Now everybody wants to know the truth About a brother named Quik I come from the school of the sly, Wicked and the slick A lot of people already know exactly where it's at Cause it's the home of the jackers and the crack (Compton) Yeah, that's the name of the hometown I'm throwing down in the town where My name is all around The suckers just be havin a fit, and that's a pity But I ain't doing nothing but (claiming my city) See, my lyrics I'm doubling up And proving to suckers that I can throw em I'm passing a natural ten or four Or six or eight before I go Yes, I'm definitely freestyling, All the while still profiling Never tricks, the DJ Quikster steals the show So that's how I'm livin, I do as I please, you see A younger brother that's up on reality Cause everybody knows you have to be stomping If you're born and raised in Compton (Born and raised) (Born and raised) (Born and raised in Compton)
(Where you from, fool?) (Compton) Now Compton is the place where the homeboys chill, You see But then I found that it wasn't no place for me Cause way back in the day somebody Must of wanted me to quit Because they broke in my house And cold stole my ******t They musta thought that I was gonna play the punk role Just because my equipment got stole But I ain't going out like no sucker-ass clown They found they couldn't keep a **** ****** down So here's some bass in your face, Mutha******a silly sucker- Ass clucker, now you're duckin, Cause you can't stop a brother Like the Quiksta, because I'm true to the game You're lame, and things ain't going never be the same Cause a ****** like the Quik is takin over I really don't think I should have to explain It, oh yeah, I'm a dog, but my name ain't Rover And I'm the kinda ****** that's feeling no pain Sometimes I have to wear a bullet-proof vest Because I got the 'CPT' sign written across my chest A funky **** brother never ceases to impress My name is DJ Quik, so you can ****** the rest I'm comin like this, and I'm comin directly Cause suckers get dain-bramaged if I'm doin damage quite effectively Rhymin is a battlezone, and suckers have no win Cause I'm a veteran from the C-O-M-P-T-O-N Kick it (Born and raised) Hell mutha****** yeah Funky **** for the nine-ace DJ Quik is in the mutha****** house Yeah (Born and raised in Compton)
Yo, check this ******t out Right about now I'd like to send a shout out to my buddy Teddy Bear What's up ******? What's up KK? My buddy D We got AMG most definitely in the house What's up Greedy Greg and Big Baby Brian cold chillin Talkin about the Armstrong Pack Straight got my mutha****** back To my buddy NOE what's up, fool Roche is in the house My buddy Donzelli You know what's happenin, fool What's up Itch And Tony Lane is chillin To my ****** Gangsta Wayne And my engineer Joe gettin busy on the flo' And last but not least I'd like to thank Shabby Blue And we out Peace
[00:00.000] [00:00.847] Now everybody wants to know the truth [00:03.343] About a brother named Quik [00:04.723] I come from the school of the sly, [00:06.371] Wicked and the slick [00:07.545] A lot of people already know exactly where it's at [00:09.970] Cause it's the home of the jackers and the crack [00:12.269] (Compton) Yeah, that's the name of the hometown [00:15.104] I'm throwing down in the town where [00:16.447] My name is all around [00:17.610] The suckers just be havin a fit, and that's a pity [00:20.140] But I ain't doing nothing but (claiming my city) [00:22.601] See, my lyrics I'm doubling up [00:23.822] And proving to suckers that I can throw em [00:25.283] I'm passing a natural ten or four [00:26.410] Or six or eight before I go [00:27.766] Yes, I'm definitely freestyling, [00:29.348] All the while still profiling [00:30.379] Never tricks, the DJ Quikster steals the show [00:32.343] So that's how I'm livin, I do as I please, you see [00:35.685] A younger brother that's up on reality [00:38.507] Cause everybody knows you have to be stomping [00:40.944] If you're born and raised in Compton [00:42.721] (Born and raised) [00:45.402] (Born and raised) [00:48.166] (Born and raised in Compton) [00:58.000] [01:03.884] (Where you from, fool?) [01:04.546] (Compton) [01:05.408] Now Compton is the place where the homeboys chill, [01:07.425] You see [01:07.959] But then I found that it wasn't no place for me [01:10.223] Cause way back in the day somebody [01:12.127] Must of wanted me to quit [01:13.243] Because they broke in my house [01:14.519] And cold stole my ******t [01:15.808] They musta thought that [01:17.025] I was gonna play the punk role [01:18.199] Just because my equipment got stole [01:20.799] But I ain't going out like no sucker-ass clown [01:22.878] They found they couldn't keep a **** ****** down [01:26.000] So here's some bass in your face, [01:27.546] Mutha******a silly sucker- [01:28.567] Ass clucker, now you're duckin, [01:29.878] Cause you can't stop a brother [01:31.202] Like the Quiksta, because I'm true to the game [01:33.721] You're lame, and things ain't going never be the same [01:36.287] Cause a ****** like the Quik is takin over [01:38.481] I really don't think I should have to explain [01:41.046] It, oh yeah, I'm a dog, but my name ain't Rover [01:43.763] And I'm the kinda ****** that's feeling no pain [01:46.423] Sometimes I have to wear a bullet-proof vest [01:48.905] Because I got the 'CPT' sign written across my chest [01:51.741] A funky **** brother never ceases to impress [01:54.201] My name is DJ Quik, so you can ****** the rest [01:56.719] I'm comin like this, and I'm comin directly [01:59.923] Cause suckers get dain-bramaged if [02:01.283] I'm doin damage quite effectively [02:02.920] Rhymin is a battlezone, and suckers have no win [02:05.298] Cause I'm a veteran from the C-O-M-P-T-O-N [02:08.874] Kick it [02:09.537] (Born and raised) [02:12.357] Hell mutha****** yeah [02:14.704] Funky **** for the nine-ace [02:16.780] DJ Quik is in the mutha****** house [02:19.336] Yeah [02:22.724] (Born and raised in Compton) [02:35.000] [02:40.138] Yo, check this ******t out [02:41.614] Right about now [02:42.357] I'd like to send a shout out to my buddy Teddy Bear [02:44.539] What's up ******? [02:45.618] What's up KK? [02:47.141] My buddy D [02:48.880] We got AMG most definitely in the house [02:52.119] What's up Greedy Greg and [02:54.220] Big Baby Brian cold chillin [02:55.579] Talkin about the Armstrong Pack [02:57.796] Straight got my mutha****** back [03:00.652] To my buddy NOE what's up, fool [03:04.043] Roche is in the house [03:06.132] My buddy Donzelli [03:08.233] You know what's happenin, fool [03:09.673] What's up Itch [03:11.402] And Tony Lane is chillin [03:13.216] To my ****** Gangsta Wayne [03:15.118] And my engineer Joe gettin busy on the flo' [03:17.939] And last but not least [03:19.471] I'd like to thank Shabby Blue [03:21.132] And we out [03:22.211] Peace [03:25.636]
