💿 Lost Dubs 003 – Bla Blam (2006)

Bla Blam isn’t glorifying the gun — it’s condemning it.

The main hook lifts from Dr. Dre’s Let Me Ride (1992) — “Blam-blam, blam ’til dem fall / Listen to the shots” — while the breakdown drops into dialogue from the 1973 Jimmy Cliff classic The Harder They Come. The samples echo over heavy percussion, their repetition turning from swagger to something more unsettling.

For anyone who knows me, my stance is no secret — I despise gun violence. This track takes the language of gun culture and forces listeners to confront its weight.

Every blam and shots is an opportunity to think about the real-world violence they represent.

Played loud, it’s a rhythm. Heard closely, it’s a statement.

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Lyrics

Bla Blam
Blam till them fall
Bla Blam 
Blam till them fall
Bla Blam 
Blam till them fall
Bla Blam 
Blam Bla Blam (Yo!)
Bla Blam
Blam till them fall (Nice!)
Bla Blam 
Blam till them fall, fall, fall, fall
(Upon the set!)
A murder!
Hear me now!

Bla Blam
Blam till them fall (Uh huh!)
Bla Blam
Blam till them fall (Yo!)
Bla Blam
Blam till them fall
Bla Blam 
Blam Bla Blam
Bla Blam
Blam to them fall
Bla Blam 
Blam to them fall

Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots, 
Shots, shots
Listen to the shots, 
Listen to the shots, 
Shots, shots
Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots, 
Shots
Badda ba,
Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots
Shots, shots, 
Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots
Shots, 
Bla Blam

Upon the set
Tell them
Tell them
Tell them
Them bust guns shots
So tell them
Tell them

Tell them
Yo!

“New to this man?” (A murder!)

“In a form.”

“You need some protection?”

“Like what?”

“How much for this?”

“$20 for the pair, man.”

(Watch out!)

“I’m not sure if this work.”

“Yes man, it work good man, good good man.”

…


“What do you want to do with it, man? You out to kill somebody?”

“No, I don’t plan killing anybody.”

“Then leave it, man. Leave it.”

Tell nuff of them 
Nuff of them a tell
Tell nuff of them
Nuff of them a tell, tell
Tell nuff of them
Nuff of them tell, tell
Tell nuff them them
Nuff of them a
Tell them

(Ya!)

Tell them

Badda Ba
Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots
Shots, shots
Listen to the shots 
Listen to the shots, shots
Blam till them fall
Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots
Shots, shots
Listen to the shots 
Listen to the shots, shots
Bla Blam
Listen to the shots
Listen to the shots
Shots, shots
Listen to the shots 
Listen to the shots, shots
Bust gun shots
Listen to the shots 
Listen to the shots, shots
Listen to the shots 
Listen to the shots, shots
Bust gun shots
Come again!

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