[Verse 1]You never knew a plug, plug, plug, a plug like thisSophisticated gangsta, watch me thug like thisSnatch your, uh, in a club like thisSeven zeros, need my pub like thisStuck in a rock in a hard placeI am thinkin' I won't bump y'all up, well, I amI got to get my thing offMy style come from Devin the Dude, Kurupt, 2And James Brown with his fist crossedI fluctuate the vocals like Prince RogersWhoever thought a billionaire come out of Compton?Multiply simple logic, it's rules you can followIf Dre ain't motivation, I don't know who isGift and a curse, maybe them shoes is too bigOr maybe I'm too pessimistic to know I'm giftedChasin' hood rat brownie points and bullshittin'I dropped the four on 'em, scrapin', hopped a four on 'emGrab my dick and pour on 'emYeah, homie, I'm still talkin' that whoop-de-whoopHoppin' out on my enemies, I know who to shootBack when my homies where I need to beSuch a familiar sceneries, I smell the gun smokeI watched a homie watch his son smokeI seen the sun set on my setI seen one 'Ru and one Loc, one slip and one played him closeEverythin' subject to changeNowadays, the Compton (?) kill each otherFaster than an opposite colorHomies whack out everythin', you're dead, homieIt's your mother, your uncle and brotherIf God was a Loc, he'd probably had one comin'Damn, that's fucked up, I guess it isWhen you can't trust not a soul inside these streetsI made a video out there in Copenhagen, so the homies can seeTo let 'em know it's more than just Pamela LeeThey said, Good lookingPaused the video the moment his phone ringThat fast dollar was his only problemNo matter how many times I showed him the Eiffel TowerThe block was home and Africa was too far for powerThen I knew[Bridge]And you don't and you don't and you don'tAnd you don't and you don't and you don'tAnd you don't and you don't and you don'tAnd you don't and you don't stop[Verse 2]This feelin' is unmatchedThis feelin' is brought to you by adrenaline and good rapBlack Pendleton ball capWindows shatter, same synonym fall backBeen in it before Internet had impactsMy innocence limited, the experience lackedTen of us with no tentative tactic that crackedThe mind of a literate writer, but I did in factYou admitted it once I submitted it wrapped in plasticRemember scribblin', scratchin' diligent sentences backwardsVisitin' freestyle cyphers for your reactionNow I can visit a stadium, pack it the fastestGamblin' Benjamin benefits, sittin' in trafficSpinnin' women in cartwheels, linen fabric on fashionWinnin' in every decisionKendrick is master and mastered itIsn't it lovely how menace has turned attraction?Pivotin' rappers, finish your fraction, runnin' pure magicThank God for rap, I will say it got me a plaqueBut what's better than that? I know everythingI know everything, I know myselfI know morality, spirituality, good and beheldI know fatality might haunt youI know everything, I know ComptonI know street shit, I know shit that's conscience, I know everythingI know lawyers, advertisement and sponsorsI know wisdom, I know bad religion, I know good karmaI know everything, I know historyI know the universe works mentallyI know the perks of bullshit, that isn't meant for meI know everything, I know cars, clothes, hoes and moneyI know loyalty, I know respect, I know those that's hungryI know everything, the highs to lows to groupies and junkiesI know if I'm generous at heart, I don't need recognitionThe way I'm rewarded, well, that's God's decisionYou know, they know that from Compton School DistrictI give it to the kids, don't gossip 'bout how it was distributedI, I, I know how people work, I know the price of lifeI know how much it's worth, I know what I know and I know it wellNot to ever forget until I realized I didn't know shitBig Boy, what's up?[Bridge]And you don't and you don't and you don'tAnd you don't and you don't and you don'tAnd you don't and you don't and you don'tAnd you don't and you don't stop[Verse 3]I don't give a buck about no politics in rapMy little homie Stunna Deuce ain't never comin' backSo I got to go hard every time I jump on waxBump what they talking 'bout, this here is where it's atLook, I came in this game, I stuck my fangs in this gameI wore no chain in this game, my hood, my name in this gameNow I double up, time to bubble up the bread and huddle upI'm stickin' to the scripts like, Yeah, 'em Benjamins can cuddle upI skip, hop, I drip-drop, I flip-flop with them white tube socksIt go sherm sticks, watch me burn thisThat's what the chronic smell like when them chemicals mixFifty-homie salute, I'm out to Compton Zoo with the extrasEl Cos, Monte Carlos, Road Kings and dressersRip Ridaz, (?), Mexicans that eff with meNobody can eff with me, tell y'all to eff with meJumpin' out the Caddy, uh, just got my (?)The little homies calledThey said, The enemies done cliqued upOh, yeah? Punto want to squabble with me, vatio?Oh, yeah? Tell 'em they can run it for the cardioOh, yeah? Everythin' is everythin', it's scandalousSlow motion for the ambulance, the project filled with camerasThe LAPD gamblin', scramblin', football numbers slanderin'Homie's name on paper, you snitched all summerThe streets don't fail me now, they want to put the game in townFrom Compton to Congress, it's set trippin' all aroundAin't nothin' new but a flow of new DemoCrips and ReBloodlicansRed state versus a blue state, which one you governin'?They give us guns and drugs, call us thugsTell me they profit to fuck with youNobody can fuck with you, Obama said, What it do?[Bridge]Can I get one more?[Verse 4]Everybody want to talk about who this and who thatWho the realest and who wack, who white or who blackCritics want to mention that they miss when hip hop was rappin'Motherfuck if they did, then a nigga'd be platinumY'all priorities bullshit, put energy in wrong shitHennessy and Crown Vic, my memory been gone sinceDon't ask about no politician at award showsNo, don't ask about my, uh, no, don't ask about my foes'Less you askin' me about power, yeah, I got a lot of itI'm the only nigga next to Snoop that can push the buttonHad the Coast on standbyK. Dot, what up? I heard they opened up Pandora's boxI box 'em all in, buyin' land stock
Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar
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