“A.W.O.L.” (also known as “Escape from Death Row”) is a diss track directed towards Dr. Dre and Death Row Records. RBX was signed to Death Row from 1991 until 1994, during which time he contributed to other artists' albums while his career was neglected by the label. The song was first released as a double singe with “Rough is the Texture”.

The song is directed more against the managers and founders of the label (Dre, Sure Knight, et al) rather than the artists, many of whom also got hustled by the notoriously shady label.