Lord have mercy, Christ just nice, he just slice like a ginnsu Look at the life that I through We the real niggas alive, that's official
Lamar] Let me tell you when it all Game dropped Documentary and made plenty 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 my M.O., I just thought 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 12th Hub threat, minor of the year, DJ Dave And his brother designed, put the music Put it out to the people, the said I was stupid the flow, went to the barbershop to show off my skills Mike and and some other cat said I was real Himey was Games barber, the other cat a statement that Game was his partner, so I gave him my tape Said he'd it for him, hoping that I'd get my big break But never got a response.. This nigga named ?Pop Givs? came to my with a camera I freestyled on his DVD for a then after It hit the streets, I was known as K. Dot Compton Man Hootie probably was the out that was poppin' But I didn't a home yet, Hootie had ? in me Until I met Top Dawg, Dave that he'd like to meet Me at the studio, made me 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 where 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 a modern day phone Same time our buzz was generated from G He had a song 200, White Lightnin, the streets loved it Said Sony had gave him an unbelievable budget Now that's a smart nigga, I'm tryna make my raps bigger than But not knowing how to market it Turned on the Only cat he knew from the West Coast was playin' was And by then this nigga' buzz was In the lab, me and Rock tryna perfect our What the fuck? Next thing you know, we came Lift Me Up It was a hit When I it But all we had was the instrumental and the But Rock jump on it for certain, it was to it to Julio, just to get his opinion Next you know, the record was That was a good look, it set the coast on Niggas in Garden projects Watts Riot Then these rappers start hating, up to the station Ask why they record 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 single poppin' and tryna seek and destroy I had a situation with Def Jam, Shit went sour after Jay-Z but they didn't care I was Jay-Z gave me respect See I was young, fast forward, hot dollah had the on lock Far as play, obvious, he got a lot Beefing' with Daz Dilinger, Jay spoke on it Which in my opinion, I think the shit was impo'tant 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 'bout to 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 smash hit Akon Mistah FAB battled Royce with napalm everybody start to scream out the new West And claim that West Coast legends don't want to see him at I think that's just an excuse, because their ain't tight Tell 'em that Ab-soul it, they can quote him twice Then Crooked I came with Hip-Hop Weekly, the internet But he been a since Deathrow, then Rocky came about And all I about was Ab-Soul 2-11-2 It finally started to like the West was makin' moves Western Union had the whole block boomin' of Snoop Matter fact, Bad Luck was my favorite the group ?Problem? took off, another Compton native We both Compton niggas, but Compton still ain't it By this time, Jay Rock and All My hit the airwaves We got into some major beef over Lil' Wayne part I'mma leave out Theres certain things that the streets should know about Shout out to win that game, then had a fight with ? That's when I dropped C4 and had the mad at me Because they didn't see my views, grab the album out and re-do it That's a goddamn power stupid You foolish, don't know shit this war shit Theres mo' shit to wanting to be the 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 he was partners with Game The nigga finally told me he said He said he like it But the niggas "See, see, look at you, at you now, I tried to tell him you was tight" Nigga never even gave it to him and shit