Average Joe (исполнитель: Kendrick Lamar)
[Intro] The hardest thing for me to do Is to get you, to know me, within sixteen bars That's the hardest thing [Verse 1] Who is K. Dot? young [bad word] [bad word] On the curb writing raps next to a gun shot On the corners where the gangsters and the killers dwell The fraudulent tender scars that get unveiled Everyone I knew was either crip or [bad word] Cousins in elementary, relatives in high school With that being said, each one of their rivals Was aiming something at my head, I needed survival Got jumped, got jacked, shot at, shot back And I don't even push a line, I'm just tryna push these rhymes In the midst of staying neutral and discrete My momma said you're judged by [bad word] you keep But what you can consider, that if it goes down They'll kill you if you kill me, it gets deep [bad word] So if you ask what I'm doing I'm tryna duck the influence of my city that's blue-and..., real talk, and [Hook] This is why they [bad word] with me (real talk [bad word] believe it) This is why they [bad word] with me (do what I do, y'know?) I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average Joe (know that) But one thing you should consider, I'm the realest you know [Verse 2] I was walking from Centennial When an unidentified vehicle rolled up, and I was like hol' up Where you from? "I don't bang" Where you stay? "Westside", that's a [bad word] gang to be exact Well aware they had blue across they hat Dropped backpack and ran inside of the cul-de-sac Shots rang out, hoping to God I wasn't wet Crossed to cross Rosecrans and ran inside of the yet Chirped the homies on the hot ninety-five, they said they already knew What happened, and meet 'em outside the garage Never seen that many guns in my life I was paranoid like a fiend in the night, but needed revenge Grabbed the nine-ball, opened up the door, then got in Somebody said fall back, we gon' make these niggas suffer You my brother like a frat, and that's just to remind you Thought about that so long I had failed my finals, [bad word] but [Hook] This is why they [bad word] with me (I told you [bad word] This is why they [bad word] with me (you fake [bad word] I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average Joe (you fake) But one thing you should consider, I'm the realest you know [Verse 3] I don't do black music, I don't do white music I do everyday life music Give 'em cuts like a [bad word] pierced a knife through it You say you through, but I've been through it, now that's cold And this is for my county building children In Hub City on hubcaps, no power-steering I use perseverance in this mad city Where the niggas drink Remy and hold semis for cutthroats Bernie Mac died, it's no joke Don't ask why if you don't know about these killers and thieves Seven grams of weed, you smoke that, but I'm high off life I could fall out the sky like twice And land in the land of the AKs And the minivans where the fan never on Cause it's hotter than a lunatic's underarms in a straitjacket In other words, we get it cracking, but I keep it cool, y'know? [Hook] This is why they [bad word] with me [laughs] This is why they [bad word] with me (real talk) I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average Joe [bad word] on) But one thing you should consider, I'm the realest you know [Outro] So there you have it But I'mma leave you with this An O.G. once told me real gangster is either dead or in jail Or behind the scenes getting real money I'm gone