Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
C. Chambers
Bass
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
King Mez
Vocals
Marsha Ambrosius
Vocals
Sly Jordan
Vocals
Sly Pyper
Vocals
Theron Otis Feemster
Keyboards
Trevor Lawrence Jr.
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marsha Ambrosius
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar
Songwriter
Andre Romell Young
Songwriter
M. Ricks II
Songwriter
T. Cannon
Songwriter
Craig Balmoris
Songwriter
J. Nixon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dr. Dre
Producer
Best Kept Secret
Producer
D.R.U.G.S. Beats
Producer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Carl M. Cartagena
Engineer
Drugs Beats
Producer
Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri
Engineer
Quentin Gilkey
Engineer
Victor Luevanos
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Where you at? Where you from?
Whatcha doing over here, motherfucker?
Whatcha think? What you bang?
This ain't no motherfuckin' game
[Verse 1]
Now I ain't never been no gangsta
But I know ****, know **** from the darkside
There's some cold killas, cold killas (My man, he used to tell me)
"My ****, you should roll with us, roll with us" (Every night)
Married to the more money, more women
Now I ain't ever been the one that'll pull a gun on you, but I know who got 'em
No, I never sold no drugs, homie, but I know who got 'em
And I never had no fucking bullets in me, but I know who got 'em
Mmm, hey-hey
If you die tonight, you die tonight
Momma might cry tonight if she find you high off the dynamite
But to you, well, it's just another Friday night
Got a **** feeling kinda nice
With the Bible right beside that pile of white
That's what this life is like
Now do you love your life?
[Verse 2]
Now please don't give me a reason, reason
'Cause I know you wanna keep breathing this evening
I've been killing the game for seasons, believe him
That I'm the motherfuckin' one to breed them and lead 'em
In a league of my own, you ain't even made it up to my throne
You ain't even authorized for this song, might be best for you to get goin'
Best be careful about your tone, that shit hit me wrong and it's on
I have tried my best to be calm, please don't make me grab that phone (Uh-oh)
Now who you know who came this fucking far from the fucking bottom?
Thirty years in this bitch and I'm still here
Decade after decade
And evidently I must be doing somethin' right, word to my **** Eazy
[Bridge]
Eazy-E C-P-T OG from the other side (Eazy)
From the other side (Eazy)
[Chorus]
It's easy to say you need me
When you got everything you want
But it's hard for me to believe it
You'll find out when I'm gone
[Verse 3]
I went from hanging out down at the swap meet
To driving some of the hottest cars LA has ever seen
People been tellin' me I've grown into some kind of monster
But they don't know me though, I've been this way since seventeen
Tryna get finances poppin', man, I thought that was the object
Till some of my **** lost they life and then there goes the team
My only dream was holding it down, like, fuck who tryna stop us
You could get the middle finger or the reddest beam
It's your choice, I took this industry by storm, young and Black, killing 'em softly
Don't ever call me fortunate, you don't know what it cost me
So anybody complaining about they circumstances lost me, homie
We ain't even talkin', fuck that energy, fuck up off me, uh!
[Chorus]
It's easy to say you need me
When you got everything you want
But it's hard for me to believe it
You'll find out when I'm gone
[Verse 4]
You look at my lifestyle, I'm living my life now
I'm dealing with diligent Benjamin, how come my attitude piped down?
I'm fucking with Ice now, I'm fucking with shit that you only can get
On an oversea flight now, you scared of my heights now
But still, I got enemies giving me energy, I wanna fight now
Subliminal, sending me all of this hate, I thought I was holding the mic down
I thought I was holding my city up, I thought I was good in the media
You think I'm too hood in my video? But really, no clue, you idiot
I just can't help myself
Even when that record spin, every now and then, you hang yourself
'Cause I got the green and gold (With a million sold)
Plus plenty more (And my dollar thicker)
But with or without the diamonds, though
To you, I'm just another ****!
[Chorus]
It's easy to say you need me
When you got everything you want
But it's hard for me to believe it
You'll find out when I'm gone
[Outro]
You'll find out when I'm gone
Written by: Andre Romell Young, Craig Balmoris, D. Norman, J. Mohrle, J. Nixon, Kendrick Lamar, Linda Louise Mccartney, M. Ambrosius, M. Ricks II, MCCARTNYE PAUL JAMES, Marsha Angelique Ambrosius, T. Cannon