Kendrick Lamar - Gang Member lyrics

[Verse 1] When I jumped off the porch, I was forced into last resorts of a temper gone short And, of course, when that took it’s course, I was hoarse from yelling out Demons that fought inside of me taught society how to rejoice The k**ers on sight of me, privacy obviously was lost And the fraud piracy of the streets in my odyssey caught A bullet that probably destroyed A good kid in a mad city, slightly annoyed I walked down the street with no heat And run into beef when I’m just a vegan Reekin’ the scent of a saint, sinner smell it then start squeezing Palace, that’s tumblin’ straight, hit my melon, apparent reason Probably was because of my cousin causing the blood That was bloodin’ in public and Kendrick seen with him last weekend, cousin But you ain’t no kin to me, ‘stead of Kendrick, I’m Kennedy Assa**inate my character, sure that’s your remedy Fair enough, I got enemies but I don’t bang But that’s the repercussions like when your cousin is causing the blood Then you’re by yourself at the Compton parade, he said: [Pre-Chorus] Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang (pump, pump) A gang member, I’m active, I do my thing (pump) I do my stuff (pump) I’m really from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain’t, I still need to know [Chorus] Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay [Verse 2] I seen ’em from afar then I seen a piece of my jaw Like on the ground, you know the sound when you hear the people in awe Sympathetic ’cause they like seeing you tryna fight back at a pack of piranhas I promised three of ’em, beat the black of my back in pyjamas, was almost needed I should’ve went to sleep and seen some sheep when I greeted the pavement Got up and seen the shock on their faces like “damn it, he made it” My luck in the palm of a cherry bomb and they waitin’ to blow up on me, my homies are not alarmed Then I heard someone’s firearm make a sound like it waved around my direction I’m guessing this is the part where my heart expected to drop in a second, look at the thoughts I’m made in the shortest amount of time and in back of my mind I’m like “this the loss I’ma take” My fate was distraught, a cape and some superpowers can’t save me I’m probably pushing up daisies before I can make my way to the car Cross cancel and right before I seen the black glove raisin’ the handle, he said: [Pre-Chorus] Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang (pump, pump) A gang member, I’m active, I do my thing (pump) I do my stuff (pump) I’m really from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain’t, I still need to know [Chorus] Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay [Verse 3] b**h, I’m bustin’ back I’ma borrow my uncle’s strap in a minute Jump in a Civic then wear that b**h on my lap I was timid but now I’m tempted And tenants alert me on where you at I’m a menace when I’m offended Relentless, I will react Then somebody sent the dispatch Of an officer, got his mind made on offin’ ya That’s a fact when you’re black and undeveloped Your profile is a felon I’m bellin’ down Boulevards with my basketball and a backpack Gym shoes and my nap sack Hair nappy, my ball cap backwards And then I look back, strobe lights on my tail pipe Turned left then I turned right Turned d**h ’cause the sirens is loud as the colors of pink and yellow on Wesley Snipes Pray to God I don’t get sniped Pray to God that the sunlight stay shining for 30 more minutes Hope that a witness around when I’m ’bout to cut off the engine Vengeance of hatred is what I’m facin’ Even though being a criminal ain’t my memo But this is what he said when I dropped the window: [Pre-Chorus] Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang By the time you hear the next shot, you’ll learn that L.A.P.D. is the biggest gang (pump) I do my stuff (pump) I’m really from the sect, tho (pump, pump) And if you is or ain’t, I still need to know [Chorus] Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay