1] When I jumped off the porch, I was forced into resorts of a temper gone short And, of course, when that took course, I was hoarse from yelling out Demons that fought inside of me taught how to rejoice The killers on sight of me, obviously was lost And the fraud of the streets in my odyssey caught A bullet that destroyed A good kid in a mad city, slightly I walked down the street no heat And run into beef when I'm just a Reekin' the scent of a saint, sinner smell it start squeezing Pellets that's tumblin' straight at my melon, reason Probably was because of my cousin the blood That was bloodin' in public and Kendrick with him last weekend, cousin But you ain't no kin to me, 'stead of Kendrick, I'm my character, sure that's your remedy Fair enough, I got enemies but I don't But that's the repercussions like when your cousin is the blood Then you're by yourself at the Compton parade, he
Aye, look, homie, I (pump, pump) A gang member, I'm active, I do my (pump) I do my (pump) I'm from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain't, I still need to
Where you from, where you stay or where your stay Where you from, where you stay or where your stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma
2] I seen 'em from afar I seen a piece of my jaw Like on the ground, you know the when you hear the people in awe Sympathetic 'cause they like seeing you tryna fight back at a pack of I three of 'em, beat the black off my back in pyjamas, was almost needed I should've went to sleep and seen some sheep when I greeted the Got up and seen the shock on their faces like damn it, he it My luck in the palm of a cherry and they waitin' to blow up on me, my homies are not alarmed Then I heard someone's firearm make a sound like it around my direction I'm this is the part where my heart expected to drop in a second, look at the faults I'm made in the shortest amount of time and in of my mind I'm like this the loss I'ma take My fate was distraught, a cape and some can't save me I'm probably pushing up daisies before I can my way to the car Cross and right before I seen the black glove raisin' the handle, he said:
Aye, look, homie, I (pump, pump) A member, I'm active, I do my thing (pump) I do my (pump) I'm from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain't, I still to know
Where you from, where you stay or where your stay Where you from, where you stay or where grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or your grandma stay
3] Bitch, I'm back I'ma borrow my strap in a minute Jump in a Civic then wear that on my lap I was timid but now I'm And alert me on where you at I'm a menace when I'm Relentless, I will Then said the dispatch Of an officer, got his made on off'n ya That's a fact when black and undeveloped You're as a felon I'm bellin' down Boulevards my basketball and a backpack Gym and my nap sack Hair nappy, my cap backwards And then I look back, strobe lights on my pipe left then I turned right Turned deaf 'cause the sirens is loud as the of pink and yellow on Wesley Snipes Pray to God I get sniped Pray to God that the sunlight shining for 30 more minutes Hope that a witness around when I'm to cut off the engine Vengeance of is what I'm facin' Even though being a criminal my memo But this is he said when I dropped the window:
Aye, look, homie, I By the time you the next shot, you'll learn that L.A.P.D. is the biggest gang (pump) I do my (pump) I'm from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain't, I still to know
Where you from, you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or your grandma stay you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay