Kendrick Lamar — Ab-Souls Outro

[Verse 1: Ab-Soul, Alori Joh & Kendrick Lamar] What's your life about? Enlighten me Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet? It's fire in the street, fire in my Swisher Fire in between the two legs of your lil' sister Just get a sip of this elixir Before they crop us out the picture I've never seen a crop circle But I seen cops circle the block I puff squares, but I swear, one day, I'ma stop My nerves itch On the brink of my career While my peers struggle for employment Can you hear these screams? (Uncle Sam ain't no kin to me) One, two, three, four grams and a fifth of Hennessy A bad bitch, fuck the penitentiary Section 80s babies, blame Ronald Reagan We raising hell, hell (Oh) Lord forbid, the homies got wet, so we trying to soak it in The president is Black, but you can't vote for skin You vote for the better man Come to our show, you could see the diversity Unify the people, they gon' peep it universally We might not change the world But we gon' manipulate it, I hope you participatin' Ayo, Dot, won't you let these cats know? We knew we'd be here, like, back in '04 Started HiiiPower because our generation needed a generator In a system meant to disintegrate us (Ooh) And all we do is assist them We're not victors, we're victims The bigger picture isn't developed yet Like, what if Keisha was celibate? Or what if Tammy came across a real man Who didn't play games like children? My nigga cheated on his girlfriend With his girlfriend's girlfriend, let the world end And everybody tripping off 2012 And the extraterrestrial presence as well (Odd Future's aight) But our future is not That martial law shit drop, we gon' all get got So keep that question mark on your face Eat your fast food, use your fluoride toothpaste Hide your feelings from the public, work your lil' nine to five Don't forget to pay your tithes and thank God you're alive HiiiPower And on another note We focused like the Hubble Telescope Soul [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Alori Joh] Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam (Life is a traffic jam) Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam (I'm ready to go, ready to go) Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam (Ready to go, ready to go) Life is a traffic jam Life... [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul] I wrote this because I was ordered to People say I speak for generation Y Why lie? I do, Section.80 Your son'll play me if radio won't Daughters that just turn one 'til twenty-one listen to Kendrick For instance What's your life about? Enlighten me Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet? Take out that student loan, and pay off your college degree And do exactly what you see on TV True story Hmm Can you repeat that for me, Soul? What's your life about? Enlighten me Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet? Is you gon' plead the fifth or sound the horn? The time is now, my child, come on See, a lot of y'all don't understand Kendrick Lamar Because you wonder how I could talk about money, hoes, clothes, God, and history all in the same sentence You know what all them things have in common? Only half of the truth, if you tell it See I spent twenty-three years on this earth searching for answers 'Til one day I realized I had to come up with my own I'm not on the outside looking in I'm not on the inside looking out I'm in the dead fucking center, looking around You ever seen a newborn baby kill a grown man? That's an analogy for the way the world make me react My innocence been dead So, the next time I talk about money, hoes, clothes, God, and history all in the same sentence Just know I meant it, and you felt it 'Cause you too are searching for answers I'm not the next pop star, I'm not the next socially-aware rapper I am a human motherfuckin' being over dope-ass instrumentation Kendrick Lamar Now fuck 'em up, Terrace (Soul) [Instrumental Solo: Terrace Martin] [Outro: Kendrick Lamar] I watch this fire that we’re gathered around And see that it burns similar to the fire that’s inside you Section.80 Section.80 babies A generation of bliss and disobedience No, they can't control us No, they can't control you No, they can't control us But we can control each other We build our own world If you don't leave with nothing else tonight You will leave with knowing yourself You will leave knowing that you represent something that's bigger than all of us Our family Heart, honor, and respect This is you This is me And we are HiiiPower