Gang Member Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

[Verse 1] 

When I jumped off the porch, I was forced into last resorts of a temper gone short 

And, of course, when that took it's course, I was hoarse from yelling out 

Demons that fought inside of me taught society how to rejoice 

The killers on sight of me, privacy obviously was lost 

And the fraud piracy of the streets in my odyssey caught 

A bullet that probably destroyed 

A good kid in a mad city, slightly annoyed 

I walked down the street with no heat 

And run into beef when I'm just a vegan 

Reekin' the scent of a saint, sinner smell it then start squeezing 

Pellets that's tumblin' straight at my melon, apparent reason 

Probably was because of my cousin causing the blood 

That was bloodin' in public and Kendrick seen with him last weekend, cousin 

But you ain't no kin to me, 'stead of Kendrick, I'm Kennedy 

Assassinate my character, sure that's your remedy 

Fair enough, I got enemies but I don't bang 

But that's the repercussions like when your cousin is causing the blood 

Then you're by yourself at the Compton parade, he said: 

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[Pre-Chorus] 

Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang (pump, pump) 

A gang member, I'm active, I do my thing (pump) 

I do my stuff (pump) 

I'm really from the sect, tho (pump, pump) 

And if you is or ain't, I still need to know 

[Chorus] 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

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[Verse 2] 

I seen 'em from afar then I seen a piece of my jaw 

Like on the ground, you know the sound when you hear the people in awe 

Sympathetic 'cause they like seeing you tryna fight back at a pack of piranhas 

I promised three of 'em, beat the black off my back in pyjamas, was almost needed 

I should've went to sleep and seen some sheep when I greeted the pavement 

Got up and seen the shock on their faces like damn it, he made it 

My luck in the palm of a cherry bomb and they waitin' to blow up on me, my homies are not alarmed 

Then I heard someone's firearm make a sound like it waved around my direction 

I'm guessing this is the part where my heart expected to drop in a second, look at the faults 

I'm made in the shortest amount of time and in back of my mind I'm like this the loss I'ma take 

My fate was distraught, a cape and some superpowers can't save me 

I'm probably pushing up daisies before I can make my way to the car 

Cross cancel and right before I seen the black glove raisin' the handle, he said: 

[Pre-Chorus] 

Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang (pump, pump) 

A gang member, I'm active, I do my thing (pump) 

I do my stuff (pump) 

I'm really from the sect, tho (pump, pump) 

And if you is or ain't, I still need to know 

[Chorus] 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

[Verse 3] 

Bitch, I'm bustin' back 

I'ma borrow my uncle's strap in a minute 

Jump in a Civic then wear that bitch on my lap 

I was timid but now I'm tempted 

And tenants alert me on where you at 

I'm a menace when I'm offended 

Relentless, I will react 

Then somebody said the dispatch 

Of an officer, got his mind made on off'n ya 

That's a fact when you're black and undeveloped 

You're profiled as a felon 

I'm bellin' down Boulevards with my basketball and a backpack 

Gym shoes and my nap sack 

Hair nappy, my ball cap backwards 

And then I look back, strobe lights on my tail pipe 

Turned left then I turned right 

Turned deaf 'cause the sirens is loud as the colors of pink and yellow on Wesley Snipes 

Pray to God I don't get sniped 

Pray to God that the sunlight stay shining for 30 more minutes 

Hope that a witness around when I'm 'bout to cut off the engine 

Vengeance of hatred is what I'm facin' 

Even though being a criminal ain't my memo 

But this is what he said when I dropped the window: 

[Pre-Chorus] 

Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang 

By the time you hear the next shot, you'll learn that L.A.P.D. is the biggest gang (pump) 

I do my stuff (pump) 

I'm really from the sect, tho (pump, pump) 

And if you is or ain't, I still need to know 

[Chorus] 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay 

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay