Lord mercy, Jesus Christ just nice, he just slice like a ginnsu Look at the life that I been We the last real niggas alive, official
[Kendrick Let me tell you it all started Game dropped Documentary and plenty enemies It was a album, but prior to that Guerilla Black debuted and put the on wax A lot of comparisons, we all was aware of them But that wasn't my M.O., I just thought he was Can't understand why Game say his name in that manner Many years went by, still no answer Anyway, I put out a in 12th grade Hub City threat, minor of the year, DJ And his brother designed, put the music Put it out to the people, the people said I was With the flow, to the barbershop to show off my skills and Himey and some other cat said I was real Himey was barber, the other cat made a statement Saying that was his partner, so I gave him my tape he'd play it for him, hoping that I'd get my big break But got a response.. anyway This nigga named ?Pop Givs? came to my school with a I freestyled on his DVD for a minute after It hit the streets, I was as K. Dot from Compton Man probably was the youngest out that was poppin' But I didn't a home yet, Hootie had ? in me Until I met Top Dawg, told Dave he'd like to meet Me at the studio, made me for an hour Told me come back tomorrow, but I came back in a Jay Rock was in the booth, recording his mixtape Was skeptical homie at first because he where I stayed But we got that, heard the beat, wrote a rap Did our collaboration on the Nephew track He got signed months later, Brothers We started on his album, he wrote his rhymes on Before Sidekicks a modern day phone Same time our buzz was generated G Malone He had a song called 200, White Lightnin, the streets it Said that Sony had gave him an budget Now a smart nigga, I'm tryna make my raps bigger than life But not how to market it right on the radio Only cat he knew from the Coast was playin' was Bishop And by then nigga' buzz was tremendous In the lab, me and tryna perfect our craft What the fuck? Next you know, we came across Lift Me Up It was a hit I heard it But all we had was the and the hook But Rock on it for certain, it was to smash it to Julio, just to get his opinion Next you know, the record was That was a good look, it set the on fire Niggas in projects presents Watts Riot Then rappers start hating, callin' up to the station Ask why they record ain't playin', you niggas complaining, about? was funny to us tho Niggas hate to see a nigga from the come up, yo In the midst of the poppin' and niggas tryna seek and destroy I had a with Def Jam, premature went sour after Jay-Z left but they didn't care I was Jay-Z 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 didn't think the shit was But that's a whole story, we hit the lab with Game And a few other names Juice and Young, ya boy Did the cypher freestyle and like, "Wow" These Top Dawg niggas to make noise" Surely after Game us on tour, I love you for that But right after that, we didn't see him no G Malone came a smash hit with Akon Mistah FAB battled Royce Nickel with everybody start to scream out the new West And claim that West Coast don't want to see him at best I think that's just an excuse, their music ain't tight Tell 'em that Ab-soul said it, they can him twice Then Crooked I came with Hip-Hop Weekly, killin' the But he been a threat since Deathrow, Rocky came about And all I about was Ab-Soul 2-11-2 It started to look like the West was makin' moves Union had the whole block boomin' because of Snoop Matter fact, Bad Luck was my about the group Then took off, another Compton native We Compton niggas, but Compton still ain't made it By this time, Jay Rock and All My hit the airwaves We almost got into some major beef Lil' Wayne That I'mma leave out Theres certain that the streets only should know about Shout out to win that game, then had a fight with ? That's I dropped C4 and had the critics mad at me Because didn't see my views, grab the hottest album out and re-do it That's a goddamn power move You foolish, don't know about this war shit Theres mo' to wanting to be the king of the coast shit
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[Outro: Kendrick So two weeks ago I finally run into the nigga I gave my too And said he was with Game The nigga finally told me he said He said he like it But the like "See, see, look at you, look at you now, I to tell him you was tight" Nigga probably even gave it to him and shit