Kendrick Lamar - Birds & The Beez lyrics

[Verse 1: SchoolBoy Q] Straight to the block, to the hood, to a spot Cocaine to a rock, duece duece in a sock Every dollar closer to a drop Every drop is closer to a cop Every cop is closer to a cell Hit the cell your ticket right to hell No job, no bail No fam, no mail Institution another n***a fail Go from p**y to a prison tale f** that, I quit while I'm ahead Ship my music off with Amistad Turn it up and here the ghetto pledge Live righteous n***a like my brother said King Tut, Martin Luther, Malcolm X, but ima shoota' Top ramen, knowledge for the noodle Finally gettin' praised Yeah kudos Doing bad, still love the need Connect said it's something up his sleeve Said, I rather bust off them keys Yeah n***a birds and the beez [Bridge: Schoolboy Q] Birds and the beez Birds and the beez [Verse 2: SchoolBoy Q] Wanna do a song, but its hard to carry on And my daughter hungry sitting home And my girl said she feeling lone I can't tell its over in her tone Only time I call is for a loan She be stressing, so depressing Always worried every time a lil n***a gone Stay strong for the future, stick together, yeah suture Get a couple wipps, yeah kunta Schoolboy but gangsta was his tutors Say money be the root of evil, look around and see what it do to people Veins full of h**n using pcp inject the body with a needle Lord help us, swear to god, dope dealers, get a job Keep it real this sh** ain't really cool, being in a cell, you ain't alive n***as quick to show out over cheese, love to help the devil do a deed So I rather bust of them keys? yeah n***a birds and the beez [Bridge] [Hook] Tired of the same ol' sh**, n***as they faking it n***as out here living foul Better yet they flagrant, keep these n***as right up out the game Keep these n***as right up out my lane I just wanna do this f**ing music boy, leave this dope alone and count my change (Kendrick Lamar) Q I wanna see you do your thang Entertainment business living limelight Hop on every track and move them trains Show these motherf**ers that you been tight, then they ever been Its evident that you intelligent but you can't escape that life And for you my n***a I would sacrifice myself to make it just to see you hold the mic And hit the stage and rock the set But its hard to change when your from the set Won't you think about it n***a, life or d**h Like a cracker would like to hang you by the neck Do you wanna see the boys in jet, or you wanna see them run way jets Fly to Singapore one way that, tell the pilot we got stacks on deck Swear to god, its hard out here for a young black men to live If you dont do it for yourself, then please do it for your kids My n***a won't you tell Michelle, I love your daughter Please dont let her grow up life without a father Look at what you bought her, money couldn't buy All she need is love, put that sh** aside At the same time know they got to eat Know you got to hustle, make ends meet Gotta make time, gotta get a grind, gotta push the line, HTC, no a.c And the block hot, you keep runnin', cop say freeze Blue pill, red pill, choose now, birds or the beez [Bridge] [Hook] [Outro] Count my change Count my change