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Jay Rock
Vocals
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Anita Pointer
Songwriter
Bonnie Pointer
Songwriter
Erik Ortiz
Songwriter
Isaac Hayes
Songwriter
Johnny McKinzie
Songwriter
June Pointer
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Songwriter
Kevin Crowe
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
Producer
DJ Quik
Mixing Engineer
Tom Baker
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
[Chorus]
Keepin' it G ain't nothin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
I got the whole block bumpin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
[Verse 1]
No-no-no-no-now, now, you know what this is
Tell 'em, "It's a celebration, bitches"
Where the barbeque pits and the mini-bikes?
Mini-skirts, Hennessys, and the Miller Lites
Domino tables, who got big six?
Where I'm from, we do concrete backflips
Flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop back
Through the ghetto's where I bring hip-hop back
Real **** love me, they tell me "Keep it pushin'"
The only **** speak from way inside Central Bookings
County jails and the lock downs up north
Said I should have it if Scarface pass the torch
That's how they feel, Jack, look, this more than rap
This that project haircut in the cul-de-sac
This is where Jose front you them quarters at
Meet your quota whenever I put a quote on a track, ****
[Chorus]
Keepin' it G ain't nothin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
I got the whole block bumpin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
[Verse 2]
From Compton to Baltimore, I'ma kill it
I buy a morgue in the minute
The public house, the plastic couch of a Section 8 tenant
The Regal window is tinted, the air conditioner broke
But I'm cool enough to ensure you my ride is an Eskimo, huh
And I peel off in the midst of gettin' my thrills off
And I thrive off energies from inner cities that we lost, huh
I'm puttin' the ghetto on top of my back and I live in the back of the jungle
Lions, tigers, bears, oh my
Hear the siren, walk up, drive-by
Shooters, looters, federal fed intruders
Engines on back of scooters
The real can recognize real and we need to know just who you are
You are in the presence of many presents
Kendrick the gift for the future, oh yeah, I said it
Thug life
Good kid, m.A.A.d city, mad respect, representin' the hub right
[Chorus]
Keepin' it G ain't nothin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
I got the whole block bumpin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
[Verse 3]
The homegirls tell me I'm the shit
I break 'em off so they can buy some outfits
I buy they sons a pack of Pampers, some new Jordans
Give 'em the game, school 'em on what's really important
It's how I was raised, the OGs had me
Thirteen, fresh off the porch, slingin' cavi'
But I'm wiser now, show all my young ****
There's other ways you get them dollars and funds, ****
Comin' down in an old school, so cool
Whip like a fireball, call it Goku
You don't know the tribulations that we go through
Put your ears to the speakers, I'ma show you
I paint a picture so perfect
Hear my CD, you see Mona Lisa in person
Courtesy of a hundred beat
Got my Crips and esses at arm reach, one West
[Chorus]
Keepin' it G ain't nothin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
I got the whole block bumpin' (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
You ain't gotta like it 'cause the hood gon' love it (Hey)
Watch a young **** show his ass out in public (Hey, hey)
Written by: Ciaran Jordan Dharsan, Jay Rock, Kenpachi Ahry, Lee Patrick