[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] I'm the only nigga doin' it You other niggas ruined it I'm too legit, go Hammer wit' the foolishness My nana said my grammar can maneuver this industry Until I'm stupid rich and now I'm stupid rich, ah (Even if she go away, even if she go away) Assumin' this is what they humor is To Pimp a Butterfly my newest shit Effective rumor is the way I proven it
[Hook: Jidenna] I'm a classic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a classic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a classic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a classic man
[Verse 2: Jidenna] I burn through the hood like, "Whoa" When everybody's feeling so cold I cool like Nat King Cole and niggas get a bit of my glow I got charm like a leprechaun, mummafunker Now y'all fucking with the wrong mummafunker Chief be like a don, mummafunker And we don't live by the law, mummafunker
[Pre-Hook: Jidenna] Even if she go away, even if she go away Even if she go away, even if she go away
[Hook: Jidenna] I'm a classic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a classic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a classic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a classic man
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] (Classic man) That's on my mama though I got piranha flow, fuckin' up your designer clothes (Casket man) Where be your rapper's angle? Bunch of subliminal bitches, I'd rather fingerbang 'em Oh, ke-mo sah-bee, pray to God nobody try me Catch a body over nothin', "Top" couldn't even stop me I got key to my city, I got key to California I might legalize your homicide and more marijuana Let my daddy smoke his weed, only thing they keep on Philly I ain't got no jewelry on me, bitch, I got the jewelry in me Oh, shit, let me talk my shit, I always been the shit This ain't overnight, they love me now like they loved me then I know what I like, I eat the pussy for my nourishment I know how to cherish it I know how to decorate your wall and further furnish it I'm a burn your shit down, this is what the furnace is I'm a turn your shit around wit' some friendly services Ain't no nervousness like I'm ratchet or conservative And that's affirmative All I do is lay-up and face up my big bills and pay stub Got no chill for fake ones, like, for real, they say...
[Hook: Jidenna] I'm a classic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a classic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a classic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a classic man
[Verse 3: Jidenna] Keep my gloves dirty but my hands clean Got to keep the business in the family Breadwinner filling up the pantry Now my niggas slang 'caine like a dandy I tell you how it go You pull out rubber bands, I pull out an envelope The ladies on my elbow ain't for the show Every madam on my team is a top general, oh Got to be ready for war (War) Should they get into my door? (Door) Get 'em, we'll get 'em, I know that we'll get 'em Cause I lived through this shit before, oh
[Hook: Jidenna] I'm a classic man You can be mean when you look this clean, I'm a classic man Callin' on me like a young O.G, I'm a classic man Your needs get met by the street, elegant old-fashioned man Yeah, baby, I'm a classic man
[Outro] (I'm a classic man) Even if she go away, even if she go away (I'm a classic man) Even if she go away, even if she go away I'm a classic man, old-fashioned man