Black Boy Fly - Bonus Track

Song Black Boy Fly - Bonus Track
Artist Kendrick Lamar
Album good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe)

Lyrics

[00:06.580] So I'm saying What up what up
[00:08.650] Nigga you made it
[00:09.880] So I'm saying What up what up
[00:12.380] Nigga you made it
[00:13.690] So I'm saying What up what up
[00:15.200] Nigga you made it
[00:16.320] So I'm saying What up what up
[00:17.750] Nigga I hate it
[00:19.310] So I'm saying What up what up
[00:20.750] Nigga I hate it
[00:22.050] Frustrated and I'm riding
[00:23.050] down the back streets
[00:24.000] Making my conscious ask me
[00:25.370] Would I survive to make
[00:26.800] it up out this hole in time
[00:28.860] Black boy fly
[00:30.350] Black boy fly
[00:31.500] Black-black boy fly
[00:33.310] Black boy fly
[00:35.680]
[00:41.490] I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo
[00:43.480] I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo
[00:46.720] He was the one to follow
[00:48.220] He was the only leader
[00:49.410] foreseeing brighter tomorrows
[00:50.210] He would live in the gym
[00:52.400] We was living in sorrow
[00:53.960] Total envy of him
[00:55.210] He made a dream become a reality
[00:57.830] Actually making it possible to swim
[01:00.140] His way out of Compton with
[01:01.570] further more to accomplish
[01:02.880] Graduate with honors
[01:03.830] a sponsor of basketball scholars
[01:05.640] It's 2004 and I'm watching him
[01:07.570] score 30
[01:08.440] Remember vividly how them
[01:10.190] victory points had hurt me
[01:12.060] Cause every basket was
[01:13.240] a reaction or a reminder
[01:14.810] That we was just moving backwards
[01:16.360] The bungalow where you find us
[01:17.930] The art of us ditching classes
[01:19.600] heading nowhere fast
[01:20.730] Stick my head inside the study hall
[01:22.660] he focused on math
[01:23.910] Determination ambition
[01:24.540] plus dedication and wisdom
[01:26.410] Qualities he was given
[01:28.160] was the shit we didn't have
[01:29.840] Dug inside of his book bag and
[01:31.590] Coach Palmer asked for his finals
[01:33.400] He had his back like a spinal meanwhile
[01:35.640] We singing the same
[01:36.580] old song spinning the vinyl
[01:37.770] 11 graders gone wrong
[01:39.450] He focused on the NBA we
[01:40.890] focused on some Patron
[01:41.880] Now watch that black boy fly
[01:43.880] Black boy fly
[01:45.060] Watch that black boy fly
[01:46.820] Black boy fly
[01:47.630] Watch that black boy fly
[01:49.750] Black boy fly
[01:50.560] Watch that black boy fly
[01:52.740] Black boy
[01:53.620] I used to jealous of Jayceon
[01:55.120] I used to jealous of Jayceon
[01:58.600] Taylor when I was young
[01:59.990] Taylor made a career out
[02:01.360] of music from writing songs
[02:02.920] A Buick had driven past bumping
[02:04.410] him when I mowed the lawn
[02:06.100] Money laundering hustling
[02:07.100] homies pondering up against
[02:08.470] Schemes to make a million
[02:09.900] even if doing you harm
[02:11.390] War's the case and just in
[02:13.960] case you wasn't alarmed
[02:15.140] The city had fought with firearms
[02:16.710] and many had died before dawn
[02:18.140] Its 2004 and I'm hearing the people roar
[02:21.200] For the name of The Game
[02:22.880] they line in front of the store
[02:24.630] Swap meets selling our mixtapes
[02:25.880] I'm like oh shit wait
[02:27.190] Don't wanna be another nigga
[02:28.560] stuck regretting mistakes
[02:30.370] Mixed feelings was my opinion
[02:31.810] I was defending my insecurities
[02:33.610] Chillin my conscience next to a villain
[02:35.730] Compton made you
[02:37.730] believe success wasn't real
[02:38.920] Be honest none of us knew of a record deal
[02:41.980] So as I peel through these lottery tickets
[02:43.970] I see a Harley Davidson truck
[02:45.850] visit the same plaza we shopped
[02:47.710] A tall nigga hopped out with
[02:49.340] Jordans and a white tank top
[02:50.910] He was top of the rap game
[02:52.660] we was the top of the block
[02:54.280] So watch that black boy fly
[02:56.030] Black boy fly
[02:56.980] Watch that black boy fly
[02:58.770] Black boy fly
[02:59.530] Watch that black boy fly
[03:01.780] Black boy fly
[03:02.520] Watch that black boy fly
[03:03.780]
[03:04.660] Black boy
[03:05.650] My mama didn't raise me
[03:06.840] up to be jealous-hearted
[03:07.970] Like most of the winners call it
[03:09.580] Regardless of where you stay
[03:10.830] hold your head and continue marching
[03:12.270] That's what she said but in my
[03:14.020] head I wanted to be like Jordan
[03:15.770] A Boy touring the country with
[03:17.140] money from mic recording
[03:18.450] The only way out the ghetto
[03:19.950] you know the stereotype
[03:21.510] Shooting hoops or live on
[03:22.940] the stereo like top 40
[03:24.190] And shortly I got discouraged
[03:26.060] Like every time I walked to
[03:27.560] the corner had them guns bursting
[03:29.060] Nigga I was rehearsing
[03:30.250] in repetition the phrase
[03:31.990] Only one in a million
[03:33.500] will ever see better days
[03:34.990] Especially when the crime
[03:36.360] waves was bigger than tsunamis
[03:38.550] Break your boogie boards to
[03:39.980] pieces you just a typical homy
[03:41.480] All these niggas facetious and
[03:42.850] they all standing beside me
[03:44.220] They all will buy me a chopper
[03:46.280] if any one of you try me
[03:48.530] What am I to do when every
[03:50.640] neighborhood is an obstacle
[03:52.520] When 2 niggas making it out
[03:53.770] had never sounded logical
[03:54.510] 3 niggas making it out
[03:56.020] that's mission impossible
[03:57.070] So I never believed the type
[03:58.570] of performance that I could do
[04:00.450] I wasn't jealous cuz
[04:01.500] of the talents they got
[04:02.940] I was terrified they'll
[04:04.250] be the last black boys to fly
[04:06.820] Out of Compton
[04:08.390]
[04:09.330] Thank God