Lord have mercy, Jesus just nice, he just slice like a ginnsu Look at the life I been through We the last real alive, that's official
Lamar] Let me you when it all started Game Documentary and made plenty enemies It was a album, but prior to that Guerilla debuted and put the city on wax A lot of Biggie comparisons, we all was of them But that wasn't my M.O., I thought he was dope Can't why Game would say his name in that manner Many years went by, still no legitimate Anyway, I put out a mixtape in 12th Hub City threat, minor of the year, DJ And his brother designed, put the music Put it out to the people, the said I was stupid With the flow, went to the to show off my skills Mike and Himey and some cat said I was real Himey was Games barber, the cat made a statement Saying that Game was his partner, so I him my tape Said he'd play it for him, hoping I'd get my big break But got a response.. anyway This nigga named ?Pop Givs? came to my school with a I on his DVD for a minute then after It hit the streets, I was known as K. Dot from Man Hootie probably was the youngest out that was But I have a home yet, Hootie had ? in me Until I met Top Dawg, Dave that he'd like to meet Me at the studio, me freestyle for an hour Told me come back tomorrow, but I back in a hour Jay Rock was in the booth, recording his first Was skeptical homie at first he knew where I stayed But we got over that, the beat, wrote a rap Did our first on the Nephew track He got signed later, Warner Brothers We started on his album, he wrote his on paper Sidekicks became a modern day phone Same our buzz was generated from G Malone He had a song called 200, White Lightnin, the loved it Said that Sony had him an unbelievable budget Now that's a smart nigga, I'm tryna make my raps than life But not knowing how to market it Turned on the Only cat he knew from the Coast was playin' was Bishop And by then this nigga' was tremendous In the lab, me and tryna perfect our craft What the fuck? Next thing you know, we came across 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 Gave it to Julio, to get his opinion Next you know, the record was That was a good look, it set the on fire Niggas in Garden projects Watts Riot Then these rappers start hating, callin' up to the Ask why record ain't playin', what you niggas complaining, about? Shit was to us tho Niggas hate to see a from the bottom come up, yo In the midst of the single poppin' and niggas tryna and destroy I had a situation Def Jam, premature Shit went sour after Jay-Z left but they didn't I was glad gave me respect See I was young, fast forward, hot dollah had the streets on Far as play, obvious, he got a lot Beefing' with Daz Dilinger, Jay Rock on it Which in my opinion, I think the shit was impo'tant But that's a whole 'nother story, we hit the lab with And a few names like Juice and Young, ya boy Did the cypher freestyle and like, "Wow" These Top Dawg niggas 'bout to noise" Surely Game took us on tour, I love you for that But right that, we didn't see him no more G Malone came a smash hit with Akon Mistah FAB Royce Nickel with napalm Then everybody start to out the new West And claim that West legends don't want to see him at best I think that's an excuse, because their music ain't tight Tell 'em that Ab-soul said it, they can quote him Then Crooked I came with Hip-Hop Weekly, killin' the But he been a threat Deathrow, then Rocky came about And all I thought was Ab-Soul 2-11-2 It started to look like the West was makin' moves Western had the whole block boomin' because of Snoop Matter fact, Bad Luck was my about the group Then ?Problem? took off, Compton native We both Compton niggas, but Compton ain't made it By this time, Jay Rock and All My hit the airwaves We almost got into some major over Lil' Wayne That part I'mma out Theres certain that the streets only should know about Shout out to Bishop win game, then had a fight with ? when I dropped 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 goddamn move stupid You foolish, don't shit about this war shit Theres mo' shit to wanting to be the king of the coast
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[Outro: Kendrick So two weeks ago I run into the nigga I gave my mixtape too And said he was partners Game The nigga finally told me what he 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 gave it to him and shit