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Hood Politics
Kendrick Lamar
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K-Dot, pick up the phone
Every time I call it's goin' to voicemail
Don't tell me they got you on some weirdo rap sโ
No socks and skinny jeans and sโ
Hahahahaha
Call me on Shaniqua's phone
I've been A-1 since day one, you nโ boo-boo
Your homeboy, your block that you from, boo-boo
Lil' hโ you went to school with, boo-boo
Baby mama and your new bโ, boo-boo
We was in the hood, 14 with the deuce-deuce
14 years later, goin' hard like we used to
On the dead homies
On the dead homies
I don't give a fโ 'bout no politics in rap my nโ
Our lil homie Stunna Deuce ain't never coming back my nโ
So you better go hard every time you jump on wax my nโ
Fโ what they talkin' 'bout yo sโ is where it's at my nโ
Came in this game, you stuck your fangs in this game
You wore no chain in this game, your hood, your name in this game
Now you double up, time to bubble up the bread and huddle up
Stickin' to the scripts, now here them Benjamins go cuddle up
Skip, Hop
Drip, Drop
Flip, flop, with the white tube sock
It go "Sherm sticks, burn this"
That's what the product smell like when the chemicals mix
50-Nโ salute, out the Compton Zoo, with the extras
El Co's, Monte Carlos, Road Kings, and dressers
Rip Ridaz, P-Funkers, Mexicans, they fโ with you
Asians, they fโ with you
Nobody can fโ with you
I've been A-1 since day one, you nโ boo-boo
Your homeboy, your block that you from, boo-boo
Lil' hโ you went to school with, boo-boo
Baby mama and your new bโ, boo-boo
We was in the hood, 14 with the deuce-deuce
14 years later, goin' hard like we used to
On the dead homies
On the dead homies
Hopped out the caddy, just got my dโ sโ
The lil homies called and said "The enemies done cliqued up"
Oh yeah? Pโ want to squabble with mi barrio?
Oh yeah? Tell 'em they can run it for the cardio
Oh yeah? Everything is everything, it's scandalous
Slow motion for the ambulance, the project filled with cameras
The LAPD gamblin', scramblin', football numbers slanderin'
Nโ names on paper, you snitched all summer
Streets don't fail me now
They tell me it's a new gang in town
From Compton to Congress
Set trippin' all around
Ain't nothin' new but a flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Blood-icans
Red state versus a blue stateโwhich one you governing?
They give us guns and drugs, call us thugs
Make it they promise to fโ with you
No condom, they fโ with you
Obama say, "what it do?"
Obama say, "what it do?"
Obama say, "what it do?"
I've been A-1 since day one, you nโ boo-boo
Your homeboy, your block that you from, boo-boo
Lil' hโ you went to school with, boo-boo
Baby mama and your new bโ, boo-boo
We was in the hood, 14 with the deuce-deuce
14 years later, goin' hard like we used to
On the dead homies
On the dead homies
Everybody wanna talk about who dis and who dat
Who da realest and who wack, or who white and who black
Critics wanna mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin'
Motherfโ if you did, then Killer Mike would be platinum
Y'all priorities fโ up, put energy in wrong sโ
Hennessy and Crown Vic, my memory been gone since
Don't ask about no camera blocking at award shows
No, don't ask about my bโ, no, don't ask about my Vogues
'less you askin' me 'bout power, yeah I got a lot of it
I'm the only nโ next to Snoop that can push the button
Had the Coast on standby
"K-Dot, what up? I heard they opened up Pandora's box"
I box 'em all in by a landslide
Nah, homie, we too sensitive, it spill out to the streets
I make the call and get the Coast involved and history repeat
But I resolved inside that private hall while sitting down with Jay
He said, "It's funny how one verse can fโ up the game"
I've been A-1 since day one, you nโ boo-boo
I remember you was conflicted
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screaming in a hotel room
I didn't want to self-destruct
The evils of Lucy was all around me
So I went running for answers
Until I came home
But that didn't stop survivors guilt
Going back and forth trying to convince myself the stripes I earned
Or maybe how A-1 my foundation was
But while my loved ones was fighting a continuous war back in the city
I was entering a new one
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