Xzibit - Paparazzi Lyrics
Send this Ringtone to your Cell[Intro]
Yes, 1996 marches the beginning of a new era
The disfunctional member of the Alkaholiks family
It's Xzibit!
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I wonder if it's all worth my while
Xzibit stay versatile with million dollar lifestyle
And I can feel it as a child growing up
The n*ggas that was real and the n*ggas that was scared as f*ck
It's why Xzibit only roll with a chosen few
You ain't really real: I can tell when I look at you
So ease off the trigger-talk, you ain't killing sh*t
It's not affecting me or the n*ggas that I'm chilling with
I don't believe the hype or buy woof tickets
N*gga, you make a gang of noise and never seem like a cricket
I guess that's why we never kick it
A lot of n*ggas is soft and get tossed trying to f*ck with the liquid
How many n*ggas do you know like this?
Always claiming that they're riding but they really turn b*tch
It don't make sense
Either you're a soldier from the start
Or an actor with a record deal trying to play a part
Like that
[Hook]
It's a shame
N*ggas in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame
Extra large!
It's a shame
N*ggas in the rap game
Only for the money and the fame
Paparazzi
[Verse 2]
See, I don't need no lights no cameras
Just action, god damn it
Never no superstar, I'm more like a planet
So my composure is kept while others start to sweat
Emerging from the fog with my f*cked up dialogue
Trying to live high on the hog leaves you bankrupt
And n*ggas you spent it on would not give a f*ck
Now that's deep, how deep? It's deeper than Atlantis
Home of the scandalous: big bad Los Angeles
Dangerous, vandalous
Yo, not to be trusted
Now how the f*ck is you hard
Not being scared by the boulevard
I'm pulling that card and saying "gin muthaf*cka!"
Flowing like liquid: soak it in, muthaf*cka
I'm breaking it down, my sounds surrounds like death
From the West, putting whole counties to the test
It's all in perspective
Breaker 1-9 copy
This is for the n*ggas getting caught up in the paparazzi
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
N*ggas smoke stress and cross dress but I just play the back
Others going through schemes and pipe dreams for a contract
Real tightly rolled f*ck 'em all how I feel
I made a cool half mil before I had a record deal
Therefore you look and stare like it's magic
But too much of anything can make you a addict
Whenever devils be starting static, break out the automatic
I set it off straight I spread hate
Then I vacate, but wait
Who dares to cross this path? Yo, I do you like math
Cut ya with glass make a bloodbath
So on behalf of all n*ggas I get drunk with
Smoking blunts with
I dispose of your punk sh*t
And keep it all in perspective
Carbon copies getting caught up in the paparazzi
Once again, it's the liquidation crew, and I return for you, like this
[Hook]
It's a shame
Listen to "Paparazzi"
Song details
"Paparazzi" is a song by rapper Xzibit and appears on his debut album At the Speed of Life. The track became the rapper's breakout single, and is often seen as his signature song. The track was produced by Thayod Ausar, who provides a classical sample from Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane". It details his dislike of many faux rappers who don't care about the music but rather do it only for the flash and being a rich celebrity. The song is referenced to by E.D.I. Mean on 2pac's "Bomb First" where he disses Xzibit with the line "got a little question for that n*gga that made 'Paparazzi' / if you ain't in this rap game for the ma f*ckin' cash, man / then what is your mother f*ckin' purpose?". An instrumental version of "Paparazzi" was featured on The Sopranos episode "Pax Soprana".
The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the popular video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
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