Put That on Me
2008 · Cinematic Music · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Nipsey Hu$$le
- Title
- Put That on Me
- Release
- Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 1
- Year
- 2008
- Label
- Cinematic Music
- Format
- Mixtape
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Nipsey Hussle, West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Airmiess Joseph Asghedom on 15 August 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was murdered on 31 March 2019 in Los Angeles, California, from gunshot wounds. In the song "Put That on Me" (Cinematic Music Group), he compared himself to a Vietnam vet, who had suffered in a conflict, but in this case, from city and community violence in the US: "done it all, but I ain't dead yet, that's why I look at life like a Vietnam Vet".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Motherfuckers better duck when I get crackin' / 'Cause I'll shoot up your block / Double-back and asked the cops, "What happened?" / I'm from the era of the yellow-tape barrier (Uh) / Double-homicide like a twelve-gauge barrel (Ooh) / Seen it all, done it all, but I ain't dead yet (Nah) / That's why I look at life like a Vietnam Vet / Young nigga, selling work on the step (Check it out) / Work a smoker for his car, put in work for the set / I'm no longer only living for the purpose of the set (Huh) / Even though at that time my whole life was a mess...
About the artist
Nipsey Hussle, West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Airmiess Joseph Asghedom on 15 August 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was murdered on 31 March 2019 in Los Angeles, California, from gunshot wounds.