Kendrick Lamar - For the Homies lyrics

And this is for the homies
I'm talking bout the swap meets, Rollie
Chain-wearing niggas with the white tee
Baby tell the truth, yeah you know we

Somebody get ready to pass me
The hit of that endo, i'm tryna get blown
I'm tryna get turned up like the
Fifteens in my Cadillac Brougham
Looking for ET to phone home
Tadow, the flavor I kick
Reminisce the good days
Thinking back when we used to run in
The swap meet for the Rollie chains
Pro Club t-shirts, whiter than Anglo-Saxons
Make it a 1X Tall
Crispy with the cotton fashion
That's fashion if you come where I'm from
Compton California
One love to the murder capital under the sun
Young niggas running around the street


With heat bigger than me but I don't trip
I still dip like salsa to a chip
Rolling down Rosecrans to scoop up my man
A-Mack
He talking about some foolishness on how we
Can pick up on some hoes, believe that
And so I scooped him round 3: 30
Telling me it's all good tiger Woods
Now we looking for the birdy birdies
Stopped at the sto' to get some rubbers
Pulled up on the breezies
Well what do you know? I think they love us

And this is for the homies
I'm talking bout the swap meets, Rollie
Chain-wearing niggas with the white tee
Baby tell the truth
Yeah you know we got it going on
And if you feel good (hey)
Raise your hands high and throw up your hood
(hey)
Represent the city like you know you should
(hey) i want to make sure that you
Understood we got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on

As I continue my day, quite copacetic
Headed to my momma's house to see
What them greens are talking bout
Hungry as hell
Had the right grub, I bail, need some gas
ARCO station on Avalon
A relative hit me up as he rolled past
We used to stand in line for Jordans
Excited we got 'em
Rocking platinum FUBU jeans with rubber
Bands tied to the bottom throwback jerseys
Chamberlain and James Worthy was
Two of my favorites
I might pull out the green
Larry Bird on special occasions
But anyway I'm steady coasting
Smoking on that Hiroshima
Ashtray got a million roaches
I'm focussed but feeling good
The homies hanging on and Monte Carlos
Impalas and Tahoes, shoot something nigga
Break that fifty
I'm grabbing the city like I'm supposed to
Making my presence felt like Christmas day
What can I say?
Every vocal is spoken with the wisdom of a G
If you can't relate then please have a seat

And this is for the homies
I'm talking bout the swap meets, Rollie
Chain-wearing niggas with the white tee
Baby tell the truth
Yeah you know we got it going on
And if you feel good (hey)
Raise your hands high and throw up your hood
(hey)
Represent the city like you know you should
(hey) i want to make sure that you
Understood we got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on

So, wherever you located
Won't you let it be known
And put on for the soil
Of which you was grown
I put on like brand new Chuck Taylors
While giving you cuts like fresh tapers
I'm such a fool with it, go nuts
You bullshitting like Tuck
The bounce then untuck
The bounce then throw up, a rare jewel
You duck take 'em to school I must
This for the cool in us
This ain't for you, so what?!

And this is for the homies
I'm talking bout the swap meets, Rollie
Chain-wearing niggas with the white tee
Baby tell the truth
Yeah you know we got it going on
And if you feel good (hey)
Raise your hands high and throw up your hood
(hey)
Represent the city like you know you should
(hey) i want to make sure that you
Understood we got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on
(Is that right? Is that right?)
We got it going on