Average Joe - Kendrick Lamar.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Lamar, Kendrick
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Lamar, Kendrick
[00:07.597] The hardest thing for me to do
[00:11.198] Is to get you, to know me, within sixteen bars
[00:19.514] That's the hardest thing
[00:20.793] Who is K. Dot? A young nigga from Compton
[00:23.925] On the curb writing raps next to a gunshot
[00:26.244] On the corners where the gangsters and the killers dwell
[00:29.224] The fraudulent tender scars that get unveiled
[00:32.036] Everyone I knew was either Crip or Piru
[00:34.483] Cousins in elementary, relatives in high school
[00:37.237] With that being said, each one of their rivals
[00:39.589] Was aiming something at my head, I needed survival
[00:42.180] Got jumped, got jacked, shot at, shot back
[00:44.840] And I don't even push a line, I'm just tryna push these rhymes
[00:47.775] In the midst of staying neutral and discrete
[00:49.946] My momma said you're judged by the company you keep
[00:52.563] But what you can consider, that if it goes down
[00:55.160] They'll kill you if you kill me, it gets deep nigga
[00:58.326] So if you ask what I'm doing
[01:00.225] I'm tryna duck the influence of my city that's brewing, real talk, and
[01:04.305] This is why they **** with me (real talk nigga, believe it)
[01:09.815] This is why they **** with me (do what I do, ya know?)
[01:14.626] I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average Joe (know that)
[01:19.429] But one thing you should consider, I'm the realest you know
[01:24.277] I was walking from Centennial
[01:25.518] When an unidentified vehicle rolled up, and I was like "hol' up"
[01:29.681] "Where you from?" I don't bang
[01:31.892] "Where you stay?" Westside, that's a Piru gang to be exact
[01:35.093] Well aware they had blue across they hat
[01:37.068] Dropped backpack and ran inside of the cul-de-sac
[01:39.568] Shots rang out, hoping to God I wasn't wet
[01:42.293] Crossed across Rosecrans and ran inside of the yet
[01:44.919] Chirped the homies on the I-95, they said they already knew
[01:47.858] What happened, and meet 'em outside the garage
[01:49.932] Never seen that many guns in my life
[01:51.892] I was paranoid like a fiend in the night, but needed revenge
[01:55.164] Grabbed the nine-ball, opened up the door, then got in
[01:57.880] Somebody said, "fall back, we gon' make these niggas suffer
[02:00.672] You my brother like a frat, and that's just to remind you"
[02:03.201] Thought about that so long I had failed my finals, ****, but
[02:07.462] This is why they **** with me (I told you, nigga)
[02:12.486] This is why they **** with me (you fake nigga)
[02:17.425] I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average Joe (you fake)
[02:22.478] But one thing you should consider, I'm the realest you know
[02:27.664] I don't do black music, I don't do white music
[02:29.916] I do everyday life music
[02:31.956] Give 'em cuts like a nigga pierced a knife through it
[02:34.557] You say you through, but I've been through it, now that's cold
[02:37.412] And this is for my county building children
[02:40.112] In Hub City on hubcaps, no power-steering
[02:42.680] I use perseverance in this mad city
[02:44.945] Where the niggas drink Remy and hold semis for cutthroats
[02:48.121] Bernie Mac died, it's no joke
[02:49.897] Don't ask why if you don't know about these killers and thieves
[02:52.768] Seven grams of weed, you smoke that, but I'm high off life
[02:56.265] I could fall out the sky like twice
[02:58.256] And land in the land of the AKs
[03:01.252] And the minivans where the fan never on
[03:03.524] Cause it's hotter than a lunatic's underarms in a straitjacket
[03:06.886] In other words, we get it cracking, but I keep it cool, you know?
[03:10.355] This is why they **** with me (haha)
[03:15.438] This is why they **** with me (real talk)
[03:20.370] I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average Joe (come on)
[03:25.546] But one thing you should consider, I'm the realest you know
[03:32.353] So there you have it
[03:36.637] But I'mma leave you with this
[03:40.447] An O.G. once told me
[03:44.834] A real gangster is either dead or in jail
[03:48.892] Or behind the scenes getting real money
[03:50.575] I'm gone