114 - DUCKWORTH. - Kendrick Lamar (320)

[00:00.36] It was always me vs the world

[00:05.68] Until I found it's me vs me

[00:11.23] Why, why, why, why?

[00:14.26] Why, why, why, why?

[00:17.65] Just remember, what happens on Earth stays on Earth

[00:21.40] We gon' put it in reverse

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[00:27.22] Darling, I told you many times

[00:31.86] And I am telling you once again

[00:34.97] Just to remind you, sweetheart

[00:38.05] That my-

[00:39.86] Oh Lamar, Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hard

[00:44.00] Pray with the hooligans, shadows all in the dark

[00:46.58] Fellowship with demons and relatives, I'm a star

[00:49.63] Life is one funny mothafucka

[00:51.41] A true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust him

[00:54.58] I might be buggin', infomercials and no sleep

[00:56.95] Introverted by my thoughts; children, listen, it gets deep

[00:59.33] See, once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects

[01:02.51] The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect

[01:05.26] Adaptation inevitable: gun violence, crack spot

[01:08.22] Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals

[01:11.08] Anthony was the oldest of seven

[01:13.22] Well-respected, calm and collected

[01:15.07] Laughin' and jokin' made life easier; hard times, Momma on crack

[01:19.09] A four-year-old tellin' his nanny he needed her

[01:21.89] His family history: pimpin' and bangin'

[01:23.98] He was meant to be dangerous

[01:25.50] Clocked him a grip and start slangin'

[01:27.33] Fifteen, scrapin' up his jeans with quarter pieces

[01:30.01] Even got some head from a smoker last weekend

[01:32.41] Dodged a policeman, workin' for his big homie

[01:34.58] Small-time hustler, graduated to a brick on him

[01:37.31] 10, 000 dollars out of a project housing, that's on the daily

[01:40.45] Seen his first mil twenty years old, had a couple of babies

[01:43.16] Had a couple of shooters

[01:44.76] Caught a murder case, fingerprints on the gun they assumin'

[01:46.85] But witnesses couldn't prove it

[01:48.99] That was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin

[01:51.92] He beat the case and went back to hustlin'

[01:54.03] Bird-shufflin', Anthony rang

[01:55.83] The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang

[01:57.98] That 5.0 thing, they say 5-0 came

[02:01.33] Circlin' parking lots and parking spots

[02:03.10] And hoppin' out while harrassin' the corner blocks

[02:05.33] Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it

[02:08.04] He brushed 'em off and walked back to the Kentucky Fried Chicken

[02:10.19] See, at this chicken spot

[02:11.47] There was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lot

[02:13.26] With a curly top and a gap in his teeth

[02:15.10] He worked the window, his name was Ducky

[02:16.84] He came from the streets, the Robert Taylor Homes

[02:18.67] Southside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror Dome

[02:21.36] Drove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollars

[02:24.76] They had a son, hopin' that he'd see college

[02:26.53] Hustlin' on the side with a nine-to-five to freak it

[02:29.36] Cadillac Seville, he'd ride his son around on weekends

[02:32.05] Three-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket

[02:34.80] 'Cross the street from the projects, Anthony planned to rob it

[02:37.66] Stuck up the place before, back in '84

[02:39.78] That's when affiliation was really eight gears of war

[02:42.81] So many relatives tellin' us, sellin' us devilish works

[02:45.98] Killin' us, crime, intelligent, felonious

[02:48.05] Prevalent proposition with 9's

[02:49.82] Ducky was well-aware

[02:51.33] They robbed the manager and shot a customer last year

[02:53.71] He figured he'd get on these niggas' good sides

[02:55.97] Free chicken every time Anthony posted in line

[02:58.40] Two extra biscuits, Anthony liked him and then let him slide

[03:01.49] They didn't kill him; in fact

[03:03.80] It look like they're the last to survive

[03:05.32] Pay attention, that one decision changed both of they lives

[03:07.74] One curse at a time

[03:08.99] Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I'll tell you why

[03:11.35] You take two strangers and put 'em in random predicaments

[03:14.45] Give 'em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it

[03:17.21] Twenty years later, them same strangers, you make 'em meet again

[03:19.99] Inside recording studios where they reapin' their benefits

[03:22.92] Then you start remindin' them about that chicken incident

[03:25.78] Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence?

[03:28.86] Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be servin' life

[03:31.22] While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight

[03:35.11] While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight

[03:36.92] Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be servin' life

[03:38.90] Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence?

[03:40.07] Then you start remindin' them about that chicken incident

[03:40.96] Inside recording studios where they reapin' their benefits

[03:41.84] Twenty years later, them same strangers, you make 'em meet again

[03:42.72] Give 'em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it

[03:43.85] You take two strangers and put 'em in random predicaments

[03:44.71] Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I'll tell you why

[03:45.98] That one decision changed both of they lives, one curse at a time

[03:47.47] Pay attention

[03:48.38] But care

[03:49.84] Cocaine quarter since one like this, immaculate concept

[03:52.28] Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA

[03:53.73] I got, I got, I got, I got

[03:55.85] So, I was takin' a walk the other day

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