[00:10]Sitting in the studio thinking about which mood would go [00:13]right now, freestyle or write down, whatever [00:15]And still I come up clever, I just need to free my thoughts and Lord knows that I know better [00:20]but I ain't perfect I ain't seen too many churches or know them testament verses [00:24]You should either hear me now or go deaf [00:26]or end up dead, die trying and know death [00:29]Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath [00:31]**** a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect ***** [00:34]I mean that from the bottom of my heart [00:37]You see my art is all I have, and victory tastes sweet [00:40]even when the enemy can throw salt [00:42]Still knock 'em out the park like a ******* tow car [00:45]Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from [00:47]we buy guns and more guns to give to the young [00:50]I'm living the life of a ***** trapped ***** [00:52]inside the system, all you envision is trap ****** [00:55]My uncle doing life inside prison, he wasn't wrapped too tight [00:58]He told me rap about life, not rap, ****** [01:00]That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissing [01:03]My stomach start turning, my nerves get to twitching [01:05]I start evaluating, then my final intuition [01:08]is that you wishing a come up, would just come up [01:10]We used to beefing over turf, **** beefing over a verse [01:13]****** dying, ********** a double entendre [01:15]And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph [01:18]Wrap Saran our defiance, ban our alliance [01:21]Put burners in the hands of the black man [01:23]One hood with twenty fo'-fo's like a cloned Kobe Bryant [01:26]You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am [01:29]You probably even listen to "Faith" and think I know Zion [01:31]But really I'm just caught in the loop of understanding the truth [01:34]because it seem like it's always clashing with science [01:37]I got a big fear of flying [01:38]My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying [01:42]I swear to God half of y'all just don't know Kendrick [01:45]The school of hard knocks, we was the first ones in attendance [01:48]You walking down the block, he got shot, you wouldn't know I witnessed [01:50]You just mind your bidness [01:52]You just turn your head, kneel down, and then tie your tennises [01:54]It's kinda scary ain't it [01:55]You can't act like no *****, that only got Tyler Perry famous [01:58]Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless? [02:01]Cause your pops wasn't anxious to see you when you hated him [02:03]so much, you probably had your burner tucked in graduation [02:05]Said if you see him on them bleachers then you kill him, facing [02:08]twenty-five to life with a murder charge [02:11]Your enemies was the prey, and now you pray to God [02:13]I pray these bars get farther than Compton [02:15]And if my record never break I still won't break my promise, I promise to keep it honest [02:19]Secret society, all we ask is trust [02:21]and all we lack is communication like service sucks [02:24]The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come [02:26]And I'm like, the Kendrick Lamar O.D. in less than a month [02:29]Alright? Gotta keep it pushing [02:31]Can't let the government tell me how my future looking [02:34]I'm on Rosecrans & Central trying to duck the central bookings [02:36]If the ******* pigs get behind me then you know I'm bucking, never will I surrender [02:40]I've been a warrior when I came out of my mom's placenta [02:43]In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter [02:45]How splendid, I guess my project had did it [02:48]Got all these ****** approaching their mixtapes different [02:50]They said seven tracks, I said fifteen [02:53]Called it an EP, they said I'm tripping [02:55]But little did they know, I'm tryna change the rules [02:58]that we've been confined to, so the corporate won't make decisions [03:01]Uppity *******, handling bidness [03:03]Killing our dreams, stealing our vision [03:06]Out in Haiti adolescents barely have a home [03:08]In L.A. everybody think they ******* on [03:11]Hop on Twitter, perpetrate, we doing big **** [03:14]Who we hanging with, and bragging about the iPhone [03:16]I swear to God, most y'all cats just don't know Kendrick [03:19]You barely know yourself, so I guess most of y'all should be offended [03:22]Ain't doing this for my health, I'm just trying to purchase my momma them businesses [03:24]Occupy my time with riches, justify my time, ambition's [03:27]just to coincide, just to go inside, books we idolize while we living [03:29]Look the mastermind, took the master's mind, just the perfect time, just to mastermind [03:31]Just to master grind with precision, look the mastermind, took the... [03:36]We wuld like to call this an appreciation tape [03:38]for those who recognizedthe Kendrick Lamar EP For this is the Kendrick Lamar O.D. [03:46]Because of you, we are Overly Dedicated
[00:10]Sitting in the studio thinking about which mood would go [00:13]right now, freestyle or write down, whatever [00:15]And still I come up clever, I just need to free my thoughts and Lord knows that I know better [00:20]but I ain't perfect I ain't seen too many churches or know them testament verses [00:24]You should either hear me now or go deaf [00:26]or end up dead, die trying and know death [00:29]Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath [00:31]**** a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect ***** [00:34]I mean that from the bottom of my heart [00:37]You see my art is all I have, and victory tastes sweet [00:40]even when the enemy can throw salt [00:42]Still knock 'em out the park like a ******* tow car [00:45]Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from [00:47]we buy guns and more guns to give to the young [00:50]I'm living the life of a ***** trapped ***** [00:52]inside the system, all you envision is trap ****** [00:55]My uncle doing life inside prison, he wasn't wrapped too tight [00:58]He told me rap about life, not rap, ****** [01:00]That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissing [01:03]My stomach start turning, my nerves get to twitching [01:05]I start evaluating, then my final intuition [01:08]is that you wishing a come up, would just come up [01:10]We used to beefing over turf, **** beefing over a verse [01:13]****** dying, ********** a double entendre [01:15]And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph [01:18]Wrap Saran our defiance, ban our alliance [01:21]Put burners in the hands of the black man [01:23]One hood with twenty fo'-fo's like a cloned Kobe Bryant [01:26]You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am [01:29]You probably even listen to "Faith" and think I know Zion [01:31]But really I'm just caught in the loop of understanding the truth [01:34]because it seem like it's always clashing with science [01:37]I got a big fear of flying [01:38]My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying [01:42]I swear to God half of y'all just don't know Kendrick [01:45]The school of hard knocks, we was the first ones in attendance [01:48]You walking down the block, he got shot, you wouldn't know I witnessed [01:50]You just mind your bidness [01:52]You just turn your head, kneel down, and then tie your tennises [01:54]It's kinda scary ain't it [01:55]You can't act like no *****, that only got Tyler Perry famous [01:58]Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless? [02:01]Cause your pops wasn't anxious to see you when you hated him [02:03]so much, you probably had your burner tucked in graduation [02:05]Said if you see him on them bleachers then you kill him, facing [02:08]twenty-five to life with a murder charge [02:11]Your enemies was the prey, and now you pray to God [02:13]I pray these bars get farther than Compton [02:15]And if my record never break I still won't break my promise, I promise to keep it honest [02:19]Secret society, all we ask is trust [02:21]and all we lack is communication like service sucks [02:24]The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come [02:26]And I'm like, the Kendrick Lamar O.D. in less than a month [02:29]Alright? Gotta keep it pushing [02:31]Can't let the government tell me how my future looking [02:34]I'm on Rosecrans & Central trying to duck the central bookings [02:36]If the ******* pigs get behind me then you know I'm bucking, never will I surrender [02:40]I've been a warrior when I came out of my mom's placenta [02:43]In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter [02:45]How splendid, I guess my project had did it [02:48]Got all these ****** approaching their mixtapes different [02:50]They said seven tracks, I said fifteen [02:53]Called it an EP, they said I'm tripping [02:55]But little did they know, I'm tryna change the rules [02:58]that we've been confined to, so the corporate won't make decisions [03:01]Uppity *******, handling bidness [03:03]Killing our dreams, stealing our vision [03:06]Out in Haiti adolescents barely have a home [03:08]In L.A. everybody think they ******* on [03:11]Hop on Twitter, perpetrate, we doing big **** [03:14]Who we hanging with, and bragging about the iPhone [03:16]I swear to God, most y'all cats just don't know Kendrick [03:19]You barely know yourself, so I guess most of y'all should be offended [03:22]Ain't doing this for my health, I'm just trying to purchase my momma them businesses [03:24]Occupy my time with riches, justify my time, ambition's [03:27]just to coincide, just to go inside, books we idolize while we living [03:29]Look the mastermind, took the master's mind, just the perfect time, just to mastermind [03:31]Just to master grind with precision, look the mastermind, took the... [03:36]We wuld like to call this an appreciation tape [03:38]for those who recognizedthe Kendrick Lamar EP For this is the Kendrick Lamar O.D. [03:46]Because of you, we are Overly Dedicated
