Let Bygones Be Bygones – English Lyrics

• By: Snoop Dogg
• Album: I Wanna Thank Me

Lyrics & Translation

Explore reconciliation through Snoop Dogg's “Let Bygones Be Bygones”, a reflective track addressing past conflicts with Suge Knight and Death Row Records. This song offers a chance to understand forgiveness and moving forward, enriched by Snoop’s unique storytelling and musical style.

[English]

Um, I mean you still got a good relationship with him today?

Me and Suge cool as a motherfucker

I am cool with Suge I am cool with Master P, Dr. Dre

I'm cool with everybody

Yeah I mean how could you not be cool with Snoop?

But I had to go get that cool with him

I had to go sit down with Suge

On Crip that was my nigga

18 years old lost and locin'

Crack money had a nigga open

Hopin' that that rap shit wasn't just cap shit

G'd up and know Dre okay that's cool

But that's old news to niggas like us

'Cause if so he would've signed us off top

But bro stay solid so I'ma stay solid to that

Studio every night to the early morn'

Bloods and Crips all moving on one accord

Cuz did that, took Death Row to the top, my boys did that

Caught that case came out safe, Bloods did that (Suwoop)

So through the ups and the downs

Real ones know not to kick niggas when they down

Especially when we was down that nigga picked niggas up

Gangbang on NY stages hit niggas up (Death Row)

Y'all remember that? (Yup)

Yeah he did some bullshit I'm admitting that

But coming at a real Crip like he ain't one

Especially when he help fucking make one

On the dead homies I was at the motherfucking top

When I hit my nigga up and said "You need to grab 'Pac"

Told Daz "Hook him up" brought straight up out the box

Here's the gang, here's the beats

Here's the keys, here's the locks

Then he hid them niggas (Yessir)

It was us Cuz, look around it still is just us Cuz (Yeah)

Dre rich, Nate gone, and Ricky too

And look at me shit I'm 'bout to turn 50 soon

You always said I'd be a star in the game (Game)

Now I got a star on the fucking Walk of Fame (Yessir)

I hopped out and C-walked on my star on the fucking Walk of Fame

In that motherfucking Death Row chain, nigga

I know you seen that

A lot of motherfuckers don't know

Shit nigga we been cool

This man changed my life (My life)

Shit, nigga we made history together

I'm talking about real history nigga, like when they write the history books

They gonna look at this shit like the Great Depression

You know the, the stock exchange

This shit is historic man

Death Row Records baby, we did that shit nigga

Suge Knight, real nigga man

I think about all the great shit you did nigga

Let bygones be bygones

Yeah, what up Dre? Daz Kurupt, what up dawg?

Lady of Rage, RBX, D.O.C

Nate Dogg rest in peace

Ricky Harris rest in peace

DJ Warren G, Dr. Dre

City of Compton, City of Long Beach

Death Row Records will go down in history nigga

We did that, yeah nigga, we did that

Done

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cool /kuːl/ A1	adjective - calmly skillful or confident verb - to become friendly with someone
solid /ˈsɒlɪd/ A2	adjective - strong and firm
open /ˈoʊpən/ A1	verb - to make something accessible or visible
hopin /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/ A2	verb - to wish for something with expectation
news /nuz/ A1	noun - information about recent events
move /muːv/ A1	verb - to change position or location
accord /əˈkɔːrd/ B2	noun - agreement or harmony
safe /seɪf/ A1	adjective - protected from harm or danger
pick /pɪk/ A1	verb - to choose or select
stage /steɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a raised platform for performances
hit /hɪt/ A1	verb - to strike or make contact with force
historic /hɪˈstɒrɪk/ B2	adjective - famous or important in history
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different
history /ˈhɪstəri/ A2	noun - the study of past events
rich /rɪtʃ/ A1	adjective - having a lot of money or assets
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a famous person in entertainment

Key Grammar Structures

• Me and Suge cool as a motherfucker

  ➔ Subject + Verb 'be' + Adjective (Predicate Adjective)

  ➔ The phrase 'cool as a motherfucker' is a predicate adjective describing the state of the relationship between the speaker and Suge.

• I had to go sit down with Suge

  ➔ Past Simple Tense with 'had to' for necessity

  ➔ The phrase 'had to' indicates a past necessity or obligation to sit down with Suge.

• On Crip that was my nigga

  ➔ Emphatic Pronoun 'that' for emphasis

  ➔ The pronoun 'that' is used to emphasize the statement about the person being referred to as 'my nigga'.

• Hopin' that that rap shit wasn't just cap shit

  ➔ Gerund after 'hopin' + that-clause for reported speech

  ➔ The gerund 'hopin' is followed by a that-clause to express a hope or wish in reported speech.

• Bloods and Crips all moving on one accord

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense for ongoing action

  ➔ The present continuous tense 'moving' indicates an action that is currently happening.

• Real ones know not to kick niggas when they down

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'when' for time

  ➔ The subordinate clause 'when they down' specifies the time or condition under which the action should not be taken.

• Now I got a star on the fucking Walk of Fame

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense for recent achievement

  ➔ The present perfect tense 'got' emphasizes a recent achievement or change of state.

• This man changed my life (My life)

  ➔ Past Simple Tense for completed action

  ➔ The past simple tense 'changed' indicates a completed action in the past.