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Track listing

Personnel

*Shawn "

" Ivy — rapping vocals,

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, co- producer *Kevin " Battlecat" Gilliam — keyboards, programming, songwriter, producer, mixing *Robert "Fonksta" Bacon —

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, bass * Louie Teran —

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*Sean Freehill — mixing *Wallace "Wally T." Traugott — mastering *Anthony "Anti" Lewis — executive producer *"Big Bass" Brian Walker — executive producer *Greedy Greg — executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 songs G-funk songs 1993 debut singles Domino (rapper) songs Def Jam Recordings singles Songs written by Battlecat (record producer) Song recordings produced by Battlecat (record producer)