[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
From Compton to Baltimore I'ma kill it
I buy a morgue in the minute
The public house, the plastic couch of a section 8 tenant
The Regal window is tinted
The air conditioner broke
But I'm cool enough to ensure you my ride is an Eskimo
(Huh?) And I peel off
In the midst of gettin' my thrills off
And I thrive off energies from inner cities that we lost (huh?)
I'm puttin' the ghetto on top of my back
And I live in the back of the jungle
Lions, tigers, bears, oh my
Hear the siren, walk up, (*pow pow*) drive-by
Shooters, looters, federal fed intruders
The engines on back of scooters
The real can recognize real
And we need to know just who you are
You are in the presence of many presents
Kendrick the gift for the future, oh yeah, I said it
Thug life, good kid, mad city
Mad respect representin' the hub right

[Pre Hook: Nate Dogg]
I can't be faded
I'm a n***a from the motherfucking street
I can't be faded
I'm a n***a from the motherfucking street

[Hook: Jay Rock]
Keepin' it G ain't nothin'
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
Watch a young n***a show his ass out in public
I got the whole block bumpin'
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
Watch a young n***a show his ass out in public

[Verse 2: Jay Rock]
The home girls tell me I'm the shit
I break 'em off so they can buy some outfits
I buy they sons a pack of pampers, some new Jordan's
Give 'em the game, school 'em on what's really important
It's how I was raised, the OG's had me
Thirteen, fresh off the porch, slangin' cavi
But I'm wiser now, show all my young n***as
There's other ways you get them dollars and funds, n***a
Comin' down in an old school, so cool
Whip like a fire ball; call it Goku
You don't know the tribulations that we go through
Put your ears to the speakers, I'ma show you
I paint the picture so perfect
In my CD, you see Mona Lisa in person
Courtesy of a hunnit beat
Got my Crips and esse's at arm reach; one West

[Pre Hook: Nate Dogg]
I can't be faded
I'm a n***a from the motherfucking street
I can't be faded
I'm a n***a from the motherfucking street

[Hook: Jay Rock]
Keepin' it G ain't nothin'
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
Watch a young n***a show his ass out in public
I got the whole block bumpin'
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
You ain't gotta like it, ‘cause the hood gone love it
Watch a young n***a show his ass out in public

[Outro: Nate Dogg]
I heard you wanna fuck with Dre
You picked the wrong motherfucking day
Here we go, toe to toe, flow for flow
Let me know if you think you can fade Death Row
I heard you wanna fuck with Dre
You picked the wrong motherfucking day
Here we go, toe to toe, flow for flow
Let me know if you think you can fade Death Row
I can't be faded
I'm a n***a from the motherfucking street
I can't be faded
I'm a n***a from the motherfucking street