One, two, one, two, one two. Mm. One, two, one, two, one two. One, two
Turn the headphones up, Ali. One, two. You mix with Dre, right? Hehehehehe. Turn the headphones up
When the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated
That's enough pressure to live your whole life sedated
One, two, one, two, one two. Mm. One, two, one, two, one two. One, two
Turn the headphones up, Ali. One, two. You mix with Dre, right? Hehehehehe. Turn the headphones up
When the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated
That's enough pressure to live your whole life sedated
Find the tallest building in Vegas and jump off it
But I could never rewrite history in a coffin
So I'm talking to God: "Can you wash all these demons off me?"
This last year been quite similar to a Lear
Control my own destiny, only rapper that steered a G5
G's give high-fives to me and say, "Kendrick, just persevere
The presence of being real"
As I lay in this four-corner room, staring at candles
Thinking, "How can I make an example for this generation of Compton?"
My biggest fear is not feeling accomplished
Or turning back to that same accomplice
My past life was a child with no act-right
Tryna smile in a room of killers, turn into a crash site
Influenced by niggas that spoke the gang culture fluent
Assuring that some blossom early and some truant
Thank God for the album I idolized
It's Dark and Plus Hell is Hot—that's the start of this crazy ride
Two young niggas, me and Dave inside the garage
And thought we was Jay and Dame
That's the lane that we tried to drive
Truthfully, I just started rappin' to get away
I never thought that your favorite rapper would want a verse
My nigga got hit 25 times with a K
Make the decision: Ride the beat or ride in a hearse
Now Punch is my mentor, Top Dawg is the coach
Jay Rock is my older brother, I was there when he wrote
His name on his record deal, we had figured the coast
Would live on a pedestal, once the shit hit the store
Found ourselves scrambling, tryna figure it out
Soul told me that the record shop 'bout to go in a drought
Q ain't got a place to stay and 'bout to sleep on the couch
We eating off each other tray, the dollar-menu amount
Meanwhile, the coast going hard at each other
The younger rappers had wanted some of the OGs' comfort
But I ain't need it
I never screamed out "The New West," I didn't believe it
They brung each other down, I was planning out my achievements, huh
I need to separate myself to stand out, huh
I need a better way to take your fans now, huh
I need to kill you motherfuckers dead (Doot doot doot)
Three hollow-tips aimed at your head (Doot doot doot)
I'll be damned if the chopper jam now (Doot doot doot doot)
And we never asked for no handout
In the midst of it, all I recall a call when you said how
We could never resolve in the Hall of Fame
And I went to trial with a Bible and rifle
I play the game as I "blam-blaow!"
Holler back at me, nigga
And if they said that I'm the one, why you asking me, nigga?
Cause when the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated
Enough pressure to make you just open the Book of David
And pray to God that you make it or live your life in the Matrix
Cause falling off is a sickness—I heard that it's quite contagious
I need to separate myself to stand out, huh
I need a better way to take your fans now, huh
I need to kill you motherfuckers dead
Three hollow-tips aimed at your head
[Verse 2: Ab-Soul]
I'll be damned if the chopper jam now
And we never ask for no handouts
I'll take you back to that pack of Black & Milds in my hand now (Soul!)
In the midst of it all, was cooking, them pots and pans out
Looking forward as four of us forced to form a new clan now
Fast-forward as I wait in line for this passport
The homies was still poor, with work in a Jansport
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Whoever thought that Rosenberg would mention me to Dre?
Even Vanessa from XXL had told him press play
And there goes my fate; now, I'm on stage with Snoop
Gave me the torch and I ran with it in hot pursuit
Rapped with my forefathers, even wreck it with Gaga, too
Lyricist of the year, fuck am I 'posed to do? Rock!
[Verse 4: Jay Rock]
Laughing at you niggas out there who thought we was flukes
Exaggerated shit that we rapped had came true
Thought I was aggravated when Warner had let me loose
I was honored—see, they was haunted when Mike Jones didn't recoup
[Verse 5: Kendrick Lamar]
Cool, 'cause niggas won't outdo us in the booth
Even when my album leak, fans still buy it for proof
I came, I saw, I conquered
No shame, I blame all of this on Compton
Thinking 'bout when Sherane tried to set me up
Cold game, full circle, they set up her
I put my life in these twelve songs, my fight in these twelve songs
The fight to ignite any wrong and right that I prolong
The story, the short film, the glory of him and them
The worry of mothers that don't recover when babies killed
The trial and the tribulations, the newer Miseducation
The view of a body wasting, you knew somebody who ain't make it
The angry, the adolescent, the reason I ask this question:
Will you let hip-hop die on October 22nd?
Will you let hip-hop die on October 22nd?
Jedan, dva, jedan, dva, jedan dva. Mm. Jedan, dva, jedan, dva, jedan dva. Jedan dva
Okrenite slušalice, Ali. Jedan dva. Pomiješate se s Dreom, zar ne? Hehehehehe. Povucite slušalice
Kad vas cijeli svijet vidi kao da se PAC reinkarnirao
To je dovoljan pritisak da cijeli život živite sediran
Pronađite najvišu zgradu u Vegasu i skočite s nje
Ali nikad nisam mogao prepisati povijest u lijesu
Dakle, razgovaram s Bogom: "Možete li oprati sve te demone s mene?"
Ova prošla godina bila je prilično slična Learu
Kontrolirajte moju vlastitu sudbinu, samo reper koji je upravljao G5
G mi daju visoke petice i recite: "Kendrick, samo ustraj
Prisutnost stvarnog "
Dok sam ležao u ovoj sobi s četveročlanom kurnom, zureći u svijeće
Razmišljajući: "Kako mogu napraviti primjer ovoj generaciji Comptona?"
Moj najveći strah se nije osjećao ostvaren
Ili se okrećući tom istom saučesniku
Moj prošli život bio je dijete bez ikakvog čina
Isprobajte osmijeh u sobi ubojica, pretvorite se u mjesto sudara
Pod utjecajem crnjaka koji su tečno govorili kulturu bandi
Uvjeravajući da neki cvjetaju rano i neki istinski
Hvala Bogu na albumu I Idolizirao sam
Mračno je i plus pakao je vruće - to je početak ove lude vožnje
Dvije mlade crnje, ja i Dave u garaži
I mislio smo da smo Jay i Dame
To je traka koju smo pokušali voziti
Istina, tek sam počeo rappin 'da se izvučem
Nikad nisam mislio da bi vaš omiljeni reper želio stih
Moja crnja je pogodila 25 puta s k
Donijeti odluku: Vozite se ritmom ili vozite u sluhu
Sad je Punch moj mentor, Top Dawg je trener
Jay Rock je moj stariji brat, bio sam tamo kad je napisao
Njegovo ime na njegovom rekordnom sporazumu, shvatili smo obalu
Živio bi na pijedestalu, kad bi sranje pogodilo trgovinu
Našli se kako se svađamo, pokušajte to shvatiti
Soul mi je rekao da je prodavaonica diskografske ploče ušla u sušu
Q nema mjesto za boravak i 's spavanjem na kauču
Jedemo jedni druge ladice, iznos dolara-menu
U međuvremenu, obala ide snažno jedni prema drugima
Mlađi reperi željeli su dio OGS -a
Ali ne treba mi
Nikad nisam vrisnuo "Novi zapad", nisam vjerovao
Oni su se međusobno srušili, planirao sam svoja dostignuća, ha
Moram se odvojiti da bih se istaknuo, ha
Treba mi bolji način da sada uzmem vaše obožavatelje, ha
Moram te ubiti mrtve (doot doot doot)
Tri šupljih vrha usmjerena na vašu glavu (DOOT DOOT DOOT)
Bit ću proklet ako sada pekmez za chopper (doot doot doot doot)
I nikad nismo tražili nikakvo brošura
Usred toga, sjećam se poziva kad ste rekli kako
Nikada se nismo mogli riješiti u Kući slavnih
I otišao sam na suđenje s Biblijom i puškom
Igram igru kao "Blam-Blaow!"
Vrati se na mene, crnja
A ako su rekli da sam ja, zašto me pitaš, crnja?
Uzrok kad vas cijeli svijet vidi kao PAC reinkarnira
Dovoljan pritisak da vas samo otvorite Davidov knjiga
I molite Boga da to napravite ili živite svoj život u matrici
Jer pada je bolest - čuo sam da je prilično zarazno
Moram se odvojiti da bih se istaknuo, ha
Treba mi bolji način da sada uzmem vaše obožavatelje, ha
Moram te ubiti mrtvih suovnika
Tri šupljina vrha usmjerena na vašu glavu
[Stih 2: AB-Soul]
Bit ću proklet ako sada pekmeza
I nikad ne tražimo nikakve brošure
Vratit ću te sada u taj paket crnih i blagih u ruci (duša!)
Usred svega, kuhao je, posude i izvukli su se
Radujemo se kako smo nas četvero sada prisilili formirati novi klan
Brzo naprijed dok čekam u redu za ovu putovnicu
Homies je i dalje bio loš, s radom u Jansportu
[Stih 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Tko je mislio da će me Rosenberg spomenuti Dre?
Čak mu je i Vanessa iz XXL -a rekla da se tiska
I tu ide moja sudbina; Sad sam na pozornici s Snoopom
Dao mi je baklja i potrčao sam s njom u vrućoj potrazi
Raspučen svojim predacima, čak i uništio ga i gagom
Liricist godine, jebote jesam li pozirao? Rock!
[Stih 4: Jay Rock]
Smijući ti se crnjama koje su mislile da smo pahuljice
Pretjerano sranje koje smo siluli ostvarili su se
Mislio da sam pogoršan kad me je Warner pustio
Bio sam počašćena - vidi, proganjali su ih kad se Mike Jones nije vratio
[Stih 5: Kendrick Lamar]
Cool, jer nas crnje neće nadmašiti u kabini
Čak i kad procuri moj album, fanovi ga i dalje kupuju za dokaz
Došao sam, vidio sam, osvojio sam
Nema sramote, sve to krivim na Compton
Razmišljajući o "Bout kad me je Sherane pokušao postaviti
Hladna igra, puni krug, postavili su je
Stavio sam svoj život u ovih dvanaest pjesama, svoju borbu u ovih dvanaest pjesama
Borba da zapalim bilo koju pogrešnu i ispravno koju produžim
Priča, kratki film, slava njega i njih
Briga majki koje se ne oporavljaju kad su bebe ubile
Suđenje i nevolje, novija pogreška
Pogled na trošenje tijela, znao si nekoga tko to nije napravio
Ljuti, adolescent, razlog zašto postavljam ovo pitanje:
Hoćete li pustiti hip-hop da umre 22. listopada?
Hoćete li pustiti hip-hop da umre 22. listopada?