Kendrick Lamar - DUCKWORTH.(2017)

[00:00.46] It was always me vs the world
[00:05.58] Until I found it's me vs me
[00:10.56] Why, why, why, why?
[00:14.25] Why, why, why, why?
[00:17.23] Just remember, what happens on Earth stays on Earth!
[00:21.44] We gon' put it in reverse
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[00:27.90] Darling, I told you many times
[00:32.18] And I am telling you once again
[00:35.54] Just to remind you, sweetheart
[00:38.09] That my-
[00:39.53] Oh Lamar, Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hard
[00:43.48] Pray with the hooligans, shadows all in the dark
[00:46.21] Fellowship with demons and relatives, I'm a star
[00:49.06] Life is one funny mothafucka
[00:50.95] A true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust him
[00:53.96] I might be buggin', infomercials and no sleep
[00:56.32] Introverted by my thoughts; children, listen, it gets deep
[00:59.15] See, once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects
[01:01.93] The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect
[01:04.72] Adaptation inevitable: gun violence, crack spot
[01:08.04] Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals
[01:10.70] Anthony was the oldest of seven
[01:12.71] Well-respected, calm and collected
[01:14.81] Laughin' and jokin' made life easier; hard times, Momma on crack
[01:18.92] A four-year-old tellin' his nanny he needed her
[01:21.54] His family history: pimpin' and bangin'
[01:23.79] He was meant to be dangerous
[01:25.28] Clocked him a grip and start slangin'
[01:27.27] Fifteen, scrapin' up his jeans with quarter pieces
[01:29.85] Even got some head from a smoker last weekend
[01:32.00] Dodged a policeman, workin' for his big homie
[01:34.23] Small-time hustler, graduated to a brick on him
[01:36.84] 10,000 dollars out of a project housing, that's on the daily
[01:40.06] Seen his first mil twenty years old, had a couple of babies
[01:42.79] Had a couple of shooters
[01:44.28] Caught a murder case, fingerprints on the gun they assumin'
[01:46.80] But witnesses couldn't prove it
[01:48.89] That was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin
[01:51.66] He beat the case and went back to hustlin'
[01:53.64] Bird-shufflin', Anthony rang
[01:55.49] The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang
[01:58.29] That 5.0 thing, they say 5-0 came
[02:00.83] Circlin' parking lots and parking spots
[02:02.70] And hoppin' out while harrassin' the corner blocks
[02:04.96] Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it
[02:07.19] He brushed 'em off and walked back to the Kentucky Fried Chicken
[02:09.77] See, at this chicken spot
[02:10.99] There was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lot
[02:12.64] With a curly top and a gap in his teeth
[02:14.60] He worked the window, his name was Ducky
[02:16.41] He came from the streets, the Robert Taylor Homes
[02:18.49] Southside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror Dome
[02:20.91] Drove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollars
[02:23.92] They had a son, hopin' that he'd see college
[02:26.00] Hustlin' on the side with a nine-to-five to freak it
[02:28.93] Cadillac Seville, he'd ride his son around on weekends
[02:31.75] Three-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket
[02:34.41] 'Cross the street from the projects, Anthony planned to rob it
[02:37.32] Stuck up the place before, back in '84
[02:39.43] That's when affiliation was really eight gears of war
[02:42.25] So many relatives tellin' us, sellin' us devilish works
[02:45.42] Killin' us, crime, intelligent, felonious
[02:47.56] Prevalent proposition with 9's
[02:49.30] Ducky was well-aware
[02:50.79] They robbed the manager and shot a customer last year
[02:53.35] He figured he'd get on these niggas' good sides
[02:55.78] Free chicken every time Anthony posted in line
[02:58.19] Two extra biscuits, Anthony liked him and then let him slide
[03:01.05] They didn't kill him; in fact, it look like they're the last to survive
[03:03.94] Pay attention, that one decision changed both of they lives
[03:06.74] One curse at a time
[03:07.94] Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I'll tell you why
[03:10.54] You take two strangers and put 'em in random predicaments
[03:13.18] Give 'em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it
[03:16.04] Twenty years later, them same strangers, you make 'em meet again
[03:18.81] Inside recording studios where they reapin' their benefits
[03:21.67] Then you start remindin' them about that chicken incident
[03:24.22] Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence?
[03:27.12] Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be servin' life
[03:30.14] While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight
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[03:54.96] So, I was takin' a walk the other day
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