Kendrick Lamar:]
[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]
[Припев: 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:]
[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] 
[Припев]

[Bridge]
[Связка]

[MC Eiht:]
[MC Eiht:]
Wake yo punk [bad word] up!
Поднимай свою у**юдочную ж**у!
It ain't nothin' but [bad word] thang,
Это настоящая Комптонская тема,
Yeah!
Да!
Real simple and plain.
По-настоящему простая и понятная.
Imma teach you some lessons about the street.
Я преподам вам пару уроков об улицах.
It ain't nothin' but [bad word] thang,
Это настоящая Комптонская тема,
Chyea!
Да, блин!
How we do.
Вот так оно у нас.

[Kendrick Lamar:]
[Kendrick Lamar:]
Fresh outta school ‘cause I was a high school grad',
Только что выпорхнул из школы с аттестатом в кармане,
Sleepin' in the livin' room in my momma's pad,
Я спал в гостиной на мамином матраце,
Reality [bad word]  I seen the white car crash
Жизнь больно ударила меня, когда я увидел, как белая машина врезалась
Hit the light pole two [bad word] s hopped out on foot and dashed.
В фонарный столб, из неё выскочили двое черномазых и их тут же пришили.
My Pops said, I needed a job, I thought I believed him,
Папа сказал, что мне нужна работа, я был с ним согласен,
Security guard for a month and ended up leavin'.
Я месяц проработал охранником, а потом уволился,
In fact, I got fired because I was inspired by all of my friends
На самом деле, меня выгнали, потому что я смотре