[00:00.405][Verse 1: HOPE]
[00:11.167]I’m a Nestor Ave tibby rock thrower
[00:13.466]Nightlife liver, still waiting to throw up
[00:16.235]25 cents, Now & Later, and a soda
[00:18.691]Snotty-nosed kids slap boxing on the corner
[00:21.904]Yeah, that’s me right there
[00:24.072]Sandy little Jordans and the swoosh in his hair
[00:26.658]In the overall shorts, I ain’t have a care in the world
[00:29.897]Contact, ‘cause my call right there
[00:32.039]I thought I was Pac when ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ came out
[00:34.416]Got in trouble for the music, I was playin’ it loud
[00:37.185]Read the credits to all the CDs in the house
[00:39.536]With the [?] bottle I was rockin’ the crowd
[00:42.645]I was eight when I wrote my first rap line down
[00:45.257]S**t, I remember, I was right on the couch
[00:47.843]Are you feeling me? Back in third grade I was killing it
[00:50.691]If y’all don’t get the metaphor, it’s all elementary
[00:53.407]Summertime fun, mack daddy at the pool
[00:55.993]Wintertime fun, selling candy at the school
[00:58.710]Ready for the action, if it happened, I was cool
[01:01.192]I ain’t see ‘em, if you do, tell my daddy I’m a fool, Kendrick
[01:04.065][Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
[01:04.562]Kendrick Lamar, plain old Kendrick the Average Joe
[01:06.913]But not the average flow, just willing to make it, ock
[01:09.629]That boy’s bacon, he got relations with Satan, Pops
[01:12.451]This type of greatness is well-awaiting the fatal shots
[01:15.089]Now what you know about them Westside streets?
[01:17.179]We was five like deep, rapping the best of Mobb Deep
[01:19.530]Rapping my best in my sleep, that’s if I ever slept
[01:22.116]Countin’ bars while you countin’ sheep, you lookin’ at the best
[01:24.911]God-given, I’m been spitting since Pokémon cards and yo-yos
[01:28.202]Sauconies Girbaud jeans, when Wayne made “bling-bling” I was hip-hopping
[01:31.886]Makin’ ‘em hop, have a pogo
[01:33.584]Let’s get this cream, cold stones
[01:35.099]I’m fallin’ off, hold on
[01:36.248]When peeling off, BMX bikes
[01:37.998]Ducking shots that was barking real DMX-like
[01:40.663]A pizza and a cold Sprite
[01:41.786]Peace to the world
[01:43.066]I close my door and make love to the beat
[01:44.973]Then **** your girl
[01:46.044]That was K.Dot then
[01:47.089][Verse 3: HOPE]
[01:47.324]Top-tier, I’m here, they call me King Hope
[01:49.414]With a mean flow dancing for the team, ock
[01:52.235]Street hop from the bottom, we on the street’s top
[01:54.873]It’s all scenic, believe it, you’ll get your bean popped
[01:56.937][Verse 4: Kendrick Lamar]
[01:57.538]I give you my album in replacement of Detox
[02:00.255]I drop s**t with ease to let y’all eavesdrop
[02:02.971]On my style, eyes of an owl as they watch
[02:05.688]Throw in that towel or get thrown in a ditch
[02:07.673][Verse 5: HOPE]
[02:07.908]Or get thrown on the pit, I was thrown on stages
[02:10.704]Tab, Centennial, Westchester lacing
[02:13.237]My flow ’96, your flow ‘06
[02:15.824]Your flow “eh, cool…”, my flow “oh s**t!”
[02:18.436][Verse 6: Kendrick Lamar]
[02:18.697]You flow don’t exist, we co-exist with the UFOs
[02:21.362]Goddamnit, stranded on planets that you don’t know
[02:24.444]The aliens panic, pack they bags, they hit the road
[02:26.847]The truth, the phone booth, the greatness take its toll