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Sampled off “N Luv Wit My Money” by Paul Wall and Chamillionaire off Get Ya Mind Correct released in 2002. These are Paul Walls lines.

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This line was sampled from the end of the 1987 track “It’s My Turn” by Dezo Daz:

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Timberlands – the popular boots

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they use the sample from the opening line or “Memory Lane” by Nas

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An infrared beam is a low energy heat beam normally used on weapons to help people aim.

Here he is interpolating the phrase “Staring so hard, his eyes are burning holes in the back of his head”

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Dr. Dre had been rumored to steal producing credits or not even work on beats at all for certain tracks on certain projects. On The Chronic it was rumored that Daz Dillinger and Warren G had equal producing contribution. On 2001 and other Aftermath projects, Scott Storch, Mel-Man, DJ Battlecat, Hittman, Mike Elizondo, Timbaland, Erick Sermon, and many more contributed to producing.

Basically Dr Dre had his own “Hitmen” team but unlike Puff Daddy, he didn’t give them much billing.

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Dr. Dre is known for having his lyrics ghostwritten for him by numerous artists. For example, the “Let’s Get High” verse Quik referenced in the beginning of his verse was ghostwritten by Eminem

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Tek has a face tattoo. Meaning unless he wears a ski mask, he is an easy target for the police and witnesses to spot and identify in the streets and in lineups.

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A line taken from Major Payne, starring Damon Wayans and released in 1995, from a scene where Wayans character verbally abuses a cadet in his unit.

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Dance that originated in the 1988 Spike Lee film School Daze

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