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Dr. Dre – Medicine Man Lyrics

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April 1, 2023

Dr. Dre – Medicine Man Lyrics

Medicine Man Lyrics by Dr. Dre

“Medicine Man” serves as the crescendo for Compton, re-invigorating Em and Dre’s unique relationship and delving once again in to Dre’s illustrious recording history. From their first encounters, the two have been prolific together in the studio, and Eminem’s verse is recorded in a single take in honour of their first recording session together. The tone of their verses are defiant; “we are who we are, take it or leave it”.

The song features Anderson .Paak and Candice Pillay, the latter providing MTV with an exclusive insight in to Eminem’s approach to the song:

The verses he sent? Em is just incredible. I can’t even explain. He gave us a plethora of stuff to choose from and then he went back and forth. And then we finally went with the verse that you hear.

Even though it was well received musically, the song caused a stir of controversy for Eminem’s rape lyrics. When speaking to The Guardian, Karen Ingala Smith, chief executive of the London-based charity Nia Project, which supports women and girls who have experienced men’s violence, said that “Eminem had parroted a line designed to disempower victims of sexual violence.”

This wasn’t the first time Em stirred up controversy in 2015. During his “Sway In The Morning Freestyle” to promote upcoming film Southpaw, he mentioned Caitlyn Jenner in some unsavoury terms, with his manager Paul Rosenberg chiming in: How many years does he have to fucking say those kind of rhymes and people are like “well I’m just offended.” The offending word is censored on the Apple Music version of the song.

[Skit]
Doc, doc, you gotta give us some good news
(Yeah, about that…)

[Intro: Candice Pillay]
Don’t let me find out the bitch in you
Don’t let me find out the snitch in you

[Chorus: Candice Pillay]
Fame and fortune is not your forte
Fuck the world now, I’m done with foreplay
Doctor’s orders: go fuck yourself
Take two of these in the mornin’, overdose and kill yourself
Doctor’s orders

[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]
Listen, this is my evaluation
This shit oversaturated, y’all can get evacuated
Kids sippin’ Actavis and they ain’t even activated
Married to the Internet, stuck in place, salivatin’
Ain’t nobody graduatin’
Don’t nobody love this shit the way I love it
That’s why I gotta hate it
Everybody out for fame, that ain’t no exaggeration
Damn, I’m gettin’ aggravated
Fuck, I’m gettin’ agitated
Teachers so underpaid in these fuckin’ schools
The police got our name in all they databases
Girls be thirteen actin’ twenty-two
Niggas be forty-four actin’ half they ages
Somebody tell me, what the fuck is goin’ on?
These niggas in tight shit, I’m in the fuckin’ Matrix
It’s lookin’ like a sign of the revelation
‘Bout time of the return of the fuckin’ greatest
I got all these patients, man
How come they ain’t patient with me?
They just think I want the money
Why? When I can’t take it with me
Y’all don’t do it for the love, for the love not
They gon’ find out who you are
Just admit it ‘fore you get admitted

[Bridge: Anderson .Paak]
Say, what you livin’ about? (Fuck you gon’ tell me?)
Do you remember where you started out though?
You’re lookin’ lost now (You want a pass? Oh, damn!)
Fake it ’til you make it, take your little paper
But when you look in the mirror your credibility’s gone now
I’d rather be hated on for who I am
Than to be loved for who I’m not, that’s word to Doc

[Verse 2: Eminem & Candice Pillay]
In the beginning a few of the people who had a problem I was this good scoffed, I just shook off
Prob’ly reminded you of the first time you saw Tiger Woods golf
Never thought about how much my race and nationality meant
But based on how I ascended
See how plain it was now, they want me to jet
But no one really gave a fuck about my descent, ’til I took off
Mistook me because I looked soft
But I stood tall, I just followed the Doctor’s orders
So I rose and grew balls, told these hoes to screw off
Decided opposing you is what I’m ‘posed to do, all’s
I did was say what I’m feeling when the vocal booth calls
And had you on pins and needles when I spoke to you all
You felt my pain, it’s almost like I poked voodoo dolls
And I hope my spirit haunts the studios when I’m gone
My picture jumps off a poster and just floats through the halls
And fuckin’ goes through the walls like the ghost of Lou Rawls
Karma’s headed for Armageddon
The drama setter, I’m going in, already got an arm and head in
Whoever said words are just words ain’t heard me word ’em
I give a fuck if my image even ends up taking a personal hit
Whoever I hurt or whatever bridges I burned in this bitch
And whatever bitches feel like they didn’t deserve what they get
And whatever consequences come with every verse
It’s worth it, so Doc, turn the beat on
Whose turn is it to get murdered on it?
And here’s to all the years I spent toein’ a line to overtime
As sure as a mole is blind
In my mind I’m still underground as a groundhog
And I’ma go for mine, like a whole furrow just tryna dig up some gold and diamonds and coal to find
No signs of slowin’, these lines are my 9’s
I just load up the most rhymes and open fire with a closed mind
All I needed was someone to co-sign
Been a Doctor’s assault rifle
With the sniper scope for this whole time
Day one, say when to blast, just give me the order, I spray (uh)
Pain in the ass, you’ll get shot in the ass with a paint gun
Ain’t no one safe from, non-believers there ain’t none
I even make the bitches I rape cum
I’m waitin’ on someone to say somethin’
Dre, make the bass pump!
And let the tape run for old time’s sake!
I spit it straight through, this is take one
The moment you’re waitin’ for has come, but the—