1] When I jumped off the porch, I was forced into last resorts of a gone short And, of course, when that it's course, I was hoarse from yelling out Demons fought inside of me taught society how to rejoice The on sight of me, privacy obviously was lost And the piracy of the streets in my odyssey caught A bullet probably destroyed A good kid in a mad city, annoyed I walked down the street with no And run into beef when I'm a vegan Reekin' the scent of a saint, sinner smell it start squeezing that's tumblin' straight at my melon, apparent reason Probably was because of my cousin causing the That was bloodin' in public and Kendrick seen him last weekend, cousin But you no kin to me, 'stead of Kendrick, I'm Kennedy Assassinate my character, that's your remedy Fair enough, I got but I don't bang But that's the repercussions when your cousin is causing the blood Then by yourself at the Compton parade, he said:
Aye, look, homie, I (pump, pump) A member, I'm active, I do my thing (pump) I do my (pump) I'm from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain't, I still need to
Where you from, you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you or where your grandma stay Where you from, you stay or where your grandma stay
2] I seen 'em from afar then I a piece of my jaw Like on the ground, you the sound when you hear the people in awe Sympathetic 'cause they like seeing you tryna fight back at a pack of I promised three of 'em, beat the black off my back in pyjamas, was almost I should've went to sleep and some sheep when I greeted the pavement Got up and seen the shock on their faces like damn it, he it My in the palm of a cherry bomb and they waitin' to blow up on me, my homies are not alarmed Then I heard firearm make a sound like it waved around my direction I'm guessing this is the part where my heart expected to drop in a second, look at the I'm made in the shortest of time and in back of my mind I'm like this the loss I'ma take My fate was distraught, a cape and superpowers can't save me I'm pushing up daisies before I can make my way to the car Cross cancel and right I seen the black glove raisin' the handle, he said:
Aye, look, homie, I (pump, pump) A member, I'm active, I do my thing (pump) I do my (pump) I'm really the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain't, I need to know
Where you from, you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma Where you from, where you stay or where your stay
3] Bitch, I'm bustin' I'ma borrow my uncle's in a minute Jump in a Civic then that bitch on my lap I was but now I'm tempted And alert me on where you at I'm a when I'm offended Relentless, I react Then said the dispatch Of an officer, got his mind made on ya That's a fact when you're black and You're profiled as a I'm bellin' down with my basketball and a backpack Gym shoes and my nap nappy, my ball cap backwards And then I look back, strobe lights on my tail Turned then I turned right Turned 'cause the sirens is loud as the colors of pink and yellow on Wesley Snipes to God I don't get sniped Pray to God that the stay shining for 30 more minutes Hope a witness around when I'm 'bout to cut off the engine of hatred is what I'm facin' Even though being a ain't my memo But this is he said when I dropped the window:
Aye, look, homie, I By the time you hear the next shot, you'll learn that L.A.P.D. is the gang (pump) I do my (pump) I'm really the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain't, I still need to
Where you from, where you stay or where your stay you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your stay