[Intro: Dr. Dre]
It was once a time in the days of wayback (for hip-hop and gangsta rap)
Let me tell ya a little somethin' about Compton (what we're gonna do right here is go back) (uh-huh)

[Verse: Kendrick Lamar]
I remember when it all started
On Alondra in that small apartment
Burgundy carpet and SEGA cartridges
Pop a flick and blunt ashes all on the garments
Momma of off wine cooler, Magic Johnson played Jordan
I was only four, but it was like I heard it before
A house party cracking of the music the Doctor recorded
And according to my awareness I was more than coherent
A cold listener, marking that shit like a parent
My cousins kicking up dust cripping
The flag, they wear it around their hand like a mitton
Aiming use it for leverage
Shitting on Compton sheriffs like fuck the police
Woofers and gold rollie's
Every swap meet should know me
Cause I copped every record that dropped
Dropped the dub just to hear Doc drop
A jewel for the sake of hip-hop
Who ever have thought the moment I see you bullets for Cali love
Fifteen years later you be saving my life, what