It was a clear black night, a clear white moon
Warren G. is on the streets, trying to consume
Some skirts for the eve, so I can get some funk
Just rollin' in my ride, chillin all alone

Just hit the eatside of the L.B.C.
On a mission trying to find Mr. Warren G.
Seen a car full of skirts ain't no need to tweak
All you skirts know what's up with 213

So I hooks a left on the 21 to Lewis
Some brothas shootin dice so I said "let's do this"
I jumped out the ride, and said"what's up?"
Some brothas pulled some gats so I said "I'm stuck"

Since these girls peepin me I'ma glide and swerve
These hookers lookin so hard they straight hit the curb
Gonna think of better things than some horny tricks
I see my homey and some suckers all in his mix

I'm gettin jacked, I'm breakin myself
I can't believe they're taking Warren's wealth
They took my rings, they took my rolex
I looked at the brothas and said "damn, what's next?"

They got my homey hemmed up and they all around
Ain't none of them seeing if they going straight pound for pound
I gotta come up real quick before they start to clown
I besta pull out my strap and lay them busters down

They got guns to my head
I think I'm going down
I can't believe this happened in my home town
If I had wings I would fly
Let me contemplate
I glanced in the cut and I see my homey Nate

Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole
Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold
Now they droppin and yellin
It's a tad bit late
Nate Dogg and Warren G. had to regulate

I laid all them busters down
I let my gat explode
Now I'm switching my mind back into freak mode
If you want skirts step back and observe
I just left a gang of those over there on the curb

Now Nate got the freaks
And that's a known fact
Before I got jacked I was on the same track
Back up back up 'cause it's on
N-A-T-E and me
The Warren to the G

Just like I thought
They were in the same spot
In need of some desperate help
The Nate Dogg and the G-child
Were in need of something else
One of them dames was sexy as hell
I said "ooh I like your size"
She said "my car's broke down and you seem real nice,"
"would you let me ride?"
I got a car full of girls and it's going real swell
The next stop is the east side motel

I'm tweaking
Onto a whole new level
G-Funk
Stept towards
I dare ya
Funk
On a whole new level
The rythmn is the base and the base is the treble
Chords
Strings
We brings
Melody
G-Funk
Where rythmn is life
And life is rythmn
If you know like I know
You don't want to step to this
It's the G-Funk era
Funked out with a gangster twist
If you smoke like I smoke
Then you high like everyday
And if your ass is a buster
213 will regulate



Lyrics submitted by defubuskorn

Track duration: 04:11

"Regulate" as written by Nathaniel Hale, Warren Griffin, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    My Interpretation:This song is about how Warren G is a loser who can't go anywhere without getting jacked by some punks, while Nate Dogg is the mack. At the end of the song, Warren has to make do with Nate's leftovers - note how only one of the girls is "sexy as hell".
    Flag pearcedon October 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i was wondering for a long time where i heard that beat before then a while back i heard michael mcdonald's i keep forgetting and it hit me. that's where it was sampled from and i had to listen to both songs back to back. 2 classic. regulate is on the sdtk of above the rim. i liked this song even when i didn't appreciate the rap music of the early '90's. but unlike most of the rap today the rap songs of yesterday had more substance and told stories. and were not about how much money they had or the cars the drove.
    Flag boutuxon April 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:rap sucks nowdays this song rocks
    Flag gynoon October 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:my song forever!
    too bad warren didn't make it farther than this though
    Flag gunner-chicaon August 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Why hasn't anybody given Michael McDonald any credit here? Where exactly do you think Warren G. got the groove from for this song? Go and listen to "I Keep Forgetting" and you'll hear some smooth shit!
    Flag FreezeSukkaon January 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:The other night, I crashed in a motel on the east side of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. On the way there, with my girlfriend and her friends, I couldn't help but sing to my self, "I got a car full of girls and it's going real swell. Next stop is the East Side Motel."

    For once, this overly-white nerdy 20 year old felt like a true-blooded 1994 regulator.

    MOUNT UP!
    Flag letitslipon July 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Dis song is awesome!!! Not really a rap fan but dis song is 2 good. the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble. classic.
    Flag JimBobon January 31, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Another classic old school gangster hit...brings back a lotta childhood memories
    Flag GeraldineSSon December 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this song is old school, elementary old school, but i still know every word. its a classic and way better than any of that crappy ass rap that is out there now.
    Flag breathofthegirlon October 15, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Damn, Regulate and Above the Rim. W hat's up 6th grade?
    Flag Foundation4lifeon September 06, 2006   Link

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