Lord have mercy, Jesus He's just nice, he just slice like a Look at the life that I been We the real niggas alive, that's official
Lamar] Let me you when it all started dropped Documentary and made plenty enemies It was a album, but prior to that Black debuted and put the city on wax A lot of Biggie comparisons, we all was aware of But that wasn't my M.O., I just he was dope Can't understand why Game would say his name in that Many went by, still no legitimate answer Anyway, I put out a mixtape in 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, went to the barbershop to off my skills Mike and Himey and other cat said I was real Himey was barber, the other cat made a statement Saying that Game was his partner, so I gave him my Said he'd play it for him, that I'd get my big break But got a response.. anyway This nigga named ?Pop 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 was the youngest out that was poppin' But I didn't have a home yet, had ? in me Until I met Top Dawg, told Dave that he'd to meet Me at the studio, me freestyle for an hour me come back tomorrow, but I came back in a hour Jay Rock was in the booth, recording his mixtape Was skeptical homie at first because he knew I stayed But we got that, heard the beat, wrote a rap Did our first on the Nephew track He got signed later, Warner Brothers We started on his album, he his rhymes on paper Before Sidekicks became a day phone Same our buzz was generated from G Malone He had a song called 200, White Lightnin, the loved it Said that had gave him an unbelievable budget Now that's a 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 West was playin' was Bishop And by then this buzz was tremendous In the lab, me and Rock perfect our craft the fuck? Next thing you know, we came across Lift Me Up It was a hit When I it But all we had was the instrumental and the But jump on it for certain, it was to smash Gave it to Julio, to get his opinion Next thing you know, the was That was a look, it set the coast on fire Niggas in Garden projects Watts Riot Then these rappers start hating, up to the station Ask why record ain't playin', what you niggas complaining, about? was funny to us tho Niggas to see a nigga from the bottom come up, yo In the midst of the single poppin' and niggas tryna and destroy I had a with Def Jam, premature Shit went sour Jay-Z left but they didn't care 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 with Daz Dilinger, Jay Rock spoke on it Which in my opinion, I didn't think the shit was But a whole 'nother story, we hit the lab with Game And a few other like Juice and Young, ya boy Did the freestyle and everybody's like, "Wow" These Top Dawg niggas to make noise" after Game took us on tour, I love you for that But right after that, we see him no more G Malone came with a hit with Akon Mistah FAB Royce Nickel with napalm Then everybody start to out the new West And claim West Coast legends 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 quote him Then Crooked I with Hip-Hop Weekly, killin' the internet But he a threat since Deathrow, then Rocky came about And all I thought about was Ab-Soul It finally started to look like the West was makin' Western Union had the whole block boomin' of Snoop Matter fact, Bad was my favorite about the group Then ?Problem? took off, another native We both niggas, but Compton still ain't made it By this time, Jay and All My Life hit the airwaves We almost got into some major beef Lil' Wayne That part leave out Theres certain things that the streets only should about Shout out to Bishop win that game, then had a fight ? That's I dropped C4 and had the critics mad at me they didn't see my views, grab the hottest album out and re-do it That's a goddamn power stupid You foolish, don't know shit about war shit Theres mo' to wanting to be the king of the coast shit
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[Outro: Lamar] So two weeks ago I finally run into the nigga I my mixtape too And said he was partners with The nigga finally me what he said He he didn't like it But the niggas "See, see, look at you, look at you now, I to tell him you was tight" Nigga never even gave it to him and shit