Kendrick Lamar - DUCKWORTH.

It was always me vs the world
Until I found it's me vs me
Why why why why
Why why why why
Just remember
what happens on Earth
stays on Earth
We gon' put it in reverse
Darling I told you many times
And I am telling you once again
Just to remind you sweetheart
That my
Oh Lamar
Hail Mary and marijuana
times is hard
Pray with the hooligans
shadows all in the dark
Fellowship with demons
and relatives
I'm a star
Life is one funny mothafucka
A true comedian
you gotta love him
you gotta trust him
I might be buggin'
infomercials and no sleep
Introverted by my thoughts
Children listen it gets deep
See once upon a time inside the
Nickerson Garden projects
The object was to process
and digest poverty's dialect
Adaptation inevitable
gun violence crack spot
Federal policies raid buildings
and drug professionals
Anthony was the oldest of seven
Well-respected
calm and collected
Laughin' and jokin' made life easier
Hard times
Momma on crack
A four-year-old tellin'
his nanny he needed her
His family history
pimpin' and bangin'
He was meant to be dangerous
Clocked him a grip and start slangin'
Fifteen
scrapin' up his jeans
with quarter pieces
Even got some head
from a smoker last weekend
Dodged a policeman
workin' for his big homie
Small-time hustler
graduated to a brick on him
10000 dollars out of a project housing
that's on the daily
Seen his first mil twenty years old
had a couple of babies
Had a couple of shooters
Caught a murder case
fingerprints on the gun
they assumin'
But witnesses couldn't prove it
That was back
when he turned his back
And they killed his cousin
He beat the case and
went back to hustlin'
Bird-shufflin'
Anthony rang
The first in the projects
with the two-tone Mustang
That 5.0 thing
they say 5-0 came
Circlin' parking lots and parking spots
And hoppin' out while harrassin'
the corner blocks
Crooked cops told Anthony
he should kick it
He brushed them off
And walked back
to the Kentucky Fried Chicken
See at this chicken spot
There was a light-skinned
nigga that talked a lot
With a curly top
and a gap in his teeth
He worked the window
his name was Ducky
He came from the streets
the Robert Taylor Homes
Southside Projects
Chiraq the Terror Dome
Drove to California with a woman
on him and 500 dollars
They had a son
hopin' that he'd see college
Hustlin' on the side
with a nine-to-five to freak it
Cadillac Seville
he'd ride his son around
on weekends
Three-piece special with his name
on the shirt pocket
'Cross the street from the projects
Anthony planned to rob it
Stuck up the place before
back in '84
That's when affiliation
was really eight gears of war
So many relatives tellin' us
sellin' us devilish works
Killin' us crime
intelligent felonious
Prevalent proposition with 9's
Ducky was well-aware
They robbed the manager
and shot a customer last year
He figured he'd get
on these niggas' good sides
Free chicken every time
Anthony posted in line
Two extra biscuits
Anthony liked him
And then let him slide
they didn't kill him
In fact
it look like they're the last to survive
Pay attention
that one decision changed
both of they lives
One curse at a time
Reverse the manifest
and good karma
and I'll tell you why
You take two strangers
and put 'em in random predicaments
give 'em a soul
So they can make their own
choices and live with it
Twenty years later
them same strangers
you make 'em meet again
Inside recording studios
where they reapin' their benefits
Then you start remindin' them
about that chicken incident
Whoever thought the greatest
rapper would be from coincidence
Because if Anthony killed Ducky
Top Dawg could be servin' life
While I grew up without a
father and die in a gunfight
So I was takin' a walk the other day

Kendrick Lamar- DUCKWORTH.

It was always me versus the world Until I found it's me versus me Why, why, why, why? Why, why, why, why? Just remember what happens on earth stays on ...