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[feat. Dash Snow] [Intro: Dash Snow] I'll tell you what I don't believe in, can I do that? Alright, I don't believe in laws, or the system by any means, whatsoever I try not to obey them at anytime That's what I believe in not believing in (So what keeps you alive?) Four big bottles of water a day, two packs of Marlboro Reds And, uh, I don't know what keeps me alive, shit Music, I have to listen to music all day long I say that keeps me going I'm a pretty dark person, I've though about ending it a million times And I have to say that music keeps me here, by far, the main thing [Verse: Kendrick Lamar] Thank you Sitting in the studio thinking about what mood would go Right now, freestyle or write down, whatever And still come up clever I just need to free to my thoughts, and Lord knows I know better But I ain't perfect, and I ain't seen too many churches Or know them testament verses You should either hear me now or go deaf Or end up dead, die trying and know death Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath Fuck a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect (nigga) SongtexteI mean that from the bottom of my heart You see my art, is all I have And victory tastes sweet, even when the enemy can throw salt Still knock them outta the park, like a fucking tow car Let bygones be bygones But where I'm from We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young I'm living the life of a nigga trapped nigga And out of the system all you envisioning is trap niggas My uncle doing life, inside prison he wasn't wrapped too tight He told me to rap about life, not rap niggas That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissing My stomach start turning, my nerves get to the twitching I start evaluating, then my final intuition Is that you wishing a come up, would just come up We used to beefing over a turf, fuck beefing over a verse Niggas dying, motherfuck a double entendre And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph Wrap seran our defiance, ban our alliance Put burners in the hands, of the black man One hood with 24 four's like a cloned Kobe Bryant You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am You probably even listen to Faith, and think I know Zion But really I'm just caught in the loop, of understanding the truth Because it seems it's always clashing with science I got a big fear of flying My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying I swear to god half of ya'll don't know Kendrick The school of hardknocks, we was the first ones in attendance You walking down the block, he got shot, you wouldn't know I witnessed He just mind your bidness, He just turn your head and no down and just tied your tennis It kinda scary ain't it You can't act like no bitch that only got Tyler Perry famous Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless Because your pops wasn't anxious To see you when you hated him So much you probably had your burner tucked during graduation Said if you see him in the bleachers then you kill him, facing 25 to life with a murder charge Your enemies was preying, now you pray to God I pray these bars get farther than Compton And if I reckon if I break, I still won't break my promise I promise to keep it honest Secret society all we ask is trust And all we lack is communication like service sucks The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come And I'm like The Kendrick Lamar OD in less than a month, alright? Gotta keep it pushing And let the government tell me how my future looking I'm on Rosecrans and Central trying to duck the central bookings If the fucking pigs get behind me then you know I'm booking Never will I surrender I've been a warrior when I came out of my mom's placenta In the gutter, lane like I'm Master Splinter How splendid, I guess my project I did it Got all these niggas approaching their mixtapes different They said seven tracks, I said fifteen Called it an EP, they said I'm tripping But little did they know, I'm trying to change the rules That we've been confined to, so the corporate won't make decisions Uppity bitches, handling business Killing our dreams, stealing our vision Out in Haiti, adolescents barely have a home In L.A everybody thinking they fucking on Hop on twitter, perpetrate we doing big shit Who we hanging with and bragging about the iPhone I swear to god most ya'll cats don't know Kendrick You barely know yourself, so I guess most of ya'll should be offended Ain't doing this for my health, I'm just trying to purchase my mom a business Occupy my time with riches, justify my time and ambitions Just to coincide, just to go inside, And put the lies behind while we living Look the mastermind, took the masters mind Just the perfect time, just the master mind Just mastered the grind with precision Look the mastermind (cough) [Outro:] We would like to call this an appreciation tape For those who recognized the Kendrick Lamar EP Of this is the Kendrick Lamar OD (OD) Because of you we are Overly Dedicated Aus Songtexte Mania