bkon kid capri
it was always me vs the world
until i found it’s me vs me
why why why why
why why why why
just remember what happens on earth stays on earth
we gon’ put it in reverse
ted taylor sampled
darling i told you many times
and i am telling you once again
just to remind you sweetheart
that my
verse kendrick lamar
oh lamar
hail mary and marijuana times is hard
pray with the hooligans shadows all in the dark
fellowship with demons and relatives i’m a star
life is one funny mothafucka
a true comedian you gotta love him you gotta trust him
i might be buggin’ infomercials and no sleep
verted by my thoughts children listen it gets deep
see once upon a time inside the nickerson garden projects
the object was to process and digest poverty’s dialect
adaptation inevitable gun violence crack spot
federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals
anthony was the oldest of seven
wellrespected calm and collected
laughin’ and jokin’ made life easier hard times mama on crack
a fouryearold tellin’ his nanny he needed her
his family history pimpin’ and bangin’
he was meant to be dangerous clocked him a grip and start slangin’
fifteen scrapin’ up his jeans with quarter pieces
even got some head from a smoker last weekend
dodged a policeman workin’ for his big homie
smalltime hustler graduated to a brick on him
0000 dollars out of a project housing that’s on the daily
seen his first mil twenty years old had a couple of babies
had a couple of shooters caught a murder case
fingerprints on the gun they assumin’ but witnesses couldn’t prove it
that was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin
he beat the case and went back to hustlin’
birdshufflin’ anthony rang
the first in the projects with the twotone mustang that 50 thing they say 50 came circlin’ parking lots and parking spots
and hoppin’ out while harrassin’ the corner blocks
crooked cops told anthony he should kick it
he brushed ’em off and walked back to the kentucky fried chicken
see at this chicken spot there was a lightskinned nigga that talked a lot
with a curly top and a gap in his teeth he worked the window
his name was ducky he came from the streets the robert taylor homes
southside projects chiraq the terror dome
drove to california with a woman on him and fivehundred dollars
they had a son hopin’ that he’d see college
hustlin’ on the side with a ninetofive to freak it
cadillac seville he’d ride his son around on weekends
threepiece special with his name on the shirt pocket
‘cross the street from the projects anthony planned to rob it
stuck up the place before back in ’84
that’s when affiliation was really at gears of war
so many relatives tellin’ us sellin’ us devilish works killin’ us crime
intelligent felonious prevalent proposition with 9’s
ducky was wellaware
they robbed the manager and shot a customer last year
he figured he’d get on these niggas’ good sides
free chicken every time anthony posted in line two extra biscuits
anthony liked him and then let him slide they didn’t kill him
in fact it look like they’re the last to survive pay attention
that one decision changed both of they lives one curse at a time
rethe manifest and good karma and i’ll tell you why
you take two strangers and put ’em in random predicaments
give ’em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it
twenty years later them same strangers you make ’em meet again
inside recording studios where they reapin’ their benefits
then you start remindin’ them about that chicken incident
whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence
because if anthony killed ducky top dawg could be servin’ life
while i grew up without a father and die in a gunfight
gunshot
kendrick lamar
thgifnug a ni eid dna rehtaf a tuohtiw pu werg i elihw
efil ‘nivres eb dluoc gwad pot ykcud dellik ynohtna fi esuaceb
ecnedicnioc morf eb dluow reppar tsetaerg eht thguoht reveohw
tnedicni nekcihc taht tuoba meht ‘nidnimer trats uoy neht
stifeneb rieht ‘nipaer yeht erehw soiduts gnidrocer edisni
niaga teem me’ ekam uoy sregnarts emas meht retal sraey ytnewt
ti htiw evil dna seciohc nwo rieht ekam nac yeht os luos a me’ evig
stnemaciderp modnar ni me’ tup dna sregnarts owt ekat uoy
yhw uoy llet ll’i dna amrak doog dna tsefinam eht esrever
emit a ta esruc eno sevil yeht fo htob degnahc noisiced eno taht
noitnetta yap
erac tub
tpecnoc etalucammi siht ekil eno ecnis retrauq eniacoc
and ym edisni ytlayor tog ytlayol
tog i tog i tog i tog i
so i was takin’ a walk the other day
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Year: 2017
Decade: 10s
Language: en
Word Count: 516