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The City Lyrics

Song The City
Artist The Game
Artist Kendrick Lamar
Album The R.E.D. Album
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[00:00.28] Leave the angels in the city
[00:13.54] Leave the angels in the city
[00:15.71]
[00:26.09] Tell them muthaf-ckas I’m forever paid
[00:28.28] California king wrestle gators in the Everglades
[00:31.53] Drive up out that muthaf-ckin swamp in the Escalade
[00:34.76] So before you put that Red rag in your pocket I wanna see your f-ckin resume
[00:39.66] Started off on Ground Zero, then I start to levitate
[00:43.16] Rip rappers a new asshole: I never hesitate
[00:46.43] Dre Beats on, smoking that chronic just to meditate
[00:49.17]
[00:49.75] I’ma give em hurricanes until another Levee break
[00:53.04] You niggas is featherweight, I’m Aftermath’s heavyweight
[00:56.16] Now Dre’s weapon of mass destruction is ’bout to detonate
[00:59.65] When a nigga wack found me, shit, I was selling weight
[01:03.08] Now a nigga’s selling millions, now it’s time to celebrate
[01:06.43] Performing in front of millions, nigga every race
[01:09.75] 64 in the ’64, now watch the Chevy scrape
[01:13.11] 4th album, no 5 mics? Then let ‘em hate
[01:16.48] But I’m not stopping ’til I’m the f-cking king in every state
[01:19.98] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[01:25.11] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[01:27.85] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[01:31.23] Get familiar Cartwrightwith
[01:32.34]
[01:33.19] Cause I wrote that shot, I’m a raging bull when the needle drops
[01:36.12] For the record, I’mm wreck it, even if my record don’t pop
[01:39.31] I’mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[01:42.12] Tell ‘em they can find me in with the dark the ghetto children look at my heart
[01:44.59] Nigga f-ck your feelings, this is me
[01:46.71] I’m sick of muthaf-ckers talking about “the West died”
[01:49.71] Can’t you hear my heart beating?
[01:51.31] That’s the motherf-ckin West side, you test me, you test God
[01:56.42] I’m his son, insane songs, you come at me
[01:59.11] Then I can split you with this Tommy gun
[02:01.24] You won’t have no time to run
[02:03.05] I’m from the Compton slums and that’s how the West ride
[02:06.11] I’m from the city where 2 of the best died
[02:09.49] Rest in peace to both of ‘em, spit like I’m the ghost of ‘em
[02:13.42] Damn, I said I spit like I’m the ghost of ‘em
[02:16.40] Name your top 10, I’m harder than the most of ‘em
[02:19.45] Matter of fact, shorten your list nigga, top 5
[02:22.68] Game, Biggie, Hov, prolly Pac, Nas, no particular order
[02:27.91] Bet a mil that I slaughter, serve niggas, give a f-ck what you ordered
[02:31.85] How dare you niggas pop fly
[02:34.35] When I’m the nigga sold 5 mil out the gate and numbers do not lie
[02:39.08] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[02:44.74] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[02:47.48] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[02:51.17] Get familiar with Cartwright
[02:52.84] Cause I wrote that shot, I’m a raging bull when the needle drops
[02:55.60] For the record, I’mm wreck it, even if my record don’t pop
[02:58.70] I’mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[03:01.44] Tell ‘em they can find me in the dark with the look ghetto at children my heart
[03:04.45] Nigga f-ck your feelings, this is me
[03:06.18] I gave you the Documentary, shit was a classic
[03:08.92] Gave you Doctor’s Advocate, you ripped it out the package
[03:12.42] Came with LAX, since critics said it was average
[03:15.55] I was stressed the f-ck out, torn between Aftermath and
[03:18.99] Geffen, Interscope, now I got you in the scope
[03:22.42] Spill the red ink on the paper, it’s like my pen is broke
[03:25.97] And this is what you all been waiting for
[03:29.02] I’m the lost angel knocking on Satan’s door
[03:32.43] What the f-ck y’all take me for? I love you cause you hate me more
[03:35.79] I’m Kobe on the Lakers floor, except I give you 84
[03:38.85] Shake you like Haiti’s floor, walk up on you
[03:42.27] Like “what’s going on baby boy?” Shots in that Mercedes door
[03:45.25] Either I’m crazy, or the black Slim Shady, or
[03:48.87] Could that be the reason that Baby said he would pay me more
[03:52.18] But I still owe Jimmy one more album
[03:55.24] The best the West has ever seen, no disrespect to Calvin
[03:57.87] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[04:04.37] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[04:07.56] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[04:10.82] Get familiar with Cartwright
[04:12.49] Cause I wrote that shot, I’m a raging bull when the needle drops
[04:15.24] For the record, I’mm wreck it, even if my record don’t pop
[04:18.36] I’mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[04:21.62] Tell ‘em they can find me in the dark with the ghetto children look at my heart
[04:24.45] Nigga f-ck your feelings, this is me
[04:26.08] Kendrick, And I wear pendant on my shoulder, soldier
[04:28.61] Like a lieutenant, and the coupe tinted got pulled over
[04:31.42] Johnny always lock a nigga down
[04:33.17] Knowing damn well we don’t wanna see the box Manny like Pacquiao
[04:35.28] Little nigga Mayweather size, ride like Pac in his prime
[04:37.97] Thug life is now on radar
[04:39.46] Til the federal come through and raid ours
[04:41.19] Reminiscing when the LA Raiders
[04:42.56] Was in my home, snapback fitted on my uncle’s dome
[04:45.39] And I don’t condone dickriding
[04:46.81] I’m addicted to Westsiding
[04:48.57] Living in a city where the skinny niggas die
[04:50.25] And the semi bullets but fly, it turn me to a lion
[04:52.10] Trying, and I mean that shit
[04:55.53] Game came through, put the city on his back
[04:56.55] I was in the city with a nigga, had seen that shit
[04:58.23] “Compton!”, nigga a gotta scream that shit
[05:00.35] Never went commercial, Never T.V. screened that shit
[05:01.78] Can’t block or screen that shit, now everybody sing that shit
[05:04.85] Red, is a very emotionally intense colour.
[05:10.15] It enhances Human metabolism, increases respiration rate and raises blood pressure.
[05:16.83] It has a very high visibility, it is why stop signs, stop lights and fire equipments are usually painted red.
[05:24.58] It also represents one third of California’s gang population.
[05:28.49] Needless to say, please dress accordingly while visiting the Los Angeles area.
[05:33.43] Also, tuck your jewellry, and keep your hands inside your vehicle.
[05:38.73] Thank You! Enjoy it!
[00:00.28] Leave the angels in the city
[00:13.54] Leave the angels in the city
[00:15.71]
[00:26.09] Tell them muthafckas I' m forever paid
[00:28.28] California king wrestle gators in the Everglades
[00:31.53] Drive up out that muthafckin swamp in the Escalade
[00:34.76] So before you put that Red rag in your pocket I wanna see your fckin resume
[00:39.66] Started off on Ground Zero, then I start to levitate
[00:43.16] Rip rappers a new asshole: I never hesitate
[00:46.43] Dre Beats on, smoking that chronic just to meditate
[00:49.17]
[00:49.75] I' ma give em hurricanes until another Levee break
[00:53.04] You niggas is featherweight, I' m Aftermath' s heavyweight
[00:56.16] Now Dre' s weapon of mass destruction is ' bout to detonate
[00:59.65] When a nigga wack found me, shit, I was selling weight
[01:03.08] Now a nigga' s selling millions, now it' s time to celebrate
[01:06.43] Performing in front of millions, nigga every race
[01:09.75] 64 in the ' 64, now watch the Chevy scrape
[01:13.11] 4th album, no 5 mics? Then let ' em hate
[01:16.48] But I' m not stopping ' til I' m the fcking king in every state
[01:19.98] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[01:25.11] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[01:27.85] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[01:31.23] Get familiar Cartwrightwith
[01:32.34]
[01:33.19] Cause I wrote that shot, I' m a raging bull when the needle drops
[01:36.12] For the record, I' mm wreck it, even if my record don' t pop
[01:39.31] I' mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[01:42.12] Tell ' em they can find me in with the dark the ghetto children look at my heart
[01:44.59] Nigga fck your feelings, this is me
[01:46.71] I' m sick of muthafckers talking about " the West died"
[01:49.71] Can' t you hear my heart beating?
[01:51.31] That' s the motherfckin West side, you test me, you test God
[01:56.42] I' m his son, insane songs, you come at me
[01:59.11] Then I can split you with this Tommy gun
[02:01.24] You won' t have no time to run
[02:03.05] I' m from the Compton slums and that' s how the West ride
[02:06.11] I' m from the city where 2 of the best died
[02:09.49] Rest in peace to both of ' em, spit like I' m the ghost of ' em
[02:13.42] Damn, I said I spit like I' m the ghost of ' em
[02:16.40] Name your top 10, I' m harder than the most of ' em
[02:19.45] Matter of fact, shorten your list nigga, top 5
[02:22.68] Game, Biggie, Hov, prolly Pac, Nas, no particular order
[02:27.91] Bet a mil that I slaughter, serve niggas, give a fck what you ordered
[02:31.85] How dare you niggas pop fly
[02:34.35] When I' m the nigga sold 5 mil out the gate and numbers do not lie
[02:39.08] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[02:44.74] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[02:47.48] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[02:51.17] Get familiar with Cartwright
[02:52.84] Cause I wrote that shot, I' m a raging bull when the needle drops
[02:55.60] For the record, I' mm wreck it, even if my record don' t pop
[02:58.70] I' mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[03:01.44] Tell ' em they can find me in the dark with the look ghetto at children my heart
[03:04.45] Nigga fck your feelings, this is me
[03:06.18] I gave you the Documentary, shit was a classic
[03:08.92] Gave you Doctor' s Advocate, you ripped it out the package
[03:12.42] Came with LAX, since critics said it was average
[03:15.55] I was stressed the fck out, torn between Aftermath and
[03:18.99] Geffen, Interscope, now I got you in the scope
[03:22.42] Spill the red ink on the paper, it' s like my pen is broke
[03:25.97] And this is what you all been waiting for
[03:29.02] I' m the lost angel knocking on Satan' s door
[03:32.43] What the fck y' all take me for? I love you cause you hate me more
[03:35.79] I' m Kobe on the Lakers floor, except I give you 84
[03:38.85] Shake you like Haiti' s floor, walk up on you
[03:42.27] Like " what' s going on baby boy?" Shots in that Mercedes door
[03:45.25] Either I' m crazy, or the black Slim Shady, or
[03:48.87] Could that be the reason that Baby said he would pay me more
[03:52.18] But I still owe Jimmy one more album
[03:55.24] The best the West has ever seen, no disrespect to Calvin
[03:57.87] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[04:04.37] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[04:07.56] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[04:10.82] Get familiar with Cartwright
[04:12.49] Cause I wrote that shot, I' m a raging bull when the needle drops
[04:15.24] For the record, I' mm wreck it, even if my record don' t pop
[04:18.36] I' mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[04:21.62] Tell ' em they can find me in the dark with the ghetto children look at my heart
[04:24.45] Nigga fck your feelings, this is me
[04:26.08] Kendrick, And I wear pendant on my shoulder, soldier
[04:28.61] Like a lieutenant, and the coupe tinted got pulled over
[04:31.42] Johnny always lock a nigga down
[04:33.17] Knowing damn well we don' t wanna see the box Manny like Pacquiao
[04:35.28] Little nigga Mayweather size, ride like Pac in his prime
[04:37.97] Thug life is now on radar
[04:39.46] Til the federal come through and raid ours
[04:41.19] Reminiscing when the LA Raiders
[04:42.56] Was in my home, snapback fitted on my uncle' s dome
[04:45.39] And I don' t condone dickriding
[04:46.81] I' m addicted to Westsiding
[04:48.57] Living in a city where the skinny niggas die
[04:50.25] And the semi bullets but fly, it turn me to a lion
[04:52.10] Trying, and I mean that shit
[04:55.53] Game came through, put the city on his back
[04:56.55] I was in the city with a nigga, had seen that shit
[04:58.23] " Compton!", nigga a gotta scream that shit
[05:00.35] Never went commercial, Never T. V. screened that shit
[05:01.78] Can' t block or screen that shit, now everybody sing that shit
[05:04.85] Red, is a very emotionally intense colour.
[05:10.15] It enhances Human metabolism, increases respiration rate and raises blood pressure.
[05:16.83] It has a very high visibility, it is why stop signs, stop lights and fire equipments are usually painted red.
[05:24.58] It also represents one third of California' s gang population.
[05:28.49] Needless to say, please dress accordingly while visiting the Los Angeles area.
[05:33.43] Also, tuck your jewellry, and keep your hands inside your vehicle.
[05:38.73] Thank You! Enjoy it!
[00:00.28] Leave the angels in the city
[00:13.54] Leave the angels in the city
[00:15.71]
[00:26.09] Tell them muthafckas I' m forever paid
[00:28.28] California king wrestle gators in the Everglades
[00:31.53] Drive up out that muthafckin swamp in the Escalade
[00:34.76] So before you put that Red rag in your pocket I wanna see your fckin resume
[00:39.66] Started off on Ground Zero, then I start to levitate
[00:43.16] Rip rappers a new asshole: I never hesitate
[00:46.43] Dre Beats on, smoking that chronic just to meditate
[00:49.17]
[00:49.75] I' ma give em hurricanes until another Levee break
[00:53.04] You niggas is featherweight, I' m Aftermath' s heavyweight
[00:56.16] Now Dre' s weapon of mass destruction is ' bout to detonate
[00:59.65] When a nigga wack found me, shit, I was selling weight
[01:03.08] Now a nigga' s selling millions, now it' s time to celebrate
[01:06.43] Performing in front of millions, nigga every race
[01:09.75] 64 in the ' 64, now watch the Chevy scrape
[01:13.11] 4th album, no 5 mics? Then let ' em hate
[01:16.48] But I' m not stopping ' til I' m the fcking king in every state
[01:19.98] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[01:25.11] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[01:27.85] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[01:31.23] Get familiar Cartwrightwith
[01:32.34]
[01:33.19] Cause I wrote that shot, I' m a raging bull when the needle drops
[01:36.12] For the record, I' mm wreck it, even if my record don' t pop
[01:39.31] I' mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[01:42.12] Tell ' em they can find me in with the dark the ghetto children look at my heart
[01:44.59] Nigga fck your feelings, this is me
[01:46.71] I' m sick of muthafckers talking about " the West died"
[01:49.71] Can' t you hear my heart beating?
[01:51.31] That' s the motherfckin West side, you test me, you test God
[01:56.42] I' m his son, insane songs, you come at me
[01:59.11] Then I can split you with this Tommy gun
[02:01.24] You won' t have no time to run
[02:03.05] I' m from the Compton slums and that' s how the West ride
[02:06.11] I' m from the city where 2 of the best died
[02:09.49] Rest in peace to both of ' em, spit like I' m the ghost of ' em
[02:13.42] Damn, I said I spit like I' m the ghost of ' em
[02:16.40] Name your top 10, I' m harder than the most of ' em
[02:19.45] Matter of fact, shorten your list nigga, top 5
[02:22.68] Game, Biggie, Hov, prolly Pac, Nas, no particular order
[02:27.91] Bet a mil that I slaughter, serve niggas, give a fck what you ordered
[02:31.85] How dare you niggas pop fly
[02:34.35] When I' m the nigga sold 5 mil out the gate and numbers do not lie
[02:39.08] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[02:44.74] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[02:47.48] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[02:51.17] Get familiar with Cartwright
[02:52.84] Cause I wrote that shot, I' m a raging bull when the needle drops
[02:55.60] For the record, I' mm wreck it, even if my record don' t pop
[02:58.70] I' mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[03:01.44] Tell ' em they can find me in the dark with the look ghetto at children my heart
[03:04.45] Nigga fck your feelings, this is me
[03:06.18] I gave you the Documentary, shit was a classic
[03:08.92] Gave you Doctor' s Advocate, you ripped it out the package
[03:12.42] Came with LAX, since critics said it was average
[03:15.55] I was stressed the fck out, torn between Aftermath and
[03:18.99] Geffen, Interscope, now I got you in the scope
[03:22.42] Spill the red ink on the paper, it' s like my pen is broke
[03:25.97] And this is what you all been waiting for
[03:29.02] I' m the lost angel knocking on Satan' s door
[03:32.43] What the fck y' all take me for? I love you cause you hate me more
[03:35.79] I' m Kobe on the Lakers floor, except I give you 84
[03:38.85] Shake you like Haiti' s floor, walk up on you
[03:42.27] Like " what' s going on baby boy?" Shots in that Mercedes door
[03:45.25] Either I' m crazy, or the black Slim Shady, or
[03:48.87] Could that be the reason that Baby said he would pay me more
[03:52.18] But I still owe Jimmy one more album
[03:55.24] The best the West has ever seen, no disrespect to Calvin
[03:57.87] Recognize my life, ridicule my fight
[04:04.37] Give me fuel for the fire burning when I yearn these lights
[04:07.56] In the midst of the hieroglyphs my fingertips start to write
[04:10.82] Get familiar with Cartwright
[04:12.49] Cause I wrote that shot, I' m a raging bull when the needle drops
[04:15.24] For the record, I' mm wreck it, even if my record don' t pop
[04:18.36] I' mma tie your knot on a Downtown building, let it tow behind me
[04:21.62] Tell ' em they can find me in the dark with the ghetto children look at my heart
[04:24.45] Nigga fck your feelings, this is me
[04:26.08] Kendrick, And I wear pendant on my shoulder, soldier
[04:28.61] Like a lieutenant, and the coupe tinted got pulled over
[04:31.42] Johnny always lock a nigga down
[04:33.17] Knowing damn well we don' t wanna see the box Manny like Pacquiao
[04:35.28] Little nigga Mayweather size, ride like Pac in his prime
[04:37.97] Thug life is now on radar
[04:39.46] Til the federal come through and raid ours
[04:41.19] Reminiscing when the LA Raiders
[04:42.56] Was in my home, snapback fitted on my uncle' s dome
[04:45.39] And I don' t condone dickriding
[04:46.81] I' m addicted to Westsiding
[04:48.57] Living in a city where the skinny niggas die
[04:50.25] And the semi bullets but fly, it turn me to a lion
[04:52.10] Trying, and I mean that shit
[04:55.53] Game came through, put the city on his back
[04:56.55] I was in the city with a nigga, had seen that shit
[04:58.23] " Compton!", nigga a gotta scream that shit
[05:00.35] Never went commercial, Never T. V. screened that shit
[05:01.78] Can' t block or screen that shit, now everybody sing that shit
[05:04.85] Red, is a very emotionally intense colour.
[05:10.15] It enhances Human metabolism, increases respiration rate and raises blood pressure.
[05:16.83] It has a very high visibility, it is why stop signs, stop lights and fire equipments are usually painted red.
[05:24.58] It also represents one third of California' s gang population.
[05:28.49] Needless to say, please dress accordingly while visiting the Los Angeles area.
[05:33.43] Also, tuck your jewellry, and keep your hands inside your vehicle.
[05:38.73] Thank You! Enjoy it!
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