[Bridge:] 
[Kendrick Lamar:] 
If [bad word] and Crips all got along 
They'd prolly 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! 
 [bad word]  Kendrick Lamar] 
Man down. 
Where you from, [bad word]   [bad word] who you know, where you from, my [bad word]  
Where your grandma stay, huh, my [bad word]  
This m.A.A.d city [bad word]  my [bad word] 

[Kendrick Lamar:] 
Brace yourself, I'll take you on a trip down memory lane, 
This is not a rap on how I'm slingin' crack or move cocaine, 
This is cul-de-sac and plenty Cognac and major pain, 
Not the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighin' on your brain. 
It was Me, L Boogs, and Yan Yan, YG, Lucky ride down Rosecrans, 
It got ugly wavin' 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 killed. 
Seen a light-skinned [bad word] with his brains blown out 
At the same burger stand where [peep] hang out, 
Now this is not a tape recorder sayin' that he did it, 
But ever since that day, I was lookin' 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 slidin' door, [bad word] is up?  [bad word] you shootin' for if you ain't walkin' up, you [bad word]  punk! 
Pickin' up the [bad word]  pump, 
Pickin' off you suckers, suck a [bad word] or die or sucker punch, 
wall of [bad word]  from 
AK's, AR's, "Aye y'all, duck.” 
That's what momma said when we was eatin' the free lunch, 
Aw, man, Goddamm, all [bad word] broke loose, 
You killed my cousin back in ‘94. [bad word] yo [bad word]  
Now crawl yo head in that noose, 
You wind up dead on the news, 
Ain't no peace treaty, just pieces, 
BG's up to preapprove, 
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 callin' your mother collect, 
They say, the governor collect all of our taxes except 
When we in traffic and tragic happens, that [bad word] ain't no threat, 
You movin' 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. 
 [bad word]  

[Bridge] 

[MC Eiht:] 
Wake yo punk [bad word] up! 
It ain't nothin' but [bad word] thang, 
Yeah! 
Real simple and plain. 
Imma teach you some lessons about the street. 
It ain't nothin' but [bad word] thang, 
Chyea! 
How we do. 

[Kendrick Lamar:] 
Fresh outta school ‘cause I was a high school grad', 
Sleepin' in the livin' room in my momma's pad, 
Reality [bad word]  I seen the white car crash 
Hit the light pole two [bad word] s 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 leavin'. 
In fact, I got fired because 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 foamin' at the mouth, 
I was straight tweakin' the next weekend, we broke even, 
I made allegiance that made a promise to see you bleedin', 
You know the reasons but still won't ever know my life, 
Kendrick [bad word] s human sacrifice. 

[MC Eiht:] 
Yeah, cocaine, weed, 
Niggas been mixin' [bad word] since the 80's, loc, 
Sherm sticks, butt nakeds, 
Dip, make a [bad word] flip. 
Cluck heads all up and do