[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] I'm the only n***a doin' it You other n***as ruined it I'm too legit, go Hammer wit' the foolishness My nana said my grandma can maneuver this industry Until I'm stupid rich and now I'm stupid rich, ah Even if she go away, even if she go away Assumin' this is what they humor is To Pimp a bu*terfly my newest sh** Effective rumor is the way I proven it [Hook: Jidenna] I'm a cla**ic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a cla**ic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a cla**ic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a cla**ic man [Verse 2: Jidenna] I burn through the hood like, "Whoa" When everybody's feeling so cold I cool like Nat King Cole and n***as get a bit of my glow I got charm like a leprechaun, mamaf**er Now y'all f**ing with the wrong mamaf**er Treat me like a don, mamaf**er And we don't live by the law, mamaf**er [Pre-Hook: Jidenna] Even if she go away, even if she go away Even if she go away, even if she go away [Hook: Jidenna] I'm a cla**ic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a cla**ic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a cla**ic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a cla**ic man [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] (Cla**ic man) That's on my mama though I got piranha flow, f**in' up your designer clothes (Casket man) Where be your rapper's angle? Bunch of subliminal b**hes, I'd rather fingerbang 'em Oh, ke-mo sah-bee, pray to God nobody try me Catch a body over nothin', Top couldn't even stop me I got key to my city, I got key to California I might legalize your homicide and mourn marijuana Let my daddy smoke his weed, only thing they keep on Philly I ain't got no j**elry on me, b**h, I got the j**elry in me Oh, sh**, let me talk my sh**, I always been the sh** This ain't overnight, they love me now like they loved me then I know what I like, I eat the p**y for my nourishment I know how to cherish it I know how to decorate your wall and further furnish it I'm a burn your sh** down, this is what the furnace is I'm a turn your sh** around wit' some friendly services Ain't no nervousness like I'm ratchet or conservative And that's affirmative All I do is lay-up and face up my big bills And paste up, got no chill for fake ones, like, for real, they say... [Hook: Jidenna] I'm a cla**ic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a cla**ic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a cla**ic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a cla**ic man [Verse 3: Jidenna Keep my gloves dirty but my hands clean Got to keep the business in the family Bread when I'm fillin' up the pantry Now my n***as slang 'caine like a dandy I tell you how it go You pull out rubber bands, I pull out an envelope The ladies on my elbow ain't for the show Every madam on my team is a top general, oh Got to be ready for war (War) Should they get into my door? (Door) Get 'em, we'll get 'em, I know that we'll get 'em Cause I lived through this sh** before, oh [Hook: Jidenna] I'm a cla**ic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a cla**ic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a cla**ic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a cla**ic man [Outro] (I'm a cla**ic man) Even if she go away, even if she go away (I'm a cla**ic man) Even if she go away, even if she go away I'm a cla**ic man, old-fashioned man