Kendrick Lamar - M.A.A.d City Lyrics
[Intro/Bridge]If Pirus and Crips all got alongThey'd probably gun me down by the end of this songSeem like the whole city go against meEvery time I'm in the street I hear[ScHoolBoy Q]“YOCK! YOCK! YOCK! YOCK! ”[Hook]“Man downWhere you from, ****a?”“****you, where you from my ****a”“No, where you from, my ****a?”“Where your grandma stay, huh, my ****a?”This m.A.A.d city like, “Run, my ****a.”[Verse 1]Brace yourself, I'll take you on a trip down memory laneThis is not a rap on how I'm slingin crack or move cocaineThis is cul de sac and plenty congnac and major painNot the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighin on your brainIt was Me, O-Boog[?], and Yaya[?] watchin Lucky ride down RosecrantzIt got ugly, wavin yo hand out the window. Check yo selfUh, warriors and ConansHope euphoria can slow dance with societyThe tribe received the first one to get killedSeen a light-skinned ****a with his brains blown outAt the same crib they stay, where — hang outNow this is not a tape recorder saying that he did itBut ever since that day, I was lookin at him differentThat was back when I was nineJoey packed the ninePacked to stand on every porch was fineWe adapt to crimePack a van with four guns at a timeWith the sliding door****is up?****you shootin for if you ain't walkin up?You *****in punkPickin up the *****in pumpPickin off you suckersSuck a dick or die or sucker punchOr warn the bullets comin fromAK'sAR's“Aye y'all. Duck.”That's what momma said when we was eatin the free lunchAw manGod damnAll hell broke looseYou killed my cousin back in '94. ****yo truceNow crawl yo head in that nooseYou wind up dead on the newsAin't no peace treaty, just piecesBG's up to pre-approveBodies on top of bodiesIV's on top of IV'sObviously the coroner between the sheets like the IsleysWhen you hop on that trollieMake sure your colors correctMake sure you're cornbread, or they'll be callin your mother collectThey say the governor collectAll of our taxes exceptWhen we in traffic and tragic happens, that shit ain't no threatYou movin backwards if you suggest that you sleep wit a TeckGo buy a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial, I guessM.A.A.d city[Hook]“Man downWhere you from, ****a?”“****you.”“No, where you from, my ****a?”“Where your grandma stay, huh, my ****a?”This m.A.A.d city like, “Run, my ****a.”[Intro/Bridge]If Pirus and Crips all got alongThey'd probably gun me down by the end of this songSeem like the whole city go against meEvery time I'm in the street I hear[ScHoolBoy Q]“YOCK! YOCK! YOCK! —(Static)[MC Eiht]Wake yo punk ass up!It ain't nothin but a Compton thangChyeaReal simple and plainI'mma teach you some lessons about the streetIt ain't nothin but a Compton thangChyeaHow we do[Verse 2]Fresh outta school cause I was a high school grad
