[Intro]
Where you from n***a?
(Help me!)
[Skit]
"What is going on in Compton? I don't understand it."
"Well as it relates to this, this is not in my field as the clerk so anything that relates to this, you'll probably have to get an answer from Dr. Dre"
[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]
I heard you talking about respect
I gave you n***as the utmost, all you n***as the utmost
Would you look over Pica**o's shoulder
And tell him about his brush strokes?
Them opinions, I don't trust those
I apologize, the city made a n***a so cut-throat
Every hood love me, but it started on one coast
Could've stopped in '86 but I knew that you would want more
I'm on the throne in a place some n***as won't go
Don't get it f**ed up
[Hook: Justus]
Been away from home
Been away from home all night long
(All they wanna know is, where you from?
Where you from, n***a, huh? Compton)
[Verse 2: Dr. Dre]
Pst, this is about where I'm from
I think it's time to take these n***as to the deep water
Yeah, down in the Pacific (the Pacific)
Where them sharks at n***a, down in the deep water
Listen, listen, listen, all you n***as swimming in the info
Go f** around and drown in the specifics
Always going overboard, used to be my kinfolk
Now you sleeping with the motherf**in' fishes
(Swimming with the mothef**in' fishes, what the business?)
These n***as won't let up until they all wet up
Don't get it f**ed up
Naw n***a, now everybody wanna visit
Tryna re-up that prescription... yup, yeah, re-up
That's my n***a, water colors couldn't even paint the picture
If they don't get the picture, f** them
Yeah, d** by the dozen
You might just wanna go and check the children
(You might just wanna check your f**in' children)
I'm the one that got they ear, for many years
I been making parents live in fear
I just wanna make it clear
My influence run deep like the ocean
Don't get it f**ed up
[Hook: Justus]
Been away from home
Been away from home all night long
(All they wanna know is, where you from?
Where you from, n***a, huh? Compton)
[Interlude 1: Anderson .Paak]
Feel's like you're drowning, don't you?
About a hundred miles down in that ocean
It's over, shoulda never jumped in
If you can't swim (if you can't swim, if you can't swim)
Oh my God, where's a life guard when you need one?
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Motherf**er know I started from the bottom, vodka baby bottle
Mixin' up with Similac, my momma knew I had a problem
Wasn't thinking about no rapping, I was jugging for a dollar
Putting quarter pieces in the black Caprice and make it holla
No policing me, I got the beast in me
I gotta holla, keep the decency and make them TNT my product
I'm a C-O-M-P-T-O-innovator, energizer
Inner-city bullet fly 'til that b**h on auto pilot (Ahhh! sh**!)
I don't give a f** about your whereabouts
All I care about is wearing out your area
And airing out your upper body
When I catch ya, walking out your parents house
(Don't get it f**ed up)
Probably got f**ed up tryna park his tour bus
Not knowing what's what
Or who's who, living in the L.A. county zoo
Pick them off like a big dog, motherf**er, woof
Once upon a time, I shot a n***a on accident (Boom, boom, boom)
I tried to k** him but I guess I needed more practicing (Boom, boom, boom)
That's when I realized, banging wasn't for everybody
Switch it up before my enemy or the sheriff got me
They liable to bury him, they nominated six to carry him
They worry him to d**h, but he's no vegetarian
The beef is on his breath, inheriting the drama better than
A great white, n***a, this is life in my aquarium
(Don't get it f**ed up)
[Hook: Justus]
Been away from home
Been away from home all night long
(All they wanna know is, where you from?
Where you from, n***a, huh? Compton)
[Interlude 2: Wyann Vaughn]
This is about where I'm from
I think it's time to take these n***as to the deep water
Yeah, down in the Pacific
Where them sharks at, n***a, down in the deep water
[Outro: Anderson .Paak]
(Gasping for Air)
Help me
Feels like you're drowning
I'm drowning
Help me
Help me, help me
Somebody help me
(Shoulda never jumped in
If you, if you can't swim)
Help me
Help me, help me, help me
I can't, I can't breathe
I can't wait, help
(Where's a lifeguard when you need one?)
God, please, please help me, please
Please help me, please help...
Please help, please, please...