Working for the city
A drugstore on every goddamn corner and niggas acting shitty
About who sell where and whose dope is it
So some niggas around the block, they paid us a visit
But we ain't coming off shit but a drive-by
I guess they wanna expand to go citywide
So we hung motherfuckers by the barbed wire
Whoever was a snitch or bitch or liar
And five-o is getting kinda dense
'Cause the wire was missing from the county jail fence
Breaking off boulders
And the niggas from around the block, they said they told us
Not to short-stop, so my nigga got popped
I looked down and I'm shocked
To see him laying dead by the bushes
As a young nigga

[Chorus]
He—he said, he—he said, "Young ass nigga"
You dumb nigga, you

He—he said, he—he said, "Young ass nigga"
You dumb nigga, you

He—he—he—he said, "Young ass nigga"
You dumb nigga, you

He—he said, he—he said, "Young ass nigga" and then he threw the bottle
[ VERSE 3 ]
Shit is gettin hectic, my mission had to flow smooth
We hit the corner in a '65 old school
Bustin at niggas twice my age
Muthafuckas catchin heat from my gauge
They tried to shoot back, but it ain't like that
Cause I'm the nigga with the biggest gat
Hoes get fucked and eat the bullet
Cause the trigger that got my nigga, one of them had to pull it
My nigga with the nine said, "Forget it"
But I seen a nigga point his finger and say, "He did it"
I loaded up the clip and shot him in the dick
And kept on bustin' till his leg kicked
Now we Audi 5000, G
The glasspacks on the '65 got noisy
We had to smash
Cause five-o was right behind our ass
We had to get away, we dumped the A.K
And the gauge in the bushes on the way
The cops kept bustin', niggas kept cussin'
About which way to go fussin'
We hit the corner, and they bust
At some niggas lookin' just like us
We knew it was about that time
Hopped out my homeboy's shit, and into mine
We got away, because they couldn't figure
Which one of the boys was that young nigga

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Genius Annotation

Like fellow West-Coast veteran Dr. Dre’s song Let Me Ride, this song contains a sample of Mothership Connection (Star Child) by the influential funk band Parliament. The sample first appears at 0:12 and repeats throughout the song.

https://youtu.be/3f4vaog6mvs?t=132

Ice Cube’s Us from Death Certificate is also sampled throughout Young Nigga’s hook, this sample used appears at 2:12.

https://youtu.be/idd5YoZ3JlA?t=130

Overall the Parliament sample mixed with CMT and E-A-SKI’s thumping bass creates a enjoyable melody.

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Recorded At
The Music Annex (Menlo Park, CA)
Release Date
April 14, 1992
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