Terrace Martin - ​m.A.A.d city lyrics

[Part 1: Produced by Sounwave] [Bridge] If Pirus and Crips all got along They'd probably gun me down by the end of this song Seem like the whole city go against me Every time I'm in the street I hear [ScHoolBoy Q] "YAWK! YAWK! YAWK! YAWK!" [Hook] "Man down, where you from, n***a?" "f** who you know, where you from, my n***a?" "Where your grandma stay, huh, my n***a?" "This m.A.A.d city I run, my n***a" [Verse 1] Brace yourself, I'll take you on a trip down memory lane This is not a rap on how I'm slinging crack or move c**aine This is cul-de-sac and plenty Cognac and major pain Not the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighing on your brain It was me, L Boogs and Yan Yan, YG Lucky ride down Rosecrans It got ugly, waving your hand out the window, check yourself, uh Warriors and Conans, hope euphoria can slow dance With society, the driver seat the first one to get k**ed Seen a light-skinned n***a with his brains blown out At the same burger stand where *beep* hang out Now this is not a tape recorder saying that he did it But ever since that day, I was looking at him different That was back when I was nine, Joey packed the nine Pakistan on every porch is fine, we adapt to crime Pack a van with four guns at a time, with the sliding door, f** is up? f** you shooting for if you ain't walking up, you f**ing punk? Picking up the f**ing pump, picking off you s**ers s** a dick or die or s**er punch, a wall of bullets coming from AK's, AR's, "Aye y'all, duck" That's what momma said when we was eating the free lunch Aw man, goddamn, all hell broke loose You k**ed my cousin back in '94, f** your truce Now crawl your head in that noose, you wind up dead on the news Ain't no peace treaty, just pieces BG's up to pre-approve Bodies on top of bodies, IV's on top of IV's Obviously the coroner between the sheets like the Isleys When you hop on that trolley, make sure your colors correct Make sure you're corporate, or they'll be calling your mother collect They say the governor collect, all of our taxes except When we in traffic and tragic happens, that sh** ain't no threat You moving backwards if you suggest that you sleep with a TEC Go buy a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial, I guess, m.A.A.d city [Hook] "Man down, where you from, n***a?" "f** who you know, where you from, my n***a?" "Where your grandma stay, huh, my n***a?" "This m.A.A.d city I run, my n***a" [Bridge] If Pirus and Crips all got along They'd probably gun me down by the end of this song Seem like the whole city go against me Every time I'm in the street I hear [ScHoolBoy Q] "YAWK! YAWK! YAWK!" [Part 2: Produced by Terrace Martin] [Intro: MC Eiht] Wake your punk a** up! It ain't nothing but a Compton thang, G-yeah. Real simple and plain, I'mma teach you some lessons about the street. Hood. It ain't nothing but a Compton thang, G-yeah. How we do [Verse 2] Fresh outta school cause I was a high school grad Sleeping in the living room in my momma's pad Reality struck, I seen the white car crash Hit the light pole, two n***as hopped out on foot and dashed My Pops said I needed a job, I thought I believed him Security guard for a month, and ended up leaving In fact, I got fired Cause I was inspired By all of my friends To stage a robbery the third Saturday I clocked in Projects tore up Gang signs get thrown up Cocaine laced in marijuana And they wonder why I rarely smoke now Imagine if your first blunt had you foaming at the mouth I was straight tweaking The next weekend We broke even I made allegiance That made a promise to see you bleeding You know the reasons But still won't ever know my life Kendrick, A.K.A. "Compton's human sacrifice" [Interlude: MC Eiht] G-yeah, c**aine, weed. n***as been mixing sh** since the 80's, loc. Sherm sticks, bu*t nakeds. Dip, make a n***a flip. Cluck heads all up and down the block and sh**. One time's crooked and sh**. Block a n***a in. Alondra, Rosecrans, Bullis, it's Compton [Verse 3: MC Eiht] I'm still in the hood, loc, yeah, that's cool The hood took me under so I follow the rules But yeah that's like me, I grew up in the hood where they bang And n***as that rep colors is doing the same thing Pa** it to the left so I can smoke on me A couple drive-by's in the hood lately Couple of I.V.s with the f**ing spraycan Shots in the crowd then everybody ran Crew I'm finna slay, the street life I crave Shots hit the enemy, hearts turn brave Mount up, regulators in the whip Down the boulevard with the pistol grip Trip, we in the hood still So loc, grab a strap cause yeah, it's so real Deal with the outcome, a strap in the hand And a bird and 10 grands where a mothaf**a stand [Verse 4] If I told you I k**ed a n***a at 16, would you believe me? Or see me to be innocent Kendrick you seen in the street With a basketball and some Now and Laters to eat If I mentioned all of my skeletons, would you jump in the seat? Would you say my intelligence now is great relief? And it's safe to say that our next generation maybe can sleep With dreams of being a lawyer or doctor, instead of boy with a chopper That hold the cul-de-sac hostage, k** 'em all if they gossip The Children of the Corn, they vandalizing The option of living a lie, drown their body with toxins Constantly drinking and drive, hit the powder then watch this flame That arrive in his eye, listen coward, the concept is aim And they bang it and slide out that b**h with deposits A price on his head, the tithes probably go to the projects I live inside the belly of the rough Compton, U.S.A. made Me an Angel on Angel Dust, what [Scratches] M.A.A.d city Compton [Skit] n***a, pa** Dot the bottle, damn! You ain't the one that got f**ed up, what you holding it for? n***as always acting unsensitive and sh** n***a, that ain't no word n***a, shut up! Hey, Dot, you good, my n***a? Don't even trip, just lay back and drink that