Lord have mercy, Christ He's just nice, he slice like a ginnsu Look at the that I been through We the last real alive, that's official
[Kendrick Let me tell you it all started dropped Documentary and made plenty enemies It was a classic album, but prior to Guerilla Black debuted and put the 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 years 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 together the Put it out to the people, the said I was stupid With the flow, went to the to show off my skills and Himey and some other cat said I was real Himey was Games barber, the other cat a statement Saying that Game was his partner, so I 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? to my school with a camera I freestyled on his DVD for a minute then It hit the streets, I was as K. Dot from 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, me freestyle for an hour Told me come back tomorrow, but I came in a hour Jay Rock was in the booth, recording his mixtape Was skeptical homie at because he knew where I stayed But we got that, heard the beat, wrote a rap Did our first collaboration on the track He got months later, Warner Brothers We on his album, he wrote his rhymes on paper Before Sidekicks became a day phone Same our buzz was generated from G Malone He had a song called 200, Lightnin, the streets loved it Said that Sony had gave him an unbelievable Now a smart nigga, I'm tryna make my raps bigger than life But not knowing how to it right Turned on the Only cat he knew the West Coast was playin' was Bishop And by this nigga' buzz was tremendous In the lab, me and Rock tryna our craft What the 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, just to get his thing you know, the record was That was a good look, it set the coast on Niggas in projects presents Watts Riot Then rappers start hating, callin' up to the station Ask why they ain't playin', what you niggas complaining, about? was funny to us tho Niggas hate to see a nigga the bottom come up, yo In the of the single poppin' and niggas tryna seek and destroy I had a situation with Def Jam, 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 on lock Far as play, obvious, he got a lot Beefing' with Daz Dilinger, Jay spoke on it Which in my opinion, I didn't think the was impo'tant But that's a whole story, we hit the lab with Game And a few other names like and Young, ya boy Did the cypher freestyle and like, "Wow" These Top Dawg 'bout 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 with a smash hit with Akon Mistah FAB Royce Nickel with napalm Then everybody start to scream out the new And claim that West Coast don't want to see him at best I think just an excuse, because their music ain't tight Tell 'em Ab-soul said it, they can quote 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 finally started to look like the was makin' moves Union had the whole block boomin' because of Snoop Matter fact, Bad Luck was my favorite about the Then ?Problem? took off, another native We Compton niggas, but Compton still ain't made it By this time, Jay Rock and All My Life hit the We got into some major beef over Lil' Wayne part I'mma leave out Theres certain things that the streets only should about out to Nipsey Bishop win that game, then had a with ? That's when I 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 power move stupid You foolish, don't know shit about war shit Theres mo' shit to wanting to be the king of the shit
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[Outro: Kendrick So two weeks ago I finally run into the nigga I my mixtape too And said he was partners with The nigga finally told me he said He said he like it But the niggas "See, see, at you, look at you now, I tried to tell him you was tight" Nigga never even gave it to him and shit