Jay Rock - To The Top Lyrics
South Central, home of the warzone where the great thugs roamWhere we ain't promised nothing but shell-bullet wounds and tombstonesEvery man for himself in this concrete jungle, jungleOnly the strong survive and the weak perish and crumbleYeah, niggas' pockets hurting, work day and night in them dope spotsIn the kitchen with them razors where the water boiling hotBlood plus crip plus wrong sign equals a shoot-outThen the Glock's pop then the block's smoking like a mother*****ing LuauIn the projects, watched a lot of niggas, seen a lot of niggas moved outThen mom said ''back dreaming of big ass, new house''Then it's back to reality, smokers out back getting so highWatching niggas kill for a salary, watched a lot of great niggas dieColder the streets, never ever talk to the mother*****ing policeIf you do better have a bullet-proof vest, better guard your mouth pieceYeah, I don't really care about what a nigga may say about meI'mma let you speak dollars into my pockets, watch them increaseLook at you - came from ground zero to the topMade something from nothing on that project blockSwitch your hustle, no more working that dope spotMiddle finger to cops, tell 'em that we're legal nowYes, we legal now, do it for our people nowFinally we eating now, make sure our belly's stay fullWe made nothing out of something, manYou know, all the way to the topMake sure our belly's stay fullMake sure our belly's stay fullYeah, I got some, but I'm still on the block like a nigga never leftStill on the grind all the time, gotta get mine doing what's bestYeah, I came up, but I never changed up on my niggas, no sirLet bygones be bygones, let it burn like UsherNo chauffeur, I'm wheeling myself in a big '64Rims poking, three wheel motion, my lungs full of that herbMy niggas still on the curb posted up like junkies at a liquor storeFor all my niggas that died in the war, yeah dawg, let the liquor pourJust Ciroc's, baby, hood shit is all I knowLive life to the fullest, never know when a nigga gotta goThat's how it is out here, dawg, really can't show no feelI've never seen a man cry 'til a man dies, then you see them tearsRest in peace, Nini, your grandson still looking handsomeStill gotta keep canons cause them haters out there still can't stand usYou said I got power, all I gotta do is grab hold to my penYeah, I loved you to my last breath, grandma, 'til we meet againLook at you - came from ground zero to the topMade something from nothing on that project blockSwitch your hustle, no more working that dope spotMiddle finger to cops, tell 'em that we're legal nowYes, we legal now, do it for our people nowFinally we eating now, make sure our belly's stay fullWe're like a train with no breaksWho gon' stop us?Make sure our belly's stay fullMake sure our belly's stay fullKendrick Lamar:Yo, Rock - let me get it, let me breathe on it for a minuteSpeak for a minute, put my 2 cent in it for a secondLet them get a view of my mind, backpack tucked with a nineWent to school with it, didn't play with itDidn't tell nobody it was mineIt was my weapon, had it for my protectionI didn't blink, not for a secondDidn't pour my heart and soul to a reverendThey're hypocrite anyway, rather put my full faith in GodHad to stay on my grind something like when I was sumpingHad to maintain my function back against the wall, they frontingPlayed the background like a movie extraExtra activities, no remedy for the crime going on, same old songBet ya couldn't make it out here if you wasn't wasn't that strongNot mentally, but physically, had to get my psychology onMama said I gotta come home, but I didn't, stayed out real lateMy excuse was ''how we gon' eat if it's no food on the plate?''Now wait - think back, yeah yeah nigga, far far backCame from the bottom to the-the top, now tell me how you love that?Look at you - came from ground zero to the topMade something from nothing on that project blockSwitch your hustle, no more working that dope spotMiddle finger to cops, tell 'em that we're legal nowYes, we legal now, do it for our people nowFinally we eating now, make sure our belly's stay fullWe're like a train with no breaksWho gon' stop us?Make sure our belly's stay fullMake sure our belly's stay full
