Bilal - Hood Politics lyrics

[Produced by Tae Beast, Sounwave & Thundercat] [Intro] K-Dot, pick up the phone, n***a Every time I call, it's going to voicemail Don't tell me they got you on some weirdo rap sh**, n***a No socks and skinny jeans and sh**, ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha hahah Call me on Shaniqua's phone! [Hook: Kendrick Lamar] I been A-1 since day one, you n***as boo boo Your home boy, your block that you're from, boo boo Lil hoes you went to school with, boo boo Baby mama and your new b**h, boo boo We was in the hood, 14 with the deuce-deuce 14 years later going hard, like we used to on the dead homies On the dead homies [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] I don't give a f** about no politics in rap, my n***a My lil homie Stunna Deuce ain't never comin' back, my n***a So you better go hard every time you jump on wax, my n***a f** what they talkin' bout, your sh** is where its at, my n***a Came in this game, you stuck your fangs in this game You wore no chain in this game, your hood your name in this game Now you double up, time to bubble up the bread and huddle up Stickin' to the scripts, now here if them benjamins go cuddle up Skip, hop, drip, drop, flip, flop with the white tube sock It goes "Sherm Sticks, burn this" Thats what the product smell like when the chemicals mix 50 n***a salute, out the Compton zoo, with the extras El Cos, Monte Carlos, Road Kings and dressers Rip Ridaz, P-Funkers, Mexicans, they f** with you Asians, they f** with you, nobody can f** with you [Hook: Kendrick Lamar] I been A-1 since day one, you n***as boo boo Your home boy, your block that you're from, boo boo Lil hoes you went to school with, boo boo Baby mama and your new b**h, boo boo We was in the hood, 14 with the deuce-deuce 14 years later going hard, like we used to on the dead homies On the dead homies [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] Hopped out the caddy, just got my dick s**ed The little homies called and said: "The enemies done cliqued up" Oh, yeah? Puto want to squabble with mi barrio? Oh, yeah? Tell 'em they can run it for the cardio Oh, yeah? Everythin' is everythin', it's scandalous Slow motion for the ambulance, the project filled with cameras The LAPD gamblin', scramblin', football numbers slanderin' n***as names on paper, you snitched all summer Streets don't fail me now, they tell me it's a new gang in town From Compton to Congress, set trippin' all around Ain't nothin' new, but a flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Blood-licans Red state versus a blue state, which one you governin'? They give us guns and d**, call us thugs Make it they promise to f** with you No condom, they f** with you, Obama say, "What it do?" [Interlude] Obama say, "What it do?" Obama say, "What it do?" [Hook: Kendrick Lamar] I been A-1 since day one, you n***as boo boo Your home boy, your block that you're from, boo boo Lil hoes you went to school with, boo boo Baby mama and your new b**h, boo boo We was in the hood, 14 with the deuce-deuce 14 years later going hard, like we used to on the dead homies On the dead homies [Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar] Everybody want to talk about who this and who that Who the realest and who wack, or who white or who black Critics want to mention that they miss when hip hop was rappin' Motherf**er, if you did, then k**er Mike'd be platinum Y'all priorities f**ed up, put energy in wrong sh** Hennessy and Crown Vic, my memory been gone since Don't ask me ‘bout no camera blocking at award shows No, don't ask about my b**h, no, don't ask about my Vogues 'Less you askin' me about power, yeah, I got a lot of it I'm the only n***a next to Snoop that can push the bu*ton Had the Coast on standby “K. Dot, what up? I heard they opened up Pandora's box” I box ‘em all in, by a landslide Nah homie we too sensitive, it spill out to the streets I make the call and get the coast involved then history repeats But I resolved inside that private hall while sitting down with Jay He said "it's funny how one verse could f** up the game" I been A-1 since day one, you n***as boo boo [Outro: Kendrick Lamar] I remember you was conflicted Misusing your influence Sometimes I did the same Abusing my power full of resentment Resentment that turned into a deep depression Found myself screaming in a hotel room I didn't want to self-destruct The evils of Lucy was all around me So I went running for answers Until I came home But that didn't stop survivors guilt Going back and forth Trying to convince myself the stripes I earned Or maybe how A-1 my foundation was But while my loved ones was fighting A continuous war back in the city I was entering a new one