[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
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[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
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One two, one two, one two
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One two, one two, one two
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One two
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Turn the headphones up Ali
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One two
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You mix with Dre, right?
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Turn the headphones up
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[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
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When the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated
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That's enough pressure to live your whole life sedated
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Find the tallest building in Vegas and jump off it
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But I could never rewrite history in a coffin
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So I'm talking to God, a¢æ©«Can you wash all these demons off me?a¢æ?
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This last year I've been quite similar to Aaliyah
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Control my own destiny, only rapper that steered
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A G5, g's give high-fives to me and say, a¢æ©«Kendrick, just persevere.a¢æ?
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The presents of being rare
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As I lay in this four corner room staring at candles
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Thinking, a¢æ©«How can I make an example, for this generation of Compton?a¢æ?
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My biggest fear is not feeling accomplished
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Or turning back to that same accomplice
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My past life was a child with no act right
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Trying to smile in a room of killers, turn into a crash site
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Influenced by niggas that spoke the gang culture fluent
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Assuring that some blossom early and some truant
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Thank God for the album I idolized
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It's dark and plus hell is hot, that's the start of this crazy ride
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Two young niggas, me and Dave inside the garage
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And thought we was Jay and Dame
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Thats the lane that we tried to drive
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Truthfully, I just started rappin' to get away
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I never thought that your favorite rapper would want a verse
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My nigga got hit 25 times with a K
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Make the decision, ride the beat or ride in a hearse
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Now Punch is my mentor, Top Dawg is the coach
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Jay Rock is my older brother, I was there when he wrote
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His name on his record deal, we had figured the coast
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Would live on a pedestal, once the shit hit the store
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Find ourselves scrambling, tryna figure it out
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Soul told me that the record shop 'bout to go in a drought
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Q ain't got a place to stay, and 'bout to sleep on the couch
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We eating off each other tray, the dollar menu amount
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Meanwhile the coast going hard at each other
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The younger rappers had wanted some of the OGs' comfort
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But I ain't need it
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I never screamed out the a¢æ?New West', I didn't believe it
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They brought each other down, I was planning out my achievements
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I need to separate myself to stand out
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I need a better way to take your fans now
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I need to kill you motherfuckers dead
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Three hollow tips aimed at your head
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I'll be damned if the chopper jam now
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And we never asked for no hand out
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In the midst of it all I recall a called when you said how
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We could never resolve in The Hall of Fame
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And I'm with the trial with a Bible and a rifle
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I play the game as I plan blow
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Hollaback at me, nigga
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And if they said I'm the one, why you asking me, nigga?
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Cause When the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated
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That's enough pressure to make you just open the Book of David
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And pray to God hat make it or live your life in the matrix
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Cause falling off is a sickness, I heard that it's quite contagious
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I need to separate myself to stand out
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I need a better way to take your fans now
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I need to kill you motherfuckers dead
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Three hollow tips aimed at your head
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[Verse 2: Ab-Soul]
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I'll be damned if the chopper jam now
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And we never asked for no hand out
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I'll take you back to that pack of Black & Milds in my hand now
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In the midst of it all was cooking with pots and pans out
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Looking forward as four of us are forced to form a new clan now
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Fast forward as I wait in line for this passport
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The homies was still poor, was working at Jansport
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[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
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Whoever thought that Rosenberg would mention me to Dre?
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Even Vanessa from XXL had told him to press play
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And there goes my fate, now I'm on stage with Snoop
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Gave me the torch and I ran with it in high pursuit
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Rapped with my forefathers, even record with Gaga too
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Lyricist of the year, fuck am I supposed to do? Rock
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[Verse 4: Jay Rock]
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Laughing at you niggas out there who thought we was flukes
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Exaggerated shit that we had rapped had came true
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Thought I was aggravated, when Warner had let me |