Schoolboy Q, CurT@!n$, Kendrick Lamar - Live Again lyrics
[Schoolboy Q, CurT@!n$, Kendrick Lamar - Live Again lyrics]
Lifestyles of the kid who never had shit
Living off that bad shit, that shoot shit
That stab shit rock a flag and don’t give a
Fuck about US flag shit
George Bush got some nerve, fuck a war
We trying to serve motherfucking 8 balls
Til’ we live at the pool hall
And knock billiards out of your business
Ya bitch thats my surroundings in Compton
Have common sense
Smell death in the air, around here
Thats a common scent you know the gunpowder
You know when your homie barely blink
He just done powder only at seventeen
You know the common statistic
Inspired by hoop dreams
Now hire about street schemes
And getting blood money
I try my best to stay focused
And hope the city love me
Pray it's not lust, cause if it is
I’d be death in a month
Lord forbid, for the good kid
They took his life
She want her baby back, like a cooked rib
But that’s just life, where I’m from
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
I’ve seen this young’un on the train
I had to pick his brain
He said he on his way uptown
To get a brick of caine’
He said he needed a come up
Because selling nicks' was lame
He needed a change, so I gave him fifty cent
He looked up at me like I was crazy
I said listen man i rather give you my last
To see you live again
Just cause you change what you pitching
Don’t make the difference
You gotta get off the mound
And put the game down
Petty thoughts could keep your brain down
I leave you with that jewel
Go get the chain now and put it together
You see coming up
We ain’t have that shit to
Keep our mind focused i love Mike
But it was a hassle trying to buy Jordans
My nigga hustle all day in
Front of the corner store to get a pair
Niggas killed him right in front the mall
So all the hustling for nothing man
I threw my pair on the
Lightpole because of him like fuck it man
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
Trying to move foward, though it never stops
A mother’s son dead
Was killed by some kids popped
Shots, they back and forth
Murder for murder, the beef recycled is light
No idols, bunch of unread bibles
Allies that turned to rivals
Niggas turned street disciples
Smokers get high as Eiffiels
Addicted to being fiends
Because of the feds as we pledge
To let our plague spread
Tiny this and if and that
If they banging back because they
Adapt to being black, strapped and gang tats
Look rats get mouse trapped
Can’t afford tuition
But hit a lick I bet I earn crack
I heard that looking at the sky
Hoping a light would shine
Daylight saving times all the time
On this block of mines
All the time with this Glock of mines
Swear to God man it ain’t a rhyme
I grind for a piece of mine co-sign
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
When you look at my brothers
What's your first impression?
Does the sight of us leave you guessing?
Or do you understand the stressing
The aggression
The look of no hope on my niggas' faces
Like the Lord overlooked us when
He handed down His graces see embraces
Fall short on the numb tips
Of street entrepeneur fingers
Stuck in the walls of the project halls
Where the Coke smell still lingers -
External blingers is all we can be
Cause on the inside we been
Given nothin to shine on
And the gig is harder to get than
Coke so niggas get their grind on
Because the TV tells us aim high Nigga
Make all goals lateral
But that takes paper that we don't have so
Niggas put their souls up as collateral
Now, some niggas reclaim 'em, some blame 'em
Making excuses to sell 'em
But when a nigga goes from not doin'
To doin' what can you tell him?
Not to be a nigga?
Shit I gots to be a nigga that's
How I pay the bills and I'mma
Do that whether I gotta sling this
Coke or exploit these rhyme skills
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
Living off that bad shit, that shoot shit
That stab shit rock a flag and don’t give a
Fuck about US flag shit
George Bush got some nerve, fuck a war
We trying to serve motherfucking 8 balls
Til’ we live at the pool hall
And knock billiards out of your business
Ya bitch thats my surroundings in Compton
Have common sense
Smell death in the air, around here
Thats a common scent you know the gunpowder
You know when your homie barely blink
He just done powder only at seventeen
You know the common statistic
Inspired by hoop dreams
Now hire about street schemes
And getting blood money
I try my best to stay focused
And hope the city love me
Pray it's not lust, cause if it is
I’d be death in a month
Lord forbid, for the good kid
They took his life
She want her baby back, like a cooked rib
But that’s just life, where I’m from
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
I’ve seen this young’un on the train
I had to pick his brain
He said he on his way uptown
To get a brick of caine’
He said he needed a come up
Because selling nicks' was lame
He needed a change, so I gave him fifty cent
He looked up at me like I was crazy
I said listen man i rather give you my last
To see you live again
Just cause you change what you pitching
Don’t make the difference
You gotta get off the mound
And put the game down
Petty thoughts could keep your brain down
I leave you with that jewel
Go get the chain now and put it together
You see coming up
We ain’t have that shit to
Keep our mind focused i love Mike
But it was a hassle trying to buy Jordans
My nigga hustle all day in
Front of the corner store to get a pair
Niggas killed him right in front the mall
So all the hustling for nothing man
I threw my pair on the
Lightpole because of him like fuck it man
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
Trying to move foward, though it never stops
A mother’s son dead
Was killed by some kids popped
Shots, they back and forth
Murder for murder, the beef recycled is light
No idols, bunch of unread bibles
Allies that turned to rivals
Niggas turned street disciples
Smokers get high as Eiffiels
Addicted to being fiends
Because of the feds as we pledge
To let our plague spread
Tiny this and if and that
If they banging back because they
Adapt to being black, strapped and gang tats
Look rats get mouse trapped
Can’t afford tuition
But hit a lick I bet I earn crack
I heard that looking at the sky
Hoping a light would shine
Daylight saving times all the time
On this block of mines
All the time with this Glock of mines
Swear to God man it ain’t a rhyme
I grind for a piece of mine co-sign
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
When you look at my brothers
What's your first impression?
Does the sight of us leave you guessing?
Or do you understand the stressing
The aggression
The look of no hope on my niggas' faces
Like the Lord overlooked us when
He handed down His graces see embraces
Fall short on the numb tips
Of street entrepeneur fingers
Stuck in the walls of the project halls
Where the Coke smell still lingers -
External blingers is all we can be
Cause on the inside we been
Given nothin to shine on
And the gig is harder to get than
Coke so niggas get their grind on
Because the TV tells us aim high Nigga
Make all goals lateral
But that takes paper that we don't have so
Niggas put their souls up as collateral
Now, some niggas reclaim 'em, some blame 'em
Making excuses to sell 'em
But when a nigga goes from not doin'
To doin' what can you tell him?
Not to be a nigga?
Shit I gots to be a nigga that's
How I pay the bills and I'mma
Do that whether I gotta sling this
Coke or exploit these rhyme skills
If there’s a shining star
Hope my city is not too far
So we can live again
See, where I come from is hard
Hope all over, we can start
So we can live again, so we can live again
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