[Verse 1: Jay Rock] I was raised in these streets boy you can't tell me nothing Hop out the Crown Vic' with the fo' fo' dumping My mama said I need help my cheese slipped off my cracker Don't bring your b**h around me, if you do Imma crack her The hood made me who I am so that's who Imma be dawg Act tough sliding the 38. to be dawg No one hotter I got lava I pop shotties at your neckcollar Shed down stoves to buy Prada If rap don't work, sh**, I'm back at the spot Selling good to the fiends, selling fly to cops Gotta watch for them raids they damage the franchise Nowadays gotta keep the toilet on standby You snitchin' in the hood you ain't the one to stand by Cause you could be a target once we order this homicide Choppers come out and all hell breaks loose See the devil in the flesh once it's aimed at you sh** I walk around the 'jects with eyes at the back of my head Some n***as wanna put my lifeline in the red I pop the pistol if it's a issue to make my hand hot Rip the tissue, your family miss you, I make your mama cry "Oh, that boy he gone, he ain't never g**ned he ain't doin no wrong" Shut the f** up, that n***a was a k**er like me Under his belt, he had ten k**ers like me n***as pray that they can remove the sinner like me Come through, broad day, bad b**hes with me From South Central to Queens I make them talk about me Make sure I'm ballin' before they put the chalk around me Till then I be on the 1-0-5 in the wind Pistol on my lap, wanna die you can bring a friend It's mandatory It's mandatory, my dude, if your chain shining bright Imma blow out your fuse Run up in your dough spot like "nobody move!" k** you right after I rob you, the unwritten rule From South Central to ATL they talk about me Make sure I'm ballin' before they put the chalk around me Till then I be rollin' up chronic, sippin' Hen Flying kites to my n***as doing life in the pen Wanna die? bring a friend, we can make this a double date So go round the block catchin 'em chilling and hit the brake It's mandatory, it's mandatory that's most def Check the murder rate, over here got the most d**h Obama made president, but we still peddling We want it in white, 100 game relevant Carry shine don't slippin' insult my intelligence Something in the trunk like the nuts in an elephant Came for the paper and mayhem Come between that, think twice get your b**h a** laid down Mandatory! [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] Crown Victoria need a oil change But I'm still feeling notorious, word to Biggie's name Capital K. Dot Revolutionary Black stronger than Hanco*k Hand on my co*k f**er The Los Angeles pitbull causing the racket Serena Williams couldn't even seen him in tennis practice f** with the man/wolf reekening your possession I stare at the moon and then howl no question Homie! This is the part where you spaz out Like if a n***a spit in yo' mouth Or called your momma a b**h Now that's some ignorant sh** I'm a ignorant n***a Think of Bernie Mac & Richard taking pictures with ya With the brain of a million geniuses f** you, with a million penises, no h*mo f**ing f*ggot You s** a dick and you laugh it to the bank, Bob Saget Give up the chips and make the life with paralyses, chaos, havoc Boycott who evers the best, including Khaled I pray to God you love your success cause when I have it You'll never get a piece, I lay careers out in the streets If a meteorite had hit me, I be good in a week If a alligator had bit me, I bet he'd break his teeth It's Mandatory It's Mandatory, my dude You a square beyond squares like a rubix cube I would probably kick your a** but my shoes are glued To the peddle of this vehicular Porsche I move It's Mandatory It's Mandatory, bear the glory, of a warrior, warriors state out will k** you for me One man man slaughter tell the world to record me I don't care if he's 6'7, I'll come to him shortly [Verse 3: Ab-Soul] I ain't lying, been a john since a n***a was a shorty Young n***a smoking bub, but I'm wise like a 40 Aye rappers You rappers are papier-mâché Meaning I could build you up & break you down the same day It's Mandatory! It's Mandatory my n**! Word, sentence, paragraph, story my n** f**-n***as must f** n***as Cross genders I'm psycho on the microphone Pick up n***as It's Mandatory! Now get me some more of that beat [Verse 4: Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock] Hol' Up! I got it Ab-Soul let me go sea floor deep I'm C4 You a fool if you don't pick up your heat Then Bonsoir Bombs away n***a, bon appétit I'm Rodney King as I endure beat after beat Week after week, like you & him lifting weights in the streets I do my thing and take a breather, then come again Aiming for your temple like a preacher, as I sin It's Mandatory!