Unlike most of the ones so far, this one’s not so much about the lyricism of the verse. In fact, it’s not at all about the lyricism of the verse, because there’s not much if there’s any at all. Rather, this time, it’s about the sheer ‘OOMPH’ of it. Whenever I used to make a running tape, which I did several times a year back in the day, this was usually the last song on each side, so I would finish up with a good sprint. As a song for a workout tape, I don’t know that there’s much better than Approach to Danger, and as a terminal verse for this song, I don’t know that anything could top Eazy-E’s delivery here. It’s like it’s tailor-made for sprinting. Even the last line of the verse is perfect as a cold stop. It worked especially well for me since I did most of my running in the city, and I always tried to time it so that I’d finish my sprint at the end of a block.
Obviously, Dr. Dre’s production is significant, but this song is really about the synergy between the production and the voices, moreso than lots of songs. If you change either, I don’t think it would be anywhere near the dope running song that it was for me.
Final approach to danger, death, destruction around every corner
Another dead body and you wanna keep runnin
But even the rain turns black
All you can do is stay alert and try to stay out of the searchlight
No prison, nobody makes bail
Everybody gotta go but see it ain’t no jail
Think about death, takin your last breath
Heart beatin like a motherfucker like it ain’t no time left
With so many ways to stay up, I gotta get mine
Even though they wanna make a crime, yo
of bein real, a federal letter in the beginnin
Because of the release of “Fuck the Police”
Fuck it I approach the danger
Cause I don’t give a fuck if somebody gotta get fucked up
So you might as well kiss your ass goodbye
Cause in the long run (”we all die”)
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