Kendrick Lamar - Gang Member lyrics

When I jumped off the porch
I was forced into last resorts
Of a temper gone short
And, of course, when that took it's course
I was hoarse from yelling out
Demons that fought inside of me
Taught society how to rejoice
The killers on sight of me
Privacy obviously was lost
And the fraud piracy of the
Streets in my odyssey
Caught a bullet that probably destroyed
A good kid in a mad city, slightly annoyed
I walked down the street with no heat
And run into beef when I'm just a vegan
Reekin’ the scent of a saint
Sinner smell it then start squeezing
Pellets that's tumblin' straight at my melon
Apparent reason probably was because of my
Cousin cuzzin’ a blood
That was bloodin' in public


And Kendrick seen with him last weekend
Cousin but you ain't no kin to
Me, 'stead of Kendrick, i'm Kennedy
Assassinate my character
Sure that's your remedy
Fair enough, I got enemies but I don't bang
But that's the repercussions like
When your cousin is cuzzin’ a blood
Then you’re by yourself at
The Compton parade, he said:

Aye, look, homie, I gang bang (Pump, pump)
A gang member, I'm active, I do my thing
(Pump) i do my stuff (Pump)
I’m really from the sect, tho (Pump, pump)
And if you is or ain't, I still need to know

Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay
Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay
Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay

I seen 'em from afar then I
Seen a piece of my jaw
Like on the ground, you know the sound
When you hear the people in awe
Sympathetic 'cause they like seeing you
Tryna fight back at a pack of piranhas
I promised three of ’em
Beat the black off my back
And pajamas was almost needed
I should've went to sleep and seen some sheep
When I greeted the pavement
Got up and seen the shock on their faces
Like "damn it, he made it"
My luck in the palm of a cherry bomb
And they waitin' to blow up on me
My homies are not alarmed
Then I heard someone's firearm
Make a sound like it
Waved around my direction
I'm guessing this is the part where my heart
Expected to drop in a second
Look at the faults
I've made in the shortest amount of time
And in back of my mind I'm
Like "this the loss I'ma take"
My fate was distraught
A cape and some superpowers can't save me
I'm probably pushing up daisies
Before I can make my way to the car
Cross cancel and right before I seen
The black glove raisin' the handle, he said:

Aye, look, homie, I gang bang (Pump, pump)
A gang member, I'm active, I do my thing
(Pump) i do my stuff (Pump)
I'm really from the sect, tho (Pump, pump)
And if you is or ain't, I still need to know

Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay
Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay
Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay

Bitch, I'm bustin' back
I'ma borrow my uncle's strap in a minute
Jump in a Civic then wear
That bitch on my lap
I was timid but now I'm tempted
And tenants alert me on where you at
I'm a menace when I'm offended, relentless
I will react then somebody said the dispatch
Of an officer, got his mind made on off'n ya
That's a fact when you're
Black and undeveloped
You're profiled as a felon
I'm bailin' down Boulevards with my
Basketball and a backpack
Gym shoes and my nap sack
Hair nappy, my ball cap backwards
And then I look back
Strobe lights on my tail pipe
Turned left then I turned right
Turned deaf 'cause the sirens is loud
As the colors of pink and
Yellow on Wesley Snipes
Pray to God I don't get sniped
Pray to God that the sunlight stay
Shining for 30 more minutes
Hope that a witness around when I'm
'bout to cut off the engine
Vengeance of hatred is what I'm facin'
Even though being a criminal ain't my memo
But this is what he said
When I dropped the window:

Aye, look, homie, I gang bang
By the time you hear the next shot
You'll learn that LAPD is the biggest gang
(Pump) i do my stuff (Pump)
I'm really from the sect, tho (Pump, pump)
And if you is or ain't, I still need to know

Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay
Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay
Where you from
Where you stay or where your grandma stay