[Hook]
Smoke good, eat good, live good
[Verse 1]
I used to want to see the penitentiary
Way after elementary
Thought it was cool to look the judge
In the face while he sentenced me
Since my uncles was institutionalized
My intuition has said I was suited for family ties
My mama is stressing, my daddy tired
I need me a weapon, these niggas ride
Every minute, every second gangstas try
To save me. How I'm gonna listen?
I don't even hear God
Heaven or Hell? Base it all on my instincts
My hands dirty, you worry about the mud
In your seat. You like to mistake a street
Nigga for a real nigga. The same
Nigga that killed with ya, squealed with ya
I deal with ya like my son
Stare at the sun and you'll be lookin
In my eyes homie. Stand for something
Fall for anything, and you working
With two left feet at the skating rink
But anyway, this for my niggas
Uncles, 23 hours sending me pictures
I want you to know that I'm so determined
To blow, you hear the music
I wrote, hope it get you off Death Row
You came home to a pocket full of stones
A Metro PC phone, then you went back in
So when I touch the pen, the Pen is in
My view. I'mma get it right, just so you:
[Hook]
Smoke good, eat good, live good
[Verse 2]
And I do this for the city
Got some Hennessey and my real
Niggas with me
Fuck the police, they gonna have
To come and get me
If it feel good, tell you
Holler if you hear me
You look like you mistake a street nigga
For real nigga. The same nigga
That kill with ya squeal with ya
I'd like to start it out from the botom
And build with ya
Be on my last dollar and split the bill
With ya. I'm 23 with more ?
Than plans to live in hood
Not rich, but wealthy
There's nothing you can tell me
My killings are not remorseful
This city got my back, before that
I give them my torso
Think about it, and don't call me lyrical
Cause really I'm just a nigga whose evil
And spiritual. I know some rappers
Using big words to make their similies heard
My simplest shit be more pivotal
I penetrate the hearts of good kids
And criminals. Word to some individuals
Who live life critical
So won't you bear witness while I bear feet
So you can walk in my shoes and get to know me
But anyway, this for my pops
On his lunch break, eating in the parking lot
I wanna be heard, probably thought he worked my nerves
But really he was stressing me, getting
What I deserved. Somebody said my name on the radio
Didn't know I was ready for the world
That minute. So the next time you roll up
And drop grams in it, you'll probably be
Out of work, laid back, while he
[Hook]
Smoke good, eat good, live good
Poe Mans Dreams (His Vice)
Kendrick Lamar
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\u200bi (Album Version) \u200bu 1 Train (Feat. ASAP Rocky, Joey Bad Ass, Yelawolf,... 25 6'7 (Freestyle) A Million Dollar Arm Soundtrack (Snip) A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix A.D.H.D A.D.H.D. Ab-Soul's Outro Ab-Souls Outro Alien Girl (Today With Her) All Day Alright Autumn Leaves Average Joe B*tch Don't Kill My Vibe Backseat Backseat Freestyle Backwards Bad Blood Bad Blood (Remix) Balance Fasho Barbed Wire BET BackRoom Freestyle BET Cypher Better Off (Feat. Quadron) Beyonce Big Boys Neighborhood (Freestyle) Biggie (Freestyle) Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (remix) Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (International Remix) Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Bitch, Don\u2019t Kill My Vibe Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe Remix Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe Black Boy Fly Black Friday Black Friday (A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix) Black fridayf Blessed Blessed ft. Schoolboy Q Blow My High (Members Only) Blue Faces Bridget Kelly – Street Dreamin Buried Alive Cartoon & Cereal Cartoon & Cereal Cartoon and Cereal Cartoons & Cereal Celebration Chapter 6 Chapter Six Chapter Ten Cloud 10 Collard Greens Collard Greens (Feat. Schoolboy Q) Collard Greens ft. Schoolboy Q Collect Calls Complexion Complexion (A Zulu Love) Compton Compton Feat. Dr. Dre Compton ft. Dr. Dre (Prod. by Just Blaze) Compton's Finest Comptons Finest (Feat. H.O.P.E.) Control Control County Building Blues Cut You Off Cut You Off (To Grow Closer) Determined Do Yo Gudda (Remix) Don't Kill My Vibe Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Don't Understand Don't Understand Double XL Dumb It Down Dying Of Thirst F*ck Your Ethnicity Faith Far from Here Fight The Feeling For Free? For Free? (Interlude) For Sale? For Sale? (Interlude) For The Girlfriends For The Homies Forbidden Fruit (Feat. J Cole) Fragile Fuck Your Ethnicity Funkmasterflex (Freestyle) Get Bizy Get Bizy ft. Kurupt & Bad Lucc (Prod. by Terrace M... Good Kid Good Morning America GQ Man of The Year 2013 Freestyle Growing Apart (From Everything) Growing Apart (To Get Closer) H.O.C H.O.C. Heart Pt. 3 Heaven & Hell Heaven & Hell Heaven and Hell Heaven Help Dem Higher Ground (BBC Radio Freestyle) Hii Power Hiii Power HiiiiPoWeR HiiiPower Hol' Up Hol' Up Holy Ghost (Remix) Homage To DPG ft. LaToiya Williams (Prod. by Focus... Hood Gone Love It Hood Politics How Many Drinks How Many Drinks (Remix) (Feat. Miguel) How Much A Dollar Cost Hub City's Wild Side I I (from California Dreams, 2015) I Am (Interlude) I Do This I Do This (Remix) I Do This (Remix) I Hate You I Want It All I Want It All (Feat. B. Martin, Juicy J) I'm Da Man I'm On 2.0 I'm Da Man I'm On 2.0 Ignorance Is Bliss Im Da Man Institutionalized Interlude Is It Love Jason Keaton & Uncle Bobby Keisha's Song Keisha's Song (Her Pain) Keisha's Song Her Pain Keisha's Song Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar BET Cypher Cypher at the BET Hip Ho... Kendrick Lamar Interlude Track No.9 on Ab-Soul's '... Kendrick Lamar Partynauseous is a duet with Lady G... Kendrick Lamar Sing About Me Produced by Pac Div. ... Kendrick Lamar: Rapper of the Year - GQ King Kunta Kush & Corinthians Kush & Corinthians Kush and Corinthians (His Pain) Lamar You Ain't Gotta Lie Lamar You Ain't Gotta Lie Last Real Nigga Alive Let Me Be Me Lets Us Move On (Feat. Dido) Little Johnny LMAO Look Out For Detox Looks Good With Trouble (Feat. Solange) Lunch Table Lunch Table (Freestyle) Lunch Table (L.A. Leakers Freestyle) M.A.A.d City m.A.A.d city Feat. Mc Eiht Members Only Memories Back Then Memories Back Then (Feat. T.I., B.o.B) Michael Jordan Michel Jordan Momma Money Trees Monster Monster Freestyle Mortal Man Murder Murder (Feat. The Game, Scarface) My Mind Drifts My People Never Catch Me No Make-Up (Her Vice) No Makeup Not Coming Down Now Or Never Opposites Attract (Tomorrow W\/O Her) Opposites Attract (Tomorrow Without Her Outrageous P&P 1.5 P&P P&P 1.5 Party Nauseous Partynauseous Pay for It Phone Home Poe Man Dreams Poetic Justice Poetic Justice feat. Drake Poetic Justicee Power Circle PP 1.5 R.I.P. (Remix) R.O.T.C. (Interlude) Rare Breed Real Real 92.3 Freestyle Real feat. Anna Wise of Sonnymoon Rigamortis Rigamortis Remix Rigamortus Rigamortus (Remix) Rip (Remix) Ronal Reagan Era Ronald Reagan Era Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils) Rossi Wine (Prod. by Droop E) Say Whassup (Black Hippy) Sex With Society Shake It Off (Freestyle) She Needs Me She Needs Me (Remix) Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter Sherane A.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter’s Daughter Sherane aka Master Splinter's Daughter Shock The World Sing About Me Sing About Me / I’m Dying of Thirst Sing About Me I'm Dying Of Thirst Sing About Me, I m Dying of Thirst Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst Skill Still Appeal Solo Dolo Solo Dolo Part 2 (Feat. Kid Cudi) Somebody That I Used To Know (Freestyle) Street Dreamin (Feat. Bridget Kelly) Swimming Pools Swimming Pools (Black Hippy Remix) Swimming Pools (Drank) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended Version) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Single) Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version] Swimming Pools (Remix) Swimming Pools (Replay Remix) Taking Me Down Talib Kweli Interlude Tammy's Song Tammy's Song (Her Evils) Tammy's Song Her Evils Tammy's Song TDE Roll Call (Black Hippy) Temptation Textbook Stuff Thanksgiving The Art Of Peer Pressure The Blacker The Berry The Blacker The Berry (feat. Assassin) The City The City Is Mines The Heart Pt 3 The Heart Pt. 2 The Heart Pt. 3 The Heart Pt. II The Heart Pt. III The Jig Is Up The Jig Is Up (Dump'n) The Recipe The Recipe (Black Hippy Remix) The Recipe (Single) The Relevant The Spiteful Chant These Walls They Say Thirsty Today Track 1 Trip Two Presidents U U \/ For Sale? (God Is Gangsta) U.O.E.N.O. (Black Hippy) U.O.E.N.O. (Remix) Uncle Bobby & Jason Keaton Untitled Untitled 01 (08.19.2014) untitled 01 | 08.19.2014. untitled 02 (06.23.2014) untitled 02 | 06.23.2014. untitled 03 (05.28.2013) untitled 03 | 05.28.2013. Untitled 04 (08.14.2014) untitled 04 | 08.14.2014. untitled 05 (09.21.2014) untitled 05 | 09.21.2014. untitled 06 (06.30.2014) untitled 06 | 06.30.2014. Untitled 07 - 2014-2016 Untitled 07 - Levitate untitled 07 (2014 - 2016) Untitled 07 (Levitate) untitled 07 | 2014 - 2016 untitled 08 (09.06.2014) untitled 08 | 09.06.2014. Untitled 2 Untitled 2 (Blue Faces) Vanity Slaves Vanity Slaves Part 2 Wanna Be Heard War Is My Love Watts R.I.O.T. (Feat. Gee Watts) We Up We Up (Feat. 50 Cent) Wesley's Theory Wesley's Theory Westside Right On Westside, Right On Time What The Deal What The Deal (Freestyle) (Feat. Miguel) Who Shot Ya Who Shot Ya (Freestyle) Writer At War: \u2019s XXL Cover Story XXL Freshman You Ain't Gotta Lie You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) Young & Black
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