| [4X] [Kendrick Lamar] |
Smoke good, eat good, live good |
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I used to want to see the penitentiary, way after elementary |
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Thought it was cool to look the judge in the face when he sentenced me |
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Since my uncles was institutionalised my intuition has said |
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I was suited for family ties |
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My mama is stressing, my daddy tired |
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I need me a weapon, these niggas ride every minute, hour and second, ministers tried to save me, how |
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I'm gon' listen when |
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I don't even hear |
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God? Heaven or |
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Hell, base it all on my instincts |
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My hands dirty, you worried bout mud in your sink |
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You like to mistake a street nigga for real nigga |
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That same nigga that kill with ya squeal with ya |
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I deal with ya like my son, stare at the sun and you'll be looking in my eyes homie |
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Stand for something or fall for anything and you working with two left feet at the skating rink |
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But anyway, this for my niggas |
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Uncles, twenty-three hours sending me pictures |
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I want you to know that |
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I'm so determined to blow that you hear the music |
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I wrote, hope it get you off death row |
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You came home to a pocket full of stones |
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A MetroPC' phone, then you went back in |
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So when I touch the pen, the pen is in my view |
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I'ma get it right just so you [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] |
| [5X] [GLC] |
Smoke good, eat good, live good |
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And I do this for the city |
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Got some Hennessy and my real niggas with me |
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**** the police, they gon' have to come and get me |
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If it feel good to ya, holler if you hear me [Kendrick Lamar] |
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You like to mistake a street nigga for real nigga |
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That same nigga that kill with ya squeal with ya |
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I'd like to start it out from the bottom and build with ya |
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Be on my last dollar and split the bill with ya |
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I'm twenty-three with morals and plans of living cordial |
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Not rich but wealthy, there's nothing you can tell me |
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My killings are not remorseful, the city got my back |
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Before that, |
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I give them my torso |
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You think about it, and don't call me lyrical cause really |
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I'm just a nigga that's evil and spiritual |
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I know some rappers using big words to make they similes curve |
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My simplest shit be more pivotal |
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I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals |
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Worry some individuals that live life critical |
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So won't you bare witness while |
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I bare feet so you can walk in my shoes and get to know me |
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But anyway, this for my pops on his lunch break eating in that parking lot |
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On "Wanna Be Heard" probably thought he worked my nerves |
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But really he was stressing me, getting what |
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I deserved |
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Somebody said my name on the radio, he ain't know |
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I was ready for the world that minute |
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So the next time he roll up and drop grams in it, he'll probably be out of work, laid back, while he [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] |
| [5X] [GLC] |
Smoke good, eat good, live good |
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And I do this for the city |
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Got some Hennessy and my real niggas with me |
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**** the police, they gon' have to come and get me |
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If it feel good to ya, holler if you hear me [Outro: GLC] |
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Church is definitely on the move, and now that we took it up to the cathedral cause the ism is enormous, you know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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We out here rotating under the five |
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Ps Proper preparation prevents poor performance, you know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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Doing my thing, cause |
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I'm rotating with my speakers thumping from the |
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Windy City streets all the way out here to the streets of |
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Compton Know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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Church is definitely on the move and we gon' continue to hustle and grow and develop by far |
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As I rotate with my true player partner by the name of |
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Kendrick Lamar |
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You know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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This is the ism, this is the vision, you know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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You gotta get up off your ass and get it man |
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That's the only way your pockets gonna expand |
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I tell you everyday, you know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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Apply yourself to supply your wealth |
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Only limitations you'll ever have are those that you place upon yourself |
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Church is definitely on the move, you know what |
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I'm talking bout? |
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Exercise your ism and don't depend on no one else |
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Cathedral, chuuch! |
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Ism |