[Intro: Kendrick Lamar] Yeah, Kendrick Lamar This for the town, ***** [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] Me, I'm from the Hub City, yeah, that Compton court building Caught a murder when his homie died, judge caught feelings I'm on Rosecrans, chilling right inside Best Outlest Five dollar Little Caesar, momma shopped at Food-4-Less Elementary McNair, say what's up to Vanguard Centennial High, had me swimming with a pool of sharks Me, I'm just a good kid, tryna keep it neutral But I'm well aware that a square can get shot too Most Crip and some Piru, that's just how the game go Hood on every corner, stop for gas and get your brains blown ******* with fat asses, burning in the stashes Murders in July, call that summer time madness Rest in peace 4 Bent, rest in peace Mausberg Swear to God, when I make it big, your voice'll be heard Me, I'm just a good kid, tryna keep it positive Though I know it's chaos, forever my heart will live in [Chorus: Alori Joh] Compton, concrete jungle Where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in Compton These streets will make you or break you Expire or inspire you Let's hear it for Compton Compton, Compton (Verse 2) Take you back to Y.E.T it was just divining me Earl had got disciplined for not catching a fade that week **** had made him stronger though, yeah those were the good old days Eating Tam's burger while my Juvenile CD had played 21 outside maybe sideline pop Yellow tape on sidewalk damn somebody got popped Hoping that I live a lot, I don't want to die young Please don't come shoot up my party, I just want to have fun Sheriffs in my rear view, mother **** the police Pull me over just to plant an 8 ball on me **** it though I'm out here, I've always been out here Since the Compton swap meet, black and red LA gears Pac was on Rosecrans ***** I was right there Cali Love video he said whattup I said yeah Free my ***** J-Dub and both of the J-Mans Eazy paved the way, Lil Eazy bout to get it in for.. Compton, concrete jungle Where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in Compton These streets will make you or break you Expire or inspire you Let's hear it for Compton Compton, Compton (Verse 3) I'm talking bout Westside Piru, N.H.P., Campanella, Carver Park Front Hood, Nutty Blocc, Lantana, 151, Park Village Cedar Block, Santana Burgundy and Blue bandanas Peace! Peace! Fruit Town, Kelly Park, Southside, Elm Street Poccet Hood, ATF, MOB, LPP, 135, VTP Atlantic Drive, Limehood, NHC, PBC Peace! Peace! Tragniew, Compton Raymonds, Tree-Top, Mona Park, T Flats, 7 Os, 155 Compton Swamps, Holly hood, T Zones All a ***** really want for us to keep Peace! Peace! But **** that a take some time and more time But I'm pushing to get us there in no time Me, I'm just a good kid hoping I can spread love Word to the county building forever I do it for... Compton, concrete jungle Where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in Compton These streets will make you or break you Expire or inspire you Let's hear it for Compton Compton, Compton (Outro)
[00:00.535][Intro: Kendrick Lamar] [00:02.704]Yeah, Kendrick Lamar [00:08.085]This for the town, ***** [00:10.253][Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] [00:10.619]Me, I'm from the Hub City, yeah, that Compton court building [00:13.153]Caught a murder when his homie died, judge caught feelings [00:16.000]I'm on Rosecrans, chilling right inside Best Outlest [00:18.769]Five dollar Little Caesar, momma shopped at Food-4-Less [00:21.590]Elementary McNair, say what's up to Vanguard [00:24.307]Centennial High, had me swimming with a pool of sharks [00:26.971]Me, I'm just a good kid, tryna keep it neutral [00:29.793]But I'm well aware that a square can get shot too [00:32.562]Most Crip and some Piru, that's just how the game go [00:35.357]Hood on every corner, stop for gas and get your brains blown [00:38.126]******* with fat asses, burning in the stashes [00:40.842]Murders in July, call that summer time madness [00:43.768]Rest in peace 4 Bent, rest in peace Mausberg [00:46.433]Swear to God, when I make it big, your voice'll be heard [00:49.254]Me, I'm just a good kid, tryna keep it positive [00:51.944]Though I know it's chaos, forever my heart will live in [00:54.348][Chorus: Alori Joh] [00:54.583]Compton, concrete jungle [00:59.468]Where dreams are made of [01:02.080]There's nothing you can't do [01:05.188]Now you're in Compton [01:09.446]These streets will make you or break you [01:12.921]Expire or inspire you [01:16.108]Let's hear it for Compton [01:18.485]Compton, Compton [01:21.672](Verse 2) [01:22.717]Take you back to Y.E.T it was just divining me [01:25.224]Earl had got disciplined for not catching a fade that week [01:28.020]**** had made him stronger though, yeah those were the good old days [01:30.867]Eating Tam's burger while my Juvenile CD had played [01:33.636]21 outside maybe sideline pop [01:36.196]Yellow tape on sidewalk damn somebody got popped [01:39.017]Hoping that I live a lot, I don't want to die young [01:41.734]Please don't come shoot up my party, I just want to have fun [01:44.738]Sheriffs in my rear view, mother **** the police [01:47.272]Pull me over just to plant an 8 ball on me [01:50.119]**** it though I'm out here, I've always been out here [01:52.836]Since the Compton swap meet, black and red LA gears [01:55.814]Pac was on Rosecrans ***** I was right there [01:58.374]Cali Love video he said whattup I said yeah [02:01.300]Free my ***** J-Dub and both of the J-Mans [02:03.964]Eazy paved the way, Lil Eazy bout to get it in for.. [02:07.046]Compton, concrete jungle [02:11.461]Where dreams are made of [02:13.943]There's nothing you can't do [02:16.947]Now you're in Compton [02:21.492]These streets will make you or break you [02:24.914]Expire or inspire you [02:27.918]Let's hear it for Compton [02:30.452]Compton, Compton [02:33.953](Verse 3) [02:34.606]I'm talking bout Westside Piru, N.H.P., Campanella, Carver Park [02:38.655]Front Hood, Nutty Blocc, Lantana, 151, Park Village [02:42.077]Cedar Block, Santana [02:43.540]Burgundy and Blue bandanas [02:44.924]Peace! Peace! [02:46.335]Fruit Town, Kelly Park, Southside, Elm Street [02:48.947]Poccet Hood, ATF, MOB, LPP, 135, VTP [02:53.074]Atlantic Drive, Limehood, NHC, PBC [02:55.817]Peace! Peace! [02:57.541]Tragniew, Compton Raymonds, Tree-Top, Mona Park, T Flats, 7 Os, 155 [03:02.269]Compton Swamps, Holly hood, T Zones [03:04.150]All a ***** really want for us to keep [03:06.945]Peace! Peace! [03:09.218]But **** that a take some time and more time [03:11.778]But I'm pushing to get us there in no time [03:14.129]Me, I'm just a good kid hoping I can spread love [03:16.846]Word to the county building forever I do it for... [03:19.380]Compton, concrete jungle [03:23.376]Where dreams are made of [03:25.858]There's nothing you can't do [03:29.097]Now you're in Compton [03:33.642]These streets will make you or break you [03:36.960]Expire or inspire you [03:40.068]Let's hear it for Compton [03:42.628]Compton, Compton [03:47.644](Outro)
