[Hook]Lord have mercy, Jesus ChristHe's just nice, he just slice like a ginnsuLook at the life that I been throughWe the last real niggas alive, that's official[Kendrick Lamar]Let me tell you when it all startedGame dropped Documentary and made plenty enemiesIt was a classic album, but prior to thatGuerilla Black debuted and put the city on waxA lot of Biggie comparisons, we all was aware of themBut that wasn't my M.O., I just thought he was dopeCan't understand why Game would say his name in that mannerMany years went by, still no legitimate answerAnyway, I put out a mixtape in 12th gradeHub City threat, minor of the year, DJ DaveAnd his brother designed, put together the musicPut it out to the people, the people said I was stupidWith the flow, went to the barbershop to show off my skillsMike and Himey and some other cat said I was realHimey was Games barber, the other cat made a statementSaying that Game was his partner, so I gave him my tapeSaid he'd play it for him, hoping that I'd get my big breakBut never got a response.. anywayThis nigga named ?Pop Givs? came to my school with a cameraI freestyled on his DVD for a minute then afterIt hit the streets, I was known as K. Dot from ComptonMan Hootie probably was the youngest out that was poppin'But I didn't have a home yet, Hootie had ? in meUntil I met Top Dawg, told Dave that he'd like to meetMe at the studio, made me freestyle for an hourTold me come back tomorrow, but I came back in a hourJay Rock was in the booth, recording his first mixtapeWas skeptical homie at first because he knew where I stayedBut we got over that, heard the beat, wrote a rapDid our first collaboration on the Nephew trackHe got signed months later, Warner BrothersWe started on his album, he wrote his rhymes on paperBefore Sidekicks became a modern day phoneSame time our buzz was generated from G MaloneHe had a song called 200, White Lightnin, the streets loved itSaid that Sony had gave him an unbelievable budgetNow that's a smart nigga, I'm tryna make my raps bigger than lifeBut not knowing how to market it rightTurned on the radioOnly cat he knew from the West Coast was playin' was BishopAnd by then this nigga' buzz was tremendousIn the lab, me and Rock tryna perfect our craftWhat the fuck? Next thing you know, we came across Lift Me UpIt was a hitWhen I heard itBut all we had was the instrumental and the hookBut whenRock jump on it for certain, it was to smashGave it to Julio, just to get his opinionNext thing you know, the record wasSpinningThat was a good look, it set the coast on fireNiggas in Garden projects presents Watts RiotThen these rappers start hating, callin' up to the stationAsk why they record ain't playin', what you niggas complaining, about?Shit was funny to us thoNiggas hate to see a nigga from the bottom come up, yoIn the midst of the single poppin' and niggas tryna seek and destroyI had a situation with Def Jam, prematureShit went sour after Jay-Z left but they didn't careI was glad Jay-Z gave me respectSee I was young, fast forward, hot dollah had the streets on lockFar as radio play, obvious, he got a lotBeefing' with Daz Dilinger, Jay Rock spoke on itWhich in my opinion, I didn't think the shit was impo'tantBut that's a whole 'nother story, we hit the lab with GameAnd a few other names like Juice and Young, ya boyDid the cypher freestyle and everybody's like, WowThese Top Dawg niggas 'bout to make noiseSurely after Game took us on tour, I love you for thatBut right after that, we didn't see him no moreG Malone came with a smash hit with AkonMistah FAB battled Royce Nickel with napalmThen everybody start to scream out the new WestAnd claim that West Coast legends don't want to see him at bestI think that's just an excuse, because their music ain't tightTell 'em that Ab-soul said it, they can quote him twiceThen Crooked I came with Hip-Hop Weekly, killin' the internetBut he been a threat since Deathrow, then Rocky came aboutAnd all I thought about was Ab-Soul 2-11-2It finally started to look like the West was makin' movesWestern Union had the whole block boomin' because of SnoopMatter fact, Bad Luck was my favorite about the groupThen ?Problem? took off, another Compton nativeWe both Compton niggas, but Compton still ain't made itBy this time, Jay Rock and All My Life hit the airwavesWe almost got into some major beef over Lil' WayneThat part I'mma leave outTheres certain things that the streets only should know aboutShout out to NipseyBishop win that game, then had a fight with ?That's when I dropped C4 and had the critics mad at meBecause they didn't see my views, grab the hottest album out and re-do itThat's a goddamn power move stupidYou foolish, don't know shit about this war shitTheres mo' shit to wanting to be the king of the coast shit[Hook x2][Outro: Kendrick Lamar]So two weeks ago I finally run into the nigga I gave my mixtape tooAnd said he was partners with GameThe nigga finally told me what he saidHe said he didn't like itBut the niggas likeSee, see, look at you, look at you now, I tried to tell him you was tightNigga probably never even gave it to him and shit
Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar
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