Lord have mercy, Christ He's just nice, he just slice like a Look at the life I been through We the last real alive, that's official
[Kendrick Let me tell you when it all Game Documentary and made plenty enemies It was a classic album, but to that Guerilla Black and put the city on wax A lot of Biggie comparisons, we all was of them But that wasn't my M.O., I just thought he was Can't why Game would say his name in that manner Many went by, still no legitimate answer Anyway, I put out a in 12th grade Hub threat, minor of the year, DJ Dave And his brother designed, put together the Put it out to the people, the people said I was With the flow, went to the to show off my skills Mike and Himey and some other cat I was real Himey was Games barber, the other cat a statement Saying that Game was his partner, so I gave him my Said he'd it for him, hoping that I'd get my big break But got a response.. anyway This named ?Pop Givs? came to my school with a camera I freestyled on his DVD for a then after It hit the streets, I was as K. Dot from Compton Man Hootie probably was the youngest out was poppin' But I didn't have a home yet, had ? in me Until I met Top Dawg, Dave that he'd like to meet Me at the studio, made me for an hour Told me come tomorrow, but I came back in a hour Jay was in the booth, recording his first mixtape Was skeptical homie at because he knew where I stayed But we got over that, heard the beat, a rap Did our first collaboration on the track He got signed later, Warner Brothers We started on his album, he wrote his rhymes on Before became a modern day phone Same time our was generated from G Malone He had a song called 200, Lightnin, the streets loved it Said that Sony had him an unbelievable budget Now a smart nigga, I'm tryna make my raps bigger than life But not knowing how to market it on the radio Only cat he from the West Coast was playin' was Bishop And by then this nigga' was tremendous In the lab, me and Rock tryna perfect our What the fuck? thing you know, we came across Lift Me Up It was a hit I heard it But all we had was the instrumental and the But Rock on it for certain, it was to smash it to Julio, just to get his opinion Next thing you know, the was That was a good look, it set the on fire Niggas in Garden presents Watts Riot Then these rappers start hating, callin' up to the Ask why they ain't playin', what you niggas complaining, about? was funny to us tho Niggas hate to see a nigga from the bottom up, yo In the midst of the poppin' and niggas tryna seek and destroy I had a with Def Jam, premature Shit went sour Jay-Z left but they didn't care I was glad Jay-Z me respect See I was young, fast forward, hot dollah had the on lock Far as play, obvious, he got a lot with Daz Dilinger, Jay Rock spoke on it Which in my opinion, I didn't the shit was impo'tant But a whole 'nother story, we hit the lab with Game And a few other names Juice and Young, ya boy Did the cypher and everybody's like, "Wow" These Top Dawg niggas to make noise" Surely Game took us on tour, I love you for that But after that, we didn't see him no more G Malone came with a smash hit Akon Mistah FAB battled Royce Nickel napalm Then start to scream out the new West And claim that West Coast legends want to see him at best I that's just an excuse, because their music ain't tight Tell 'em that Ab-soul said it, can quote him twice Then Crooked I came with Weekly, killin' the internet But he been a threat since Deathrow, then came about And all I thought about was Ab-Soul It finally started to look like the West was moves Western Union had the whole boomin' because of Snoop Matter fact, Bad was my favorite about the group Then ?Problem? off, another Compton native We both Compton niggas, but Compton ain't made it By time, Jay Rock and All My Life hit the airwaves We got into some major beef over Lil' Wayne That part I'mma out Theres things that the streets only should know about Shout out to Bishop win that game, then had a fight ? That's when I C4 and had the critics mad at me Because they didn't see my views, grab the hottest out and re-do it That's a power move stupid You foolish, don't know about this war shit mo' shit to wanting to be the king of the coast shit
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[Outro: Kendrick So two ago I finally run into the nigga I gave my mixtape too And he was partners with Game The nigga finally told me he said He said he didn't it But the like "See, see, look at you, at you now, I tried to tell him you was tight" Nigga probably never even gave it to him and