The Day the Niggaz Took Over is the fourth song on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. This song features lyrics and news clip inserts about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The song is based around these riots, considering the LAPD was highly outnumbered by rioters, they use the title as they "took over".

This song samples another older rap song by "Boogie Down Productions", which you can hear in the background during the verses of the song. The news reports from 1992 cut in as a chorus-like verse, having a hard guitar riff in the background.