Kendrick Lamar - Staircases lyrics

[Hook x2] Staircases take me high Escalators take me high Ladders take me high Elevators take me high [Verse 1: Buddy] Started at the surface so my goal is up Cause once you stay down then you gon' get stuck And I'm just trying to climb and grind, the same time Dangling off rooftops is what I call our hangtime Walking through the hall, counting my flaws My ego got caught in a elevator wall Got it out, raised it to the rooftop, damn Got to take the ladder cause the escalators jammed Made it to the top but I ain't even stopping I said a prayer and a wish and turned my skateboard to a rocket I'm gone, to the skies, I'm nothing more than another rebel But I'm still trying to take it to another level Get up out the ghetto, maybe hop up on the shuttle Jello with a piece of metal, my foot on the pedal People say the world could fit into a little pebble Then give me one good reason why you think we should settle (Let's get it off) [Hook x2] [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] Look inside my eyes, you can see the universe fly Deep inside my pupils the aliens camouflaged Another way to shoot you, my mind is of ma** destruction I drop a gallon of Henny in the Big Dipper then dive b**hes skinny dipping in my orbit Ever seen a Martian? Gorgeous or some U.F.O. Porsches I live inside the air plus I wear Air Jordans So the mic is always near me whether swaggin' or recordin' Journey on my voyage, you know the sky is the limit But it's ironic that method never applied to Kendrick I catapult over your telescope and when I'm finished I grab the fire that's burning from Mars to light an incense This rapping's just a metaphor and I deserve a medal for Writing another metaphor, about ambition I envision me taking off astronautin' myself f** the world, I'll beat that b**h with the Orion's belt [Hook x2] [Bridge: Buddy] As I'm floating all alone I looked up and I start thinking In a moment I'll be gone Getting high so I'm not sinking As I'm floating all alone I looked up and I start thinking In a moment I'll be gone Getting high so I'm not sinking Getting high so I'm not sinking [Hook x2]