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The Watcher 2 (feat. Dr. Dre, Rakim & Truth Hurts)

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Hip-Hop/Rap

The Watcher 2 (feat. Dr. Dre, Rakim & Truth Hurts) was released on January 1, 2009 by Roc-A-Fella as a part of the album The Blueprint Collector's Edition (Explicit Version)

Song Details

AlbumThe Blueprint Collector's Edition (Explicit Version)

Release DateJanuary 1, 2009

LabelRoc-A-Fella

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM99

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

JAŸ-Z

Vocals

Truth Hurts

Vocals

Mike Elizondo

Keyboards

Camara Kambon

Keyboards

Terri

Background Vocals

Dr. Dre

Vocals

Rakim

Vocals

Scott Storch

Rhodes Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Shawn Carter

Songwriter

Andre Romell Young

Andre Romell Young

Songwriter

William Griffin

William Griffin

Songwriter

Shari Watson

Songwriter

Marshall Mathers

Marshall Mathers

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dr. Dre

Producer

John Tyree

Assistant Recording Engineer

Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton

Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton

Recording Engineer

Thomas Rounds

Assistant Recording Engineer

Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri

Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri

Recording Engineer

Ruben Rivera

Assistant Recording Engineer

Tony Dawsey

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Yeah, uh

Shit I do for a livin', ****

Shit, I eat for a livin', ****

That's how I live for a livin', ****

Watchin'

Okay, let's do this

The Watcher

[Verse 2]

Things just ain't the same for gangstas

But I'm a little too famous to shoot these pranksters

All of these rap singers claimin' they bangers

Doin' all sort of twisted shit with their fingers

Disrespectin' the game, no home training or manners

I was doin' this shit, when you was shittin' your Pampers

I was movin' them grams, 'fore you knew what a hand-to-hand was

Duckin' the vans, radars, the scanners

[Verse 3]

Before you knew what hard, white, or tan was

I was hittin' the turnpike, a'ight with the bammers

I was nice with my hands, 'cause a'ight with them hammers

I was prickin' my finger 'fore you know what a fam was

I had it laid out 'fore you knew what a plan was

Three hundred mil' later, now you understand us

You ain't seen us comin' through Vegas

You ever seen so much cham' bust in one night?

Grand, fucked up one fight

[Verse 4]

I was on the Peter Pan bus

You was puttin' Peter Pan up in your room

Y'all fuckin' with whom?

Allow me to retort

You cowards just now learnin' the shit that we taught

Watcher

You **** ain't know about a Robb Report

'Bout a high-speed Porsche

I.E., you **** ain't know how to floss

Till I came through the door like, Eric B for pres

Respect me in this bitch

Watcher

[Verse 5]

You can't disrespect us, 'cause you got a little check cut

You was suckin' 'em so long, fuckin' your little neck up

Now you too big for your britches

You got a few little bitches

You think you Hugh Hef, but you just ridiculous

I blew breath for you midgets, I gave life to the game

It's only right, I got the right to be king

**** that got life really like what I sing

'Cause they know it's really like, **** feel my pain

Watchers

[Verse 6]

Know the shit I don't write

Be the illest shit that's ever been recited in the game

Word to the hyphen in my name

J-A-Y, dash, HOVA

The past, present, ****, the future, proper

The Holy Trinity of hip hop is us

We give Dre his props, but that's where it stops

It's the Roc

[Verse 7]

I know you got your eyes on me

I feel you watchin' me

But it ain't hard to see that you can't see me

You try, but what you think you saw

Ain't what you thought you saw

You better off not lookin' at all

[Verse 8]

Everywhere that I go

Ain't the same as before

People I used to know

Just don't know me no more

But everywhere that I go

I got people I know

Who got people they know

So I suggest you lay low

[Verse 9]

I'm still on top of the game

Still droppin' flame

Still cock and aim

Still at the top, had to rock for the fame

Over setbacks, there's been a lot since I came

Watchers

You seen it all, how I got, how I gained

The momentum when it dropped

How I got through the pain

When I roll and shock, they watched me reclaim

The streets, they made a special spot for my name

[Verse 10]

Dre, haters wanna stop to my reign

But the music lives in me, every drop in my veins

The pride and the pain

All the way back from the rise of my name

See the world clear through the eyes of the man

See the world cheer for the rhymes that I gave

When the beat bangs, it'll drive 'em insane

The odds that I played, the best to emerge in the game

It's the Watcher

[Verse 11]

I know, you got your eyes on me

I feel you watchin' me

But it ain't hard to see that you can't see me

You try, but what you think you saw

Ain't what you thought you saw

You better off not lookin' at all

[Verse 12]

Everywhere that I go

Ain't the same as before

People I used to know

Just don't know me no more

But everywhere that I go

I got people I know

Who got people they know

So I suggest you lay low

[Verse 13]

I'm Rated R, my brain contains graphic things

It turns traumatic teens into addicts and fiends

It's like watchin' a movie though a panoramic screen

Which mean, I can see the whole planet in the scene

Cash is the topic, the object? A fatter pocket

So take the crack and chop it

But those that haven't got it, take away to add a profit

It's catastrophic, I take the gat and cock it

And I sit back and watch it

[Verse 14]

These New York streets is ugly, I keep it gully

The world is mine, and can't nobody keep it from me

Yo, my neighborhood is never sunny

In the place where the number one cause of death is money

You can try copin'

I've seen enough shit to leave your frame of mind broken

I'm still alive and scopin'

Be another hundred years, till my skies close in

And I'ma die with my eyes open

The Watcher

[Verse 15]

I know, you got your eyes on me

I feel you watchin' me

But it ain't hard to see that you can't see me

You try, but what you think you saw

Ain't what you thought you saw

You better off not lookin' at all

[Verse 16]

Everywhere that I go

Ain't the same as before

People I used to know

Just don't know me no more

But everywhere that I go

I got people I know

Who got people they know

So I suggest you lay low

[Verse 17]

Watcher

Watcher

Watchin' the Watcher

The Watcher

Written by: Andre Romell Young, Marshall Mathers, Shari Watson, Shawn Carter, William Griffin

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