KENDRICK LAMAR - County Building Blues lyrics
rate me[Intro]Greeting boys and girlsMy name is Petey PKendricks childhood imaginary friend (thats right)I am your neighborAnd Id like to welcome you to good kid, m.A.A.d citySo grab your cartoons and cerealYour popcorns and fireworksAnd sing along)[Hook]When we grow up we gon go and get us some moneySpend it all in front of the county buildingBlow it like Coltrane, blow it like ColtraneWhen we grow up we gon go and get us some moneySpend it all in front of the county buildingBlow it like Coltrane, blow it like Coltrane[Verse 1](Kendrick, you remember that one time when we was)Ive been waiting on this since Dr. Dre and PacWas on Rosecrans in that burgerstand at 95People staring at em in amazementReservation at the Days InnWe was living out a hotel at the timeBreakfast, lunch and dinner chicken from Kentucky FriedMama babysitting Section 8 vouchers the moveWhen nothing else to lose but a burger flip and jobClose my eyes inside the swap meet and imagine this, imagineGold ballroom, AK-47 dancingHowling at the moon, whats a pack of hungry babies?Hope you feed em soon, bite your back, you die of rabiesEveryday we pray to eat at the table at SizzlersBut never make the visit, if better days was on its wayThen they make the decision, to make the wrong turnSo for now we heat this skillet so this canned food can burn(Oh I remember that, it was the ravioli with the hot sauce in it, right?)[Hook][Bridge]And all the ghetto children in the world say, thats my carAll the ghetto boys say, thats my carAll the ghetto girls say, thats my carWhen we grow up, when we grow upAll the ghetto children in the world say, thats my carAll the ghetto boys say, thats my carAll the ghetto girls say, thats my carWhen we grow up, when we grow up[Verse 2](Nigga you remember the smoke and the burning buildings and shit?)Couples stolen T.V.s and a seat belt for my safetyPlayed the passenger I think its five years after eightySeven, do the math, 92 dont you be lazyLooking out the window, notice all the essentialsOf a block party that stop for a second, then it rekindleLike a flame from a trick candle, everybody got dentalInsurance cause we bout to floss, you get that couch I sent you?I heard that from a block away, probably had a credentialsOf a scholar but shit not today, them Dayton Spokes was his to takeRefrigerators, barbecue pits, and Jordan kicksThey did invasions while helicopters recorded itHello Mi-Mister Miyagi, I want them ten woo-woofersSay that you got me if not, Ill dig in your drawer for itThe swap meet was the bulls-eye like TaurusesMurder was the melody you should know what the chorus isPapa you really telling me we can just get some more of itIf we run out? He said, lil nigga today the poor is richDont tell your mom that you seen a Molotov bombIf she ask just know you have to lie and son dont forgetBitches aint shit, hoes aint neitherNiggas gon snitch, watch the company you keepingAnd one day youll put money in the ghetto when you got itRather than having to hustle all these Rodney King riots(Thats right the mothafuckin Rodney KingYou just put your daddy on ? Road)[Hook]
