[Verse 1: SchoolBoy Q] Straight to the block, to the hood, to a spot Cocaine to a rock, duece duece in a sock Every dollar closer to a drop Every drop is closer to a cop Every cop is closer to a cell Hit the cell your ticket right to hell No job, no bail No fam, no mail Institution another nigga fail Go from pussy to a prison tale Fuck that, I quit while I'm ahead Ship my music off with them instead Turn it up and here the ghetto pledge Live righteous nigga like my brother said King Tut, Martin Luther, Malcolm X, but I'm a shoota' Top ramen, knowledge for the noodle Finally gettin' praised Yeah kudos Doing bad, still love the need Connect said it's something up his sleeve Said, I rather bust off them keys Yeah nigga birds and the beez
Birds and the beez Birds and the beez
[Verse 2: SchoolBoy Q] Wanna do a song, but it's hard to carry on And my daughter hungry sitting home And my girl said she feeling lone I can't tell it's over in her tone Only time I call is for a loan She be stressing, so depressing Always worried every time a lil nigga gone Stay strong for the future, stick together, yeah shoot ya' Get a couple wipps, yeah kunta Schoolboy but gangsta was his tutors Say money be the root of evil, look around and see what it do to people Veins full of heroin using pcp inject the body with a needle Lord help us, swear to God, dope dealers, get a job Keep it real this shit ain't really cool, being in a cell, you ain't alive Niggas turn to shark over cheese, love to help the devil do a deed So I rather bust of them keys, yeah nigga birds and the beez
Birds and the beez Birds and the beez Birds and the beez
[Hook:] Tired of the same ol' shit, niggas they faking it Niggas out here living foul Better yet they flagrant, keep these niggas right up out the game Keep these niggas right up out my lane I just wanna do this fucking music boy, leave this dope alone and count my change
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar] Q I wanna see you do your thang Entertainment business living lime light Hop on every track and move them trains Show these motherfuckers that you been tight, then they ever been It's evident that you intelligent but you can't escape that life And for you my nigga I would sacrifice my self to make it just to see you hold the mic And hit the stage and rock the set but it's hard to change when your from the set Won't you think about it nigga, life or death, like a cracker would like to hang you by the neck Do you wanna see the boys in jet, or you wanna see them run way jets Fly to Singapore one way that, tell the pilot we got stacks on deck
Swear to God, it's hard out here for a young black men to live If you don't do it for yourself, then please do it for your kids
My nigga won't you tell Michelle, I love your daughter Please don't let her grow up life without a father Look at what you bought her, money couldn't buy All she need is love but that shit aside At the same time know they got to eat, know you got to hustle, make ends meet Gotta make time, gotta get a grind, gotta push the line, HTC, no a.c And the block hot, you keep runnin', cop say freeze Blue pill, red bill, choose now, birds or the beez
Birds or the beez Birds or the beez
[Hook:] Tired of the same ol' shit, niggas they faking it Niggas out here living foul Better yet they flagrant, keep these niggas right up out the game Keep these niggas right up out my lane I just wanna do this fucking music boy, leave this dope alone and count my change