Duckworth. Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

It was always me versus the world 

Until I found it's me versus me 

Why, why, why, why? 

Why, why, why, why? 

Just remember what happens on earth stays on earth! 

We gon' put it in reverse 

Darling I told you many times 

And I am telling you once again 

Just to remind you sweetheart that my 

Oh Lamar, Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hard 

Pray with the hooligans, shadows all in the dark 

Fellowship with demons and relatives, I'm a star 

Life is one funny mothafucka 

A true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust him 

I might be buggin', infomercials and no sleep 

Introverted by my thoughts 

Children listen, it gets deep 

See once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects 

The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect 

Adaptation inevitable, gun violence, crack spot 

Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals 

Anthony was the oldest of seven 

Well respected, calm and collected 

Laughin' and joking made life easier 

Hard times, momma on crack 

A four-year-old telling his nanny he needed her 

His family history pimpin' and bangin' 

He was meant to be dangerous 

Clocked him a grip and start slangin' 

Fifteen scrapin' up his jeans with quarter pieces 

Even got some head from a smoker last weekend 

Dodged a policeman workin' for his big homie 

Small time hustler, graduated to a brick on him 

Ten thousand dollars out of a project housing 

That's on the daily, seen his first mil twenty years old 

Had a couple of babies, had a couple of shooters 

Caught a murder case, fingerprints on the gun 

They assumin', but witnesses couldn't prove it 

That was back when he turned his back 

And they killed his cousin 

He beat the case and went back to hustlin' 

Bird shufflin', Anthony rang 

The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang 

That 5.0 thing, they say 5-0 came 

Circlin' parking lots and parking spots 

And hoppin' out while harassing the corner blocks 

Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it 

He brushed them off and walked back 

To the Kentucky Fried Chicken 

See at this chicken spot 

There was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lot 

With a curly top and a gap in his teeth 

He worked the window, his name was Ducky 

He came from the streets the Robert Taylor Homes 

Southside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror Dome 

Drove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollars 

They had a son hoping that he'd see college 

Hustlin' on the side with a nine to five to freak it 

Cadillac Seville, he'd ride his son around on weekends 

Three-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket 

'Cross the street from the projects 

Anthony planned to rob it 

Stuck up the place before back in '84 

That's when affiliation was really eight gears of war 

So many relatives telling us, selling us devilish works 

Killing us crime, intelligent, felonious 

Prevalent proposition with nines 

Ducky was well aware, they robbed the manager 

And shot a customer last year 

He figured he'd get on these niggas good sides 

Free chicken every time Anthony posted in line 

Two extra biscuits, Anthony liked him and then let him slide 

They didn't kill him, in fact it look like 

They're the last to survive 

Pay attention, that one decision changed both of they lives 

One curse at a time, reverse the manifest 

And good karma and I'll tell you why 

You take two strangers 

And put 'em in random predicaments 

Give 'em a soul so they can 

Make their own choices and live with it 

Twenty years later them same strangers 

You make 'em meet again 

Inside recording studios where they reaping their benefits 

Then you start reminding 'bout that chicken incident 

Whoever thought the greatest rapper 

Would be from coincidence 

Because if Anthony killed Ducky 

Top Dawg could be servin' life 

While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight 

(Reversed Audio) 

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