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Duckworth.

Kendrick Lamar

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Duckworth.

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TraduçãoIt was always me versus the worldUntil I found it's me versus meWhy, why, why, why?Why, why, why, why?Just remember what happens on earth stays on earth!We gon' put it in reverseDarling I told you many timesAnd I am telling you once againJust to remind you sweetheart that myOh Lamar, Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hardPray with the hooligans, shadows all in the darkFellowship with demons and relatives, I'm a starLife is one funny mothafuckaA true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust himI might be buggin', infomercials and no sleepIntroverted by my thoughtsChildren listen, it gets deepSee once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projectsThe object was to process and digest poverty's dialectAdaptation inevitable, gun violence, crack spotFederal policies raid buildings and drug professionalsAnthony was the oldest of sevenWell respected, calm and collectedLaughin' and joking made life easierHard times, momma on crackA four-year-old telling his nanny he needed herHis family history pimpin' and bangin'He was meant to be dangerousClocked him a grip and start slangin'Fifteen scrapin' up his jeans with quarter piecesEven got some head from a smoker last weekendDodged a policeman workin' for his big homieSmall time hustler, graduated to a brick on himTen thousand dollars out of a project housingThat's on the daily, seen his first mil twenty years oldHad a couple of babies, had a couple of shootersCaught a murder case, fingerprints on the gunThey assumin', but witnesses couldn't prove itThat was back when he turned his backAnd they killed his cousinHe beat the case and went back to hustlin'Bird shufflin', Anthony rangThe first in the projects with the two-tone MustangThat 5.0 thing, they say 5-0 cameCirclin' parkin' lots and parking spotsAnd hoppin' out while harrasing the corner blocksCrooked cops told Anthony he should kick itHe brushed them off and walked backTo the Kentucky Fried ChickenSee at this chicken spotThere was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lotWith a curly top and a gap in his teethHe worked the window, his name was DuckyHe came from the streets the Robert Taylor HomesSouthside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror DomeDrove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollarsThey had a son hoping that he'd see collegeHustlin' on the side with a nine to five to freak itCadillac Seville, he'd ride his son around on weekendsThree-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket'Cross the street from the projectsAnthony planned to rob itStuck up the place before back in '84That's when affiliation was really eight gears of warSo many relatives telling us, selling us devilish worksKilling us crime, intelligent, feloniousPrevalent proposition with ninesDucky was well aware, they robbed the managerAnd shot a customer last yearHe figured he'd get on these niggas good sidesFree chicken every time Anthony posted in lineTwo extra biscuits, Anthony liked him and then let him slideThey didn't kill him, in fact it look likeThey're the last to survivePay attention, that one decision changed both of they livesOne curse at a time, reverse the manifestAnd good karma and I'll tell you whyYou take two strangersAnd put 'em in random predicamentsGive 'em a soul so they canMake their own choices and live with itTwenty years later them same strangersYou make 'em meet againInside recording studios where they reaping their benefitsThen you start reminding them 'bout that chicken incidentWhoever thought the greatest rapperWould be from coincidenceBecause if Anthony killed DuckyTop Dawg could be servin' lifeWhile I grew up without a father and die in a gunfightSo I was taking a walk the other day
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