Kendrick Lamar - Barbed Wire lyrics

[Kendrick Lamar] One time Reporting live, Compton, California Have you ever felt like, like you never get life? Like you never get right? Sort of like a black sheep Back down, backing out your dreams like some bad sleep Chasing for the win but you never win the track meet Oh, what a cold world for a broke n***a, it's bitter and life's a b**h, don't hit women so I bit her I struck enough pain, let her know I wasn't playing I was so (Sincere) like Nas' first name And back, they'd tell me, it's very difficult to see twenty-five and if I survive I probably wouldn't sell it My opportunities are low because my brown complexion floats in the ghetto, rather in some heals like Giuseppe's They want me unemployed, until I hit the streets for filling voids of broke D-boys selling weed f**ing up my prestige, till I live with the blues B.B. King or the neighbors of Snoop [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar (Ash Riser) {uncredited female}] That's why I'm in the club like f** it though They say it's only one life, life, life And if you say I can't live comfortable I'ma tell you that's a lie, lie, lie So while I hold this bottle of Ciroc with a hand full of a** Celebrate the very day that I get past (Through the barbed wire) {We are, we are fighters We are, we are true Through the, through barbed wires We will, will break through} So while I hold this bottle of Ciroc with a hand full of a** Celebrate the very day that I get past (Through the barbed wire) [Kendrick Lamar] Have you ever felt like, like you never get life? Like you never did right? Sort of like a black sheep Tryna get away from the world stereotype Barbed wire got a barricade on your destiny She desperately in need of some inspiration, see what the people saying She gon' have a baby, then flee from her education At the age of sixteen, credit card scam schemes See a scar on her eye, boyfriend brutality She will never get by, no how, no way Welfare recipient, property of the state Housing, Section 8, corner store, prostitute The owner bout to prosecute, the n***as tell her that she cute Hoodrat trashy, six baby daddies and this baby daddy is new to the family Chilling in pajamies, waiting on the first Fast-forward, spilling drinks on her fur [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar (Ash Riser) {uncredited female}] That's why she in the club like f** it though They say it's only one life, life, life And if you say she can't live comfortable She gon' tell you that's a lie, lie, lie So while she up in V.I.P. pouring Merlot in her gla** Celebrate the very day that she get past (Through the barbed wire) {We are, we are fighters We are, we are true Through the, through barbed wires We will, will break through} So while she up in V.I.P. pouring Merlot in her gla** Celebrate the very day that she get past (Through the barbed wire) [Kendrick Lamar] Have you ever felt like you finally got life? You finally got right? No longer a black sheep Living off your (dreams) like Christina uh-Milian in the front seat of a convertible, eloping to get married What a feeling of overcoming the odds It's like you just hit the lottery, my God There must be a God, cause golly you done made it through the fight while squabbling, Ali Now your lifestyle's looking up and you escaped the crooked cops and you ain't have to k** a n***a just to make a couple bucks And she ain't have to go and f** on everybody for a dollar Making good decisions, got an independent business mind And both of y'all are steady grinding, doing it the legal way Just tryna make a decent pay on every second of the day But they won't give you the credit, disses out they mouth You must have joined the Illuminati just to ball out [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar (Ash Riser)] In the club like f** it though They say it's only one life, life, life And if you say they can't live comfortable They gon' tell you that's a lie, lie, lie So even if you overcame doubt and your living ain't bad Know it's some barbed wire that's always in your path (Through the barbed wire) [Kendrick Lamar] Just laugh, then everybody say [Ash Riser] Cause I won't get caught again and I'm here to start the trend You can't catch me if you try Disappear into the night, and I'm gone [Outro] "So you made it past all the barbed wires?" Just one more left [gun shot]