LYRICS
[00:10]Sitting in the studio thinking about which mood would go
[00:13]right now, freestyle or write down, whatever
[00:15]And still I come up clever, I just need to free my thoughts and Lord knows that I know better
[00:20]but I ain't perfect I ain't seen too many churches or know them testament verses
[00:24]You should either hear me now or go deaf
[00:26]or end up dead, die trying and know death
[00:29]Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath
[00:31]**** a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect nigga
[00:34]I mean that from the bottom of my heart
[00:37]You see my art is all I have, and victory tastes sweet
[00:40]even when the enemy can throw salt
[00:42]Still knock 'em out the park like a ****ing tow car
[00:45]Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from
[00:47]we buy guns and more guns to give to the young
[00:50]I'm living the life of a bitch trapped nigga
[00:52]inside the system, all you envision is trap niggas
[00:55]My uncle doing life inside prison, he wasn't wrapped too tight
[00:58]He told me rap about life, not rap, nigga
[01:00]That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissing
[01:03]My stomach start turning, my nerves get to twitching
[01:05]I start evaluating, then my final intuition
[01:08]is that you wishing a come up, would just come up
[01:10]We used to beefing over turf, **** beefing over a verse
[01:13]Niggas dying, bitches a double entendre
[01:15]And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph
[01:18]Wrap Saran our defiance, ban our alliance
[01:21]Put burners in the hands of the black man
[01:23]One hood with twenty fo'-fo's like a cloned Kobe Bryant
[01:26]You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am
[01:29]You probably even listen to "Faith" and think I know Zion
[01:31]But really I'm just caught in the loop of understanding the truth
[01:34]because it seem like it's always clashing with science
[01:37]I got a big fear of flying
[01:38]My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying
[01:42]I swear to God half of y'all just don't know Kendrick
[01:45]The school of hard knocks, we was the first ones in attendance
[01:48]You walking down the block, he got shot, you wouldn't know I witnessed
[01:50]You just mind your bidness
[01:52]You just turn your head, kneel down, and then tie your tennises
[01:54]It's kinda scary ain't it
[01:55]You can't act like no bitch, that only got Tyler Perry famous
[01:58]Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless?
[02:01]Cause your pops wasn't anxious to see you when you hated him
[02:03]so much, you probably had your burner tucked in graduation
[02:05]Said if you see him on them bleachers then you kill him, facing
[02:08]twenty-five to life with a murder charge
[02:11]Your enemies was the prey, and now you pray to God
[02:13]I pray these bars get farther than Compton
[02:15]And if my record never break I still won't break my promise, I promise to keep it honest
[02:19]Secret society, all we ask is trust
[02:21]and all we lack is communication like service sucks
[02:24]The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come
[02:26]And I'm like, the Kendrick Lamar O.D. in less than a month
[02:29]Alright? Gotta keep it pushing
[02:31]Can't let the government tell me how my future looking
[02:34]I'm on Rosecrans & Central trying to duck the central bookings
[02:36]If the ****ing pigs get behind me then you know I'm bucking, never will I surrender
[02:40]I've been a warrior when I came out of my mom's placenta
[02:43]In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter
[02:45]How splendid, I guess my project had did it
[02:48]Got all these niggas approaching their mixtapes different
[02:50]They said seven tracks, I said fifteen
[02:53]Called it an EP, they said I'm tripping
[02:55]But little did they know, I'm tryna change the rules
[02:58]that we've been confined to, so the corporate won't make decisions
[03:01]Uppity niggas, handling bidness
[03:03]Killing our dreams, stealing our vision
[03:06]Out in Haiti adolescents barely have a home
[03:08]In L.A. everybody think they ****ing on
[03:11]Hop on Twitter, perpetrate, we doing big shit
[03:14]Who we hanging with, and bragging about the iPhone
[03:16]I swear to God, most y'all cats just don't know Kendrick
[03:19]You barely know yourself, so I guess most of y'all should be offended
[03:22]Ain't doing this for my health, I'm just trying to purchase my momma them businesses
[03:24]Occupy my time with riches, justify my time, ambition's
[03:27]just to coincide, just to go inside, books we idolize while we living
[03:29]Look the mastermind, took the master's mind, just the perfect time, just to mastermind
[03:31]Just to master grind with precision, look the mastermind, took the...
[03:36]We wuld like to call this an appreciation tape
[03:38]for those who recognizedthe Kendrick Lamar EP For this is the Kendrick Lamar O.D.
[03:46]Because of you, we are Overly Dedicated